MGM
Directed by William A. Wellman
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb
(VHS, MGM)
(Turner Classic Movies)
Rod Taylor leads a group of over 100 women from Chicago to California, to be brides for lonely men on a ranch. Their trek by wagon train across the country is chronicled in detail. Some of them leave in the middle of the night with the men hired to help them make the crossing. Those left must do the heavy work required to cross harsh desert landscapes, defend against Indian attacks and deal with internal strife. Written by Frank Capra, characters are believable and the story well-paced. However, with this many women involved it's hard to avoid certain melodramatic trappings, such as the eye-rolling conclusion with the men and women pairing off in California.
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