Strange Lady in Town

Strange Lady in Town
Strange Lady in Town
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Mervyn LeRoy
Written by	Frank Butler
Produced by	Mervyn LeRoy
Starring	Greer Garson; Dana Andrews; Cameron Mitchell
Cinematography	Harold Rosson
Edited by	Folmar Blangsted
Music by	Dimitri Tiomkin
Distributed by	Warner Bros.
Release date	April 12, 1955;
Running time	112 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Box office	$2 million (US)

Strange Lady in Town is a 1955 American Western film directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Greer Garson.^[2] She plays a doctor who plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old Santa Fe in 1880, but is opposed by an established doctor played by Dana Andrews.

Plot[edit]

1880: Dr. Julia Garth, traveling from Boston, arrives near Santa Fe, New Mexico, where her brother David is a U.S. Cavalry lieutenant. She soon meets the town's respected physician, Dr. Rourke O'Brien, as well as Father Gabriel Mendoza, who has helped establish a new hospital.

Spurs O'Brien, the tomboy niece of the doctor, has a crush on David. She helps Julia buy a horse and teaches her to ride. Julia begins seeing patients, including a boy having vision problems and a toothache sufferer Billy the Kid has brought to her, but encounters resistance from Dr. O'Brien, who doesn't believe women should be practicing medicine.

David shoots a man who accuses him of cheating at cards, pleading self-defense. Dr. O'Brien can't help but admire and be attracted to Julia, but she declines his marriage proposal, citing prejudices like his toward women as the reason she left Boston in the first place. He is irritated again when Julia gives medical advice to his most distinguished patient, New Mexico's governor, General Lew Wallace.

At a party, David strikes an Army captain who accuses him of cheating and rustling. David admits to Julia that the charges are true, then robs a bank and rides off. Julia and Spurs manage to talk David into surrendering, whereupon he is shot. Julia is pressured to leave town by some townspeople until Dr. O'Brien speaks up on her behalf and proposes, to which she accepts.

Cast[edit]

Greer Garson as Dr. Julia Garth
Dana Andrews as Dr. Rourke O'Brien
Cameron Mitchell as Lt. David Garth
Lois Smith as Spurs
Walter Hampden as Father Gabriel
Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez as Trooper Martinez-Martinez
John Stephenson as Capt. Taggart
Adele Jergens as Bella
Gregory Walcott as Scanlon
Ralph Moody as Gov. Lew Wallace
Nick Adams as Billy the Kid
Paul Wexler as Townsman

Production[edit]

Filming[edit]

It was filmed at Old Tucson Studios, Tucson, Arizona.

References[edit]

^ 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956
^ "Strange Lady in Town (1955) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.

External list[edit]

Strange Lady in Town at IMDb
Strange Lady in Town at AllMovie
Strange Lady in Town at the TCM Movie Database
Strange Lady in Town at the American Film Institute Catalog

[1] 'The Top Box-Office Hits of 1955', Variety Weekly, January 25, 1956

[2] "Strange Lady in Town (1955) - Overview - TCM.com". Turner Classic Movies.

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