The read
Audiences rate it 49 points higher than critics do. Most of the 431 1940s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Audiences rate it 49 points higher than critics do.
29 audience votes
Key crew
- Elia KazanDirector
- Vincent LawrenceScreenplay
- Marguerite RobertsScreenplay
- Herbert StothartOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Spencer TracyCol. James B. Brewton
- Katharine HepburnLutie Cameron Brewton
- Robert WalkerBrock Brewton
- Melvyn DouglasBrice Chamberlain
- Phyllis ThaxterSara Beth Brewton
- Edgar BuchananJeff
- Harry CareyDoc J. Reid
- Ruth NelsonSelina Hall
- William PhillipsBanty
- Robert ArmstrongFloyd McCurtin
- James BellSam Hall
- Robert BarratJudge Seth White
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Themes
husband wife relationshipcattle ranchenvironmental conservationcattle baronabandoned by mothergrass valleyunhappy marriageunfaithful wifeout of wedlock childfather son relationshipsettlers