Texas Lady ( 1955 )

Texas Lady ( 1955 ) (DVD) (*)

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Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
82 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Trailer(s)
Booklet

Movie filmed in 1955 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Tim Whelan

Written By:
Horace McCoy

Actors:
Claudette Colbert ..... Prudence Webb
Barry Sullivan ..... Chris Mooney
Ray Collins ..... Mica Ralston (rancher)
James Bell ..... Cass Gower
Horace McMahon ..... Stringer Winfield
Gregory Walcott ..... Deputy Jess Foley
John Litel ..... Meade Moore (wigwam owner)
Douglas Fowley ..... Clay Ballard (Clarion owner)
Don Haggerty ..... Sheriff Herndon
Walter Sande ..... Whit Sturdy (rancher)
Alexander Campbell ..... Judge E. Ness Herzog
Florenz Ames ..... Wilson (general store owner)
Kathleen Mulqueen ..... Nancy (Nanny) Winfield
Robert Lynn ..... Rev. Callender

Synopsis:

Claudette Colbert makes a long-overdue entree into the Western genre in Texas Lady. Looking at least a decade younger than her 50 years, Ms. Colbert plays Prudence Webb, who arrives in the wide-open town of Fort Ralston, Texas, to assume control of her late father's newspaper. Her first major print crusade is aimed at gambler Chris Mooney (Barry Sullivan), whom Prudence holds responsible for her dad's suicide (Mooney isn't, but it takes our heroine nearly eight reels to find this out). She then takes aim at a couple of crooked cattle barons (Ray Collins and Walter Sande), who'd like nothing better than to put Prudence out of the way for keeps.

Held yearly for centuries, the Ocean of Fire--a 3,000 mile survival race across the Arabian desert--was a challenge restricted to the finest Arabian horses ever bred, the purest and noblest lines, owned by the greatest royal families. In 1890, a wealthy sheik invited an American, Frank T. Hopkins, and his horse to enter the race for the first time. During the course of his career, Hopkins was a cowboy and dispatch rider for the U.S. cavalry--and had once been billed as the greatest rider the West had ever known. The Sheik puts his claim to the test, pitting the American cowboy and his mustang, Hidalgo, against the world''s greatest Arabian horses and Bedouin riders--some of whom are determined to prevent a foreigner from finishing the race. For Frank, the Ocean of Fire becomes not only a matter of pride and honor, but a race for his very survival as he and his horse attempt the impossible.

Prudence travels to an isolated Texas town where she has inherited the local paper. She finds the place ruled over by the two men who wrested the area from the Indians twenty-five years before, and it is clear they do not welcome her free-spirited intervention. Support comes in the unexpected shape of the gambler she has just bested in New Orleans for her own family reasons.

This product was added to our catalog on Monday 14 January, 2019.