MGM
Directed by John Ford
My rating: 2 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Rarefilmm)
A rural missionary in China is run almost entirely by women, who desperately await the arrival of a new doctor. It turns out to be whiskey drinking, cigarette smoking, pants wearing Anne Bancroft, who threatens to disrupt the entire operation with her morally offensive lifestyle! Only the young Sue Lyon manages to befriend her, and she idolizes rather than despises her. Meanwhile, Chinese barbarians are knocking on the door, lead by one Tunga Khan. His hordes bursts through the gates and kills everyone except the white women, whom he locks up in a shed. One of them is pregnant and about to give birth, so Bancroft makes a deal with Tunga Khan for the needed medical supplies. The other women are appalled, but don't complain when they get released. Bancroft is left on her own to plot her escape, or something else! Turgid melodrama brought John Ford's illustrious career to a sad end.
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