Actors: Robert Taylor, Denise Darcel, Hope Emerson, John McIntire, Julie Bishop
Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Westward the Women
Directed by William A. Wellman in 1951. Roy E Whitman asks Buck Wyatt to help him to lead 150 women from Chicago to California in order to populate the valley where he established his ranch. In Chicago, women of different ages, origins and nationalities, agree to undertake this 2000 journey across the Rocky Mountains, Utah and the Californian desert. Wyatt asks them not to fool around with his men and asks the same thing from his men.
A few weeks later, almost all Wyatt's men have left the convoy, frightened off by the discipline set by the wagon master. The women must then learn how to handle the horses and the mules, how to use rifles to defend themselves against the Indians. They will have also to cry the loss of those who will unfortunately die during the journey under the arrows of the Indians, drowned in their own wagon or because of the accidents which are meant to happen during such a dangerous expedition.
--Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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Analysis of Westward the Women
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Plot
Composition of Movie Actual chase scenes or violence - 10% Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 20% Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 70%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 19th century
Western
Yes
Kind of western:
- traveling across the west
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 40's-50's
Hair style
- short/standard wavy (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair style
- (woman) long wavy
Body type
- ample bosom & buttocks (woman)
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- West
Mountains/Cliffs
Yes
Desert?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- non-gory references to death/punishment
Movie makes you feel...
- encouraged
How many deaths in film?
- 8 or more
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
Unusual forms of death
- perforation--bullets
Check here if B&W
Yes
Any profanity?
- None
