Westward the Women

Dec 16, 1951

1h 58m

★ 7.1

The BIG MGM Spectacle ! HE LED 200 WOMEN ON AN ADVENTURE THAT MOST MEN FEARED TO FACE!

Overview

There's a deficit of good, honest women in the West, and Roy Whitman wants to change that. His solution is to bring a caravan of over 100 mail-order brides from Chicago to California. It will be a long, difficult and dangerous journey for the women. So Whitman hires hardened, cynical Buck Wyatt to be their guide across the inhospitable frontier. But as disaster strikes on the trail, Buck just might discover that these women are stronger than he thinks.

Genres

Adventure

Drama

Western

Production Companies

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Westward the Women Trailers

Cast

Buck Wyatt

Robert Taylor

Fifi Danon

Denise Darcel

Patience Hawley

Hope Emerson

Roy E. Whitman

John McIntire

Laurie Smith

Julie Bishop

Maggie O'Malley

Lenore Lonergan

Ito

Henry Nakamura

Jean Jackson

Marilyn Erskine

Rose Meyers

Beverly Dennis

Mrs. Maroni

Renata Vanni

Jean's Awaiting Groom (uncredited)

Frankie Darro

(uncredited)

Roy Jenson

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