Joel McCrea
The Virginian
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The Virginian is a 1946 American Western film directed by Stuart Gilmore and starring Joel McCrea, Brian Donlevy, Sonny Tufts, and Barbara Britton. Based on the 1902 Owen Wister novel of the same name, the film was adapted from the popular 1904 theatrical play Wister had collaborated on with playwright Kirke La Shelle.
Determined to carve out a life on the new frontier, the Virginian (Bill Pullman) heads west to Wyoming. He signs on as foreman of a cattle ranch and begins romancing Molly Stark (Diane Lane), a...
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7 Photos. Film Details. Also Known As. Owen Wister's American Classic The Virginian. Genre. Western. Adaptation. Release Date. Apr 5, 1946. Premiere Information. New York opening: 17 Apr 1946.
The All-Time Best-Selling Love Story of the West... Now On the Screen In Spectacular Technicolor! Overview. Arriving at Medicine Bow, eastern schoolteacher Molly Woods meets two cowboys, irresponsible Steve and the "Virginian," who gets off on the wrong foot with her.
In the 1880s, spunky young Molly Wood (Barbara Britton) chooses to leave her Vermont home for an exciting life as a schoolteacher in the small western cattle town of Bear Creek, Wyo. Settling into...
- Western
Victor Potel. Nebrasky. E.H. Calvert. Judge Henry. Tex Young. Shorty. Charles Stevens. Pedro. Jack Pennick. Slim. George Chandler. Bug Ears. Willie Fung. Hong. George Morrell. Rev. Dr. McBride. Ernie Adams. Saloon Singer. Ethan Laidlaw. Posse Man. Ed Brady. Greasy. Bob Kortman.
About this movie. arrow_forward. Filmmaking's friendship with The Virginian, the laconic hero of Owen Wister's 1902 novel, is winningly renewed in this robust, observant Western that...
