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Arizona: Directed by Wesley Ruggles. With Jean Arthur, William Holden, Warren William, Porter Hall. In Tucson of the 1860s, a pioneer woman struggles to succeed in the freight and cattle business while at risk at the hands of corrupt and violent local businessmen and rampaging Indians.
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- Drama, Western
- Wesley Ruggles
- 1940-12-25
Arizona is a 1940 American Western film directed by Wesley Ruggles, and starring Jean Arthur, William Holden and Warren William. Victor Young was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Score , while Lionel Banks and Robert Peterson were considered for the Academy Award for Best Art Direction , Black-and-White.
As the wedding ceremony begins, Carteret cleans his gun and after completing his vows, Peter finishes his business with Carteret and the newlyweds return to their ranch to build the future of Arizona. Director. Wesley Ruggles. Director. Cast. Jean Arthur. Phoebe Titus. William Holden. Peter Muncie.
- Wesley Ruggles
- Jean Arthur
Arizona (1940) Directed by Wesley Ruggles Struggling to establish herself as the leading cattle rancher in the Arizona territory of the 1860s, Arthur’s Phoebe Titus is adept at squaring off with men who would oppose her, lining up men to help her and identifying one (Holden) to romance her.
Synopsis by Sandra Brennan. Wesley Ruggles's Arizona is an epic western set in an impoverished Arizona outpost. It tells the story of the feisty, no-nonsense Phoebe Titus (Jean Arthur). Wearing leather breeches, with a bullwhip and gun, she can out-shoot and out-fight nearly every bad hombre in town, and manages to transform the down-and-out ...
Arthur, the adorable screwball icon, brings her assertive self-reliance to a home on the range in Arizona. Wesley Ruggles, director of the most unloved Best Picture winner in Oscar history - and the movie musical that singlehandedly sank the British film industry - wisely seems to sit himself back and let Arthur at ‘em in “Arizona.”
