Westward the Women

In 1851, the working men of Whitman's Valley in California are lonely. Local proprietor Roy Whitman decides the best way to prevent his men from leaving is to convince women to settle down in Whitman Valley. Roy heads to Chicago, Illinois to search for women willing to take on the arduous journey to California in order to marry. Among the 140 women he recruits are the middle-aged widow Patience, the pregnant and unmarried Rose Meyers, and former showgirls Fifi Danon and Laurie Smith. The women select their prospective husbands from a group of daguerreotypes tacked to a display board. Roy hires experienced wagon master Buck Wyatt to lead the convoy.

MPAA Rating:	NR
Genre:	Drama, Western, Adventure
Country:	United States
Produced By:	Dore Schary
Directed By:	William A. Wellman
Written By:	Frank Capra, Charles Schnee
Cast:	Evelyn Finley, Renata Vanni, Joan Valerie, Ted Adams, Milicent Patrick, Henry Nakamura, Lenore Lonergan, Chubby Johnson, Norma Young, Tom Greenway, Mary Alan Hokanson, Hope Emerson, Julie Bishop, John War Eagle, Denise Darcel, Don House, Kathleen O'Malley, Roy Jenson, Elmer Napier, Doris Cole, Bert LeBaron, Clint Sharp, Frankie Darro, Tom Monroe, Ray Thomas, Eddie Juaregui, Carey Wilson, Pat Paul, Earle Hodgins, Claire Carleton, Lou Nova, Mary Murphy, Bruce Cowling, Henry Wills, Polly Burson, Frank McGrath, Patrick Ford, Michael Dugan, Marilyn Gladstone, Donna Hall, Guido Martufi, Raymond Bond, Dorothy Granger, Pat Conway, Fiona O'Shiel, Gene Roth, Archie Butler, Clem Fuller, Edith Mills, John L. Cason, Ann Roberts, Marilyn Erskine, Bill Cartledge, Mary Casiday, Claire Andre, Zacharias Yaconelli, Terry Wilson, Marilyn Lindsey, Stevie Myers, Tennessee Jim, Karen Hale, Carl Pitti, George Chandler, Robert Taylor, David Sharpe, Beverly Dennis, I. Stanford Jolley, Gene Coogan, Mikel Conrad, John McIntire
In Theaters:	Dec 31, 1951
Runtime:	1 hour 58 minutes
Production:	Loew's
Budget:	$2,203,000
Available On:	Vudu
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