Main Cast: Gene Hackman, Liv Ullmann, Eileen Heckart, Susan Tyrrell, Samuel Bottoms
Release Year: 1974
Country: US
Run Time: 116 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG
Plot
Based on Lillian Bos Ross' novel The Stranger and adapted by screenwriter Marc Norman 25 years before he would win the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award for 1999's Shakespeare in Love (along with Tom Stoppard), Zandy's Bride is a romantic Western starring (Gene Hackman) as gruff rural rancher Zandy Allan. Looking more for an extra hand around the ranch than a companion, Zandy sends for a mail-order bride from Sweden. Unfortunately for him, he doesn't get what he expected. When his bride, Hannah (Liv Ullmann), arrives she is anything but compliant, bearing a headstrong attitude that rubs Zandy the wrong way. Although he mistreats her at first, Zandy and Hannah fall in love as hardship hits and they must struggle together for their survival. Also starring Eileen Heckart and Harry Dean Stanton, Zandy's Bride was also released under the title For Better, For Worse. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
Joe Santos - Frank Gallo; Frank Cady - Pa Allan; Fabian Gregory Cordova - Paco; Vivian Gordon - Street Girl; Bob Simpson - Bill Pincus; Harry Dean Stanton - Songer; Don Wilbanks - Farraday; Alf Kjellin
Credit
Pat Norris - Costume Designer, Jan Troell - Director, Gordon Scott - Editor, Michael Franks - Composer (Music Score), Albert Brenner - Production Designer, Jordan S. Cronenweth - Cinematographer, Frank Holgate - Cinematographer, Harvey Matofsky - Producer, George P. Gaines - Set Designer, Charles D. Knight - Sound/Sound Designer, Marc Norman - Screenwriter, Lillian Bos Ross - Book Author
