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Set in 1854 in the harsh Nebraska frontier, a low-life drifter George Briggs (Oscar-Winner Tommy Lee Jones) is rescued by a pious, independent-minded woman named Mary Bee Cuddy (Oscar-Winner ...
Nov 14, 2014 · Briggs is a comic figure in the beginning, a drawling and inappropriately insouciant Walter Brennan-type character, garrulous and careless, demanding Mary Bee buy him a jug of whiskey for the ride. The dynamic between Briggs and pious straight-talking spinster is one of the pleasures of the film. It almost becomes a classic buddy picture.
May 18, 2014 · With Tommy Lee Jones, Hilary Swank, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto. Three women who have been driven mad by pioneer life are to be transported across the country by covered wagon by the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy, who in turn employs low-life drifter George Briggs to assist her.
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- 2014-05-18
Now Showing On Netflix: http://nflx.it/1SIFWxoA pious pioneer woman enlists a drifter to help her transport three women driven mad by harsh frontier life acr...
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Dec 31, 2021 · Writer/director Tommy Lee Jones stars as George Briggs, a mysterious stranger who accompanies Hilary Swank's Marry Bee Cuddy across the Midwest.
While preparing for the trip, Cuddy encounters George Briggs, a claim jumper, who has been left on horseback with a noose around his neck for stealing Bob Giffen's land in his absence. Scared to make the trip alone, she frees him, on the condition that he help escort the women.
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Nov 15, 2014 · Just before embarking on the arduous journey, Mary frees George Briggs (Tommy Lee Jones), a claim jumper in the process of being lynched.
