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The Great Man's Lady

1941 • 1h30m Western, Drama, Romance

Rating

6.3/10

Popularity

1

In Hoyt City, a statue of founder Ethan Hoyt is dedicated, and 100 year old Hannah Sempler Hoyt (who lives in the last residence among skyscrapers) is at last persuaded to tell her story to a 'girl biographer'. Flashback: in 1848, teenage Hannah meets and flirts with pioneer Ethan; on a sudden impulse, they elope. We follow their struggle to found a city in the wilderness, hampered by the Gold Rush, star-crossed love, peril, and heartbreak. The star "ages" 80 years.

Details

Director

William A. Wellman

Screenplay

W.L. River

Cast

Barbara Stanwyck

Joel McCrea

Brian Donlevy

Release date

10/31/1941

Status

Released

Origin country

US

Vote count

11