Texas Lady

"WOMANLY WILES WERE HER WEAPONS!"

Nov 23 1955 Approved 1h 26m
Western

Claudette 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. 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.

Plot

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.

Written by

Horace McCoy

Directed by

Tim Whelan

Cast

Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan, Ray Collins

Crew

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Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Nat Holt Productions, RKO Radio Pictures

Languages

English

Awards

N/A

Scores
# of Votes
353
Average Rating
5.5 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA