Claudette Colbert
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Texas Lady is a 1955 color American Western film directed by Tim Whelan in his final film before his death in 1957, and distributed by RKO Radio Pictures. It stars Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan and Ray Collins. The film tells the story of a female publisher who encounters injustice and violence in a Texas town.
Texas Lady: Directed by Tim Whelan. With Claudette Colbert, Barry Sullivan, Ray Collins, James Bell. A strong-headed woman from the East inherits a newspaper in a small Texas town where the local cattle barons, who control the region, want her out of their hair.
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- Western
- Tim Whelan
- 1955-11-23
Webb must team up with cardsharp Chris Mooney (Barry Sullivan) when malicious ranchers Mica Ralston (Ray Collins) and Whit Sturdy (Walter Sande) don't take kindly to the liberated woman and her...
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- Dennis Schwartz
- Western
- Tim Whelan
Texas Lady (1955) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Summaries. A strong-headed woman from the East inherits a newspaper in a small Texas town where the local cattle barons, who control the region, want her out of their hair. Prudence travels to an isolated Texas town where she has inherited the local paper. She finds the place ruled over by the two men who wrested the area from the Indians ...
Synopsis. In 1885, in New Orleans, river boat gambler Chris Mooney loses a large sum of money playing poker with Prudence Webb, a glamorous stranger. His pride wounded, Chris obtains a $30,000 loan from some businessmen and attempts to recoup his losses, but is again defeated by Prudence. Over breakfast, Chris asks Prudence to become his ...
Director. Claudette 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.
