Underplayed Gems

Mail Order Bride (1964)

Mail Order Bride poster
Directed by
Burt Kennedy
Genre
Western film, romantic comedy
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 23m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 7 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

An old man tries to tame a reckless young man by arranging for him to marry a woman who answered a mail-order advertisement. The film follows their rocky start and growing connection.

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What happens

Mail Order Bride is a 1964 American Western comedy film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring Buddy Ebsen, Keir Dullea and Lois Nettleton. The screenplay concerns an old man who pressures the wild son of a dead friend into marrying a mail-order bride in an attempt to settle him down. Burt Kennedy called it " a moneymaking picture—a little picture, but a moneymaker." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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