Texas Lady

Nov 23, 1955

1h 22m

★ 5.4

WOMANLY WILES WERE HER WEAPONS!

Overview

Claudette Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to assume control of her late father's newspaper. Her first major print crusade is aimed at gambler Chris Mooney (Barry Sullivan), whom Prudence holds responsible for her dad's suicide. She then takes aim at a couple of crooked cattle barons (Ray Collins and Walter Sande), who'd like nothing better than to put Prudence out of the way for keeps.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

RKO Radio Pictures

Nat Holt Productions

Texas Lady Trailers

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Cast

Prudence Webb

Claudette Colbert

Chris Mooney

Barry Sullivan

Mica Ralston (rancher)

Ray Collins

Clay Ballard (Clarion owner)

James Bell

Stringer Winfield

Horace McMahon

Deputy Jess Foley

Gregory Walcott

Meade Moore (wigwam owner)

John Litel

Clay Ballard (Clarion owner)

Douglas Fowley

Sheriff Herndon

Don Haggerty

Whit Sturdy

Walter Sande

Judge Herzog

Alexander Campbell

Wilson

Florenz Ames

Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is shocked by the racial bigotry of the White Texans against the local people of Mexican descent. Rink discovers oil on a small plot of land, and while he uses his vast, new wealth to buy all the land surrounding the Benedict ranch, the Benedict's disagreement over prejudice fuels conflict that runs across generations.

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