Lucy Gallant (Oil Town)
1955 · Movie · 104 min. · United States
An unusually matronly Jane Wyman plays the title character in Lucy Gallant. Adapted from a novel by Margaret Cousins, the story concerns the efforts by Lucy Gallant to make the wide-open spaces of Texas a mecca for High Fashion. Jilted at the altar, Lucy retreats to a booming oil town, where she courageously opens up a gown shop. Rancher Casey Cole (Charlton Heston) is disdainful of "working women", but he never hides the fact that he's madly in love with Lucy.
Direction Robert Parrish
Cast Jane Wyman · Charlton Heston · Claire Trevor · Thelma Ritter · William Demarest · Wallace Ford · Tom Helmore · Gloria Talbott · James Westerfield · Mary Field · Allan Shivers · Edith Head
Soundtrack Van Cleave
Screenplay John Lee Mahin · Winston Miller · Margaret Cousins
Cinematography Lionel Lindon
Original title Lucy Gallant
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62 votes (FilmAffinity)
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