A bandit disguises himself as an officer in an attempt to woo a saloon singer.
Acting
MacDonald and Eddy's chemistry is pure manufactured sparkle.
Production
Lavish MGM sets pretending to be rough frontier towns.
Score
Puccini's opera crammed into a Western, somehow.
Director
Robert Z. Leonard
Jeanette MacDonald
Mary Robbins
Nelson Eddy
Ramirez
Walter Pidgeon
Sheriff Jack Rance
Buddy Ebsen
Alabama
Leo Carrillo
'Mosquito'
Leonard Penn
Pedro
Priscilla Lawson
Nina Martinez
Olin Howland
Trinidad Joe
Cliff Edwards
Minstrel Joe
Billy Bevan
Nick
Brandon Tynan
The Professor
H.B. Warner
Father Sienna
Monty Woolley
Governor
Charley Grapewin
Uncle Davy
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was the last of eight MacDonald-Eddy pairings; their real-life tension reportedly made every on-screen embrace electric.
Based on Puccini's opera La Fanciulla del West, this adaptation stripped the tragedy for Hollywood romance—opera purists wept.
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