Mrs. Sundance (1974) (TV)

Director:

Marvin J. Chomsky

Writer:

Christopher Knopf (written by)

Release Date:

15 January 1974 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Plot:

The girlfriend of the Sundance Kid is on the run with a price on her head, when she hears rumors that the Sundance Kid may still be alive. |

Plot Keywords:

Wanted Poster | Derringer | Betrayal | Sequel | Detective

Cast

Elizabeth Montgomery	...	Etta Place
Robert Foxworth	...	Jack Maddox
L.Q. Jones	...	Charles Siringo
Arthur Hunnicutt	...	Walt Putney
Lurene Tuttle	...	Mrs. Lee
Claudette Nevins	...	Mary Lant
Lorna Thayer	...	Fanny Porter
Robert Donner	...	Ben Lant
Byron Mabe	...	Merkle
Dean Smith	...	Avery
Jack Williams	...	Davis
Todd Shelhorse	...	David

Runtime:

75 min | 89 min (VHS version)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (RCA Photophone Sound Recording)

Filming Locations:

Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Company:

20th Century Fox Television

Quotes:

[first lines]
Charles Siringo: Well?
Mr. Spence: She came in two days ago - hied over to Amy Wilkens'. Didn't place her at first until they caught her rolling a customer. Hold your face up. Yeah, she's your one all right. I would have taken her to Denver myself, except it's a long ride and I heard you were in the field and... Hey, what I mean, if you want to hear a story, give me a few minutes with her and I'll have her confessin'!
Charles Siringo: Put her back in your corral, Mr. Spence.

Movie Connections:

Followed by Wanted: The Sundance Woman (1976) (TV)

Western myths trail a muddled narrative...

Elizabeth Montgomery was a fine actress, but she was hardly the frontier-type, and her refined, ladylike way of speaking (not to mention her painful bouncing in the horse's saddle) makes for an unlikely portrayal of Etta Place, girlfriend of notorious outlaw The Sundance Kid, herself wanted for robbery and treason. Director Marvin Chomsky attempts to set a dusty, dreamlike mood, and the opening (filmed in sepia tone) is promising. Unfortunately, the story really doesn't make much sense. Etta, tired of hiding out because of the bounty on her, tells a two-bit robber she's ready to turn herself in, yet he feeds her a lie about Sundance still being alive so that a legendary bounty hunter can capture her. Cheap, slim made-for-TV movie, mostly filmed on Fox's backlot, has a few scenes that work, but Chomsky doesn't fare too well with crowd scenes, and an opening moment where Etta watches her life portrayed on the stage is woefully slack. The picture is also not helped by poor editing and mediocre photography. Katharine Ross played Etta Place in 1969's "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid"; she returned to the role in 1976 with the TV-movie, "Wanted: The Sundance Woman".