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6.0/10   219 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Lillian Bos Ross (novel)
Marc Norman (writer)
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Release Date:
19 May 1974 (USA) more
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Plot:
Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
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Cast

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Gene Hackman ... Zandy Allan

Liv Ullmann ... Hannah Lund

Eileen Heckart ... Ma Allan
Susan Tyrrell ... Maria Cordova

Harry Dean Stanton ... Songer

Joe Santos ... Frank Gallo
Frank Cady ... Pa Allan
Sam Bottoms ... Mel Allan
Bob Simpson ... Bill Pincus
Vivian Gordon ... Street girl
Fabian Gregory Cordova ... Indian boy
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Also Known As:
For Better, for Worse (USA) (TV title)
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Runtime:
116 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Featured in Liv Ullmann scener fra et liv (1997) more

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4 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
One of the great TV movies, 29 May 2004
Author: lanatr from San Diego

Zandy's Bride is a unique film, in that its sense of realism is remarkably good. The character Hackman and Ullman portrayed are believable: strong, simple, independent, honery at times, solemn, determined to survive. Their portrayal is how I would have imagined earlier settlers in a harsh, and unforgiving environment to act.

I enjoy researching and reading about the common struggles of people throughout American history. All the more reason to give this film high praise, and again not because its tainted with Matrixisque, and any other high tech movie spillover, with its intense action, and depletion of substantive characterization. This film dealt with human conflict and the mistakes we consistently seem to make, before we are forced to face someone with whom we can trust and care for. This is one of the best films to watch in our day of complexity and lack of inspiration.. How and when can I watch it again, is my comment and question.

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