Westward the Women (DVD)

Rugged pioneers. Indian fighters. Brave trailblazers. These are the WOMEN who tamed the wild west. Based on historical record, this wagon train saga details a 2,000 mile journey from Chicago to California. Buck Wyatt (Robert Taylor) is a tough, experienced scout who leads a wagon train full of women, including two prostitutes (Denise Darcel and Julie Bishop), a hearty widow (character great Hope Emerson), and an Italian immigrant widow, with fifteen men acting as guides. When one of the men disobeys Buck's orders not to fraternize with the ladies, Buck shoots him, causing the others to desert. Instead of turning back, the determined women insist on going on, learning to ride, shoot and drive mules. Although treacherous terrain and a deadly ambush lay ahead, these tough ladies are filled with the American frontier spirit and nothing will stop them! William Wellman directs this genre-busting western from a story by Frank Capra.

Starring: John McIntire, Julie Bishop, Hope Emerson, Henry Nakamura, Denise Darcel, Robert Taylor, Guido Martufi, Bruce Cowling, Patrick Conway, Chubby Johnson, Mary Alan Hokanson, Beverly Dennis, Renata Vanni, Marilyn Erskine, Lenore Lonergan, Raymond Bond, Terry Wilson, Michael Dugan, Edith Mills, John Cason, Mikel Conrad, Lou Nova, Frankie Darro, Z. Yaconelli, Ted Adams, Gene Roth, George Chandler, Earl Hodgins, I. Stanford Jolley, John War Eagle, Bert LeBaron, Elmer Napier, Ann Roberts, Lucille House, Shirley Lucas, Pat Paul, Donna Hall, Opal Erne, Norma Santillo, Norma Young, Jody Smith, Mary Murphy, Sharon Lucas, Mary Casiday, Cornelia Flores, Stevie Myers, Alice Wills, Edith Happy, Karen Hale, Claire Andre, Maxine Garrett, Marilyn Lindsey, Marlyn Gladstone, Fiona O'Shiel, Alice Markham, Polly Burson, Evelyn Finley, Kathleen O'Malley, Doris Lee Cole, Henry Wills, Ed Juaregui, Archie Butler, Bill Cartledge, Carl Pitti, Pat Ford, Frank McGrath, Don House, Ray Thomas, Clem Fuller, Clint Sharp, Gene Coogan, Claire Carleton, Dorothy Granger, Mil Patrick, Joan Valerie, Tom Greenway, Tom Monroe, Tennesse Jim

Director: Dore Schary