1955 film by Mervyn LeRoy
Strange Lady in Town
is a 1955 American
Western
film directed by
Mervyn LeRoy
and starring
Greer Garson
.
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She plays a doctor who plans to introduce modern techniques of medicine to old
Santa Fe
in 1880, but is opposed by an established doctor played by
Dana Andrews
.
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1880: Dr. Julia Garth, traveling from
Boston
, arrives near
Santa Fe, New Mexico
, where her brother David is a U.S. Cavalry lieutenant. She soon meets the town's respected physician, Dr. Rourke O'Brien, as well as Father Gabriel Mendoza, who has helped establish a new hospital.
Spurs O'Brien, the tomboy niece of the doctor, has a crush on David. She helps Julia buy a horse and teaches her to ride. Julia begins seeing patients, including a boy having vision problems and a toothache sufferer
Billy the Kid
has brought to her, but encounters resistance from Dr. O'Brien, who doesn't believe women should be practicing medicine.
David shoots a man who accuses him of cheating at cards, pleading self-defense. Dr. O'Brien can't help but admire and be attracted to Julia, but she declines his marriage proposal, citing prejudices like his toward women as the reason she left Boston in the first place. He is irritated again when Julia gives medical advice to his most distinguished patient, New Mexico's governor, General Lew Wallace.
At a party, David strikes an Army captain who accuses him of cheating and rustling. David admits to Julia that the charges are true, then robs a bank and rides off. Julia and Spurs manage to talk David into surrendering, whereupon he is shot. Julia is pressured to leave town by some townspeople until Dr. O'Brien speaks up on her behalf and proposes, to which she accepts.
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Production
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Filming
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It was filmed at
Old Tucson Studios
,
Tucson, Arizona
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See also
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- List of American
Western
films of 1955
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