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Westward the Women (1951) Facts
| Director(s) | William A. Wellman |
| Producer(s) | Dore Schary |
| Featured Cast | Robert Taylor, Hope Emerson, John McIntire, George Chandler, Frankie Darro |
| Total Facts | 4 |
"Lux Radio Theater" broadcast a 60 minute radio adaptation of the movie onDecember 29, 1952 with Robert Taylor reprising his film role.
Denise Darcel's French-language dialog includes a few words which prove that no one in the 1950's version of the Hays Office understood French. Some of the terms she used while angry at "Buck Wyatt" would never have gotten past the censors in English.
MGM produced a promotional short for this movie, Challenge the Wilderness.
One of three known MGM films (along with The Next Voice You Hear... and Ben-Hur) where the company's symbol, Leo the Lion, did not roar in the opening credits. (2001: A Space Odyssey uses the illustrated lion from MGM's record label, not a real lion, and so doesn't count.)