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A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently begun settling there.A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently begun settling there.A trail guide escorts a group of women from Chicago to California to marry men that have recently begun settling there.
Claire Andre
- Pioneer Woman
- (uncredited)
Raymond Bond
- Preacher
- (uncredited)
Polly Burson
- Pioneer Woman
- (uncredited)
Archie Butler
- Outrider
- (uncredited)
Claire Carleton
- Flashy Woman
- (uncredited)
Bill Cartledge
- Outrider
- (uncredited)
Mary Casiday
- Pioneer Woman
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaDenise Darcel's French-language dialog includes a few words which prove that no one in the 1950s version of the Hays Office understood French. Some of the terms she used while angry at "Buck Wyatt" would never have gotten past the censors in English.
- GoofsDuring a shooting lesson one of the men tells one of the women to "aim low that will make up for the recoil". When shooting a gun the bullet has long left the barrel, before the barrel begins to move in recoil. Aim low and you'll miss low.
- Quotes
Patience Hawley: [to the awaiting bridegrooms] You can look us over, but don't think you're going to do the choosing! All the way from Independence, I've been staring at two things: one was this picture and the other was the rump of a mule... and don't ask me which was prettier!
- Crazy creditsThe MGM lion, instead of roaring, is frozen in place.
- Alternate versionsAvalable in a colorized version on home video from Turner/MGM Home Video. Like many colorized versions of films, it was not authorized nor approved by anyone who worked on the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in TCM Guest Programmer: Paul Aguirre (2007)
- SoundtracksTo The West! To The West!
By Henry Russell
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I've seen this movie several times on the late-late show and have enjoyed it each time. What a great portrayal of women and how they had the courage and fortitude to go where they perhaps had a chance for a new life. Hardships galore, inner strengths found, new love. The women (especially the older gal) were wonderful and showed us how difficult it must have been to take on such a dangerous trip across the country. Everything possible happened to them yet they still kept their determination alive to reach their destination. Proud and glorious movie.
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- Pioneer Women
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- Budget
- $2,203,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 58 minutes
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- 1.37 : 1
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