Similar Movies:
Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Family, Musical, Romance, Western, Drama, Adventure
Release Year: 1954
Country: USA
Runtime: 102
Rating: 6.4 (0)
Languages: English
Director: Stanley Donen
Sound: 4-Track Stereo, 70 mm 6-Track, Mono
Taglines:
Writing by: Stephen Vincent Benet – (story "The Sobbin Women")
Albert Hackett – (writer) &
Frances Goodrich – (writer) and
Dorothy Kingsley – (writer)
Produced by: Jack Cummings – producer
Cast: Howard Keel – Adam Pontipee
Jeff Richards – Benjamin Pontipee
Russ Tamblyn – Gideon Pontipee
Tommy Rall – Frankincense (Frank) Pontipee
Marc Platt – Daniel (Dan) Pontipee
Matt Mattox – Caleb Pontipee
Jacques dAmboise – Ephraim Pontipee
Jane Powell – Milly Pontipee
Julie Newmar – Dorcas Gailen (as Julie Newmeyer)
Nancy Kilgas – Alice Elcott
Betty Carr – Sarah Kine
Music: Gene de Paul
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline: In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Plot: Adam, the eldest of seven brothers, goes to town to get a wife. He convinces Milly to marry him that same day. They return to his backwoods home. Only then does she discover he has six brothers — all living in his cabin. Milly sets out to reform the uncouth siblings, who are anxious to get wives of their own. Then, after reading about the Roman capture of the Sabine women, Adam develops an inspired solution to his brothers loneliness . . . kidnap the women they want!
Crazy Credits: We know about 2 Crazy Credits. One of them reads:
After the closing credits of the Directors Cut, Crosby, Stills and Nash are heard singing “Cost of Freedom”. The visuals are of a still shot of the crowd of Woodstock, fading into a long list of names of various people, including performers who were at Woodstock, who have since died. The scrolling ends with the following: Peace Music Ecology Liberty Community Democracy Alternatives Knowledge Altruism
Goofs: We know about 17 goofs. Here comes one of them:
Continuity: In the big fight and dance at the barn raising, the brothers change locations rapidly.
Trivia: There are 24 entries in the trivia list – like these: