Main Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Ronald Reagan, Gene Evans, Lance Fuller, Anthony Caruso, Jack Elam
Release Year: 1954
Country: US
Run Time: 88 minutes
Plot
Filmed on location at Montana's Glacier National Park, Cattle Queen of Montana makes excellent use of the diverse talents of Barbara Stanwyck and Ronald Reagan. Stanwyck is cast as Sierra Nevada Jones, who hopes to stake her claim in the cattle business despite opposition from hostile land barons. She is helped along by government agent Farrell, even though he's officially on hand to find out who's been inciting the local Indian tribes into attacking the whites. Lance Fuller delivers a well-balanced performance as Colorados, a college-educated Indian chief who hopes to bring peace to the land. Long a fixture of TV's Late Late Shows, Cattle Queen of Montana was briefly reissued theatrically when Ronald Reagan was elected president in 1980. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Van Nest Polglase - Art Director, Gwen Wakeling - Costume Designer, Allan Dwan - Director, James Leicester - Editor, Carlos Lodato - Editor, Louis Forbes - Composer (Music Score), John Alton - Cinematographer, Benedict E. Bogeaus - Producer, John Sturtevant - Set Designer, Robert Blees - Screenwriter, Howard Estabrook - Screenwriter, Tom Blackburn - Short Story Author
The Jones family, about to prove claim to prime Montana land, is raided by renegade Indians in league with villainous neighbor McCord, who gets most of the stolen cattle. Two survivors are helped by college-educated chief's son Colorados. Now Sierra Nevada Jones must fight for her land against legal technicalities and assorted villains. Can she gain the help of McCord's hired gun, Farrell?
The film is rare in that unlike the vast majority of westerns the main hero is a capable woman.
