Main Cast: Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan, Ray Collins, John Litel, James Bell, Horace McMahon
Release Year: 1956
Country: US
Run Time: 86 minutes
Plot
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. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Western. Story of a woman who inherits a newspaper in the west, and how through the paper she succeeds in defeating the cattle barons of the area. Screenplay by Horace McCoy, based on his own story.
Plot
It tells the story of a female publisher who finds that two ranch owner have been using the newspaper company to give back their debt.
