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Writers:
Lillian Bos Ross (novel)
Marc Norman (writer)
Release Date:
19 May 1974 (USA) more
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Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity... more | add synopsis
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1 win more
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Dreary western; even fine performances by Ullmann and Hackman can't breathe life into this one. more (7 total)
Cast
(Complete credited cast)| 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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For Better, for Worse (USA) (TV title)
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116 min
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Color (Technicolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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Norway:16 | UK:AA (original rating) | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | USA:PG | West Germany:12
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Zandy's Bride is quite interesting because it deals with a theme that has become relevant again in the 21st century. It's about a mail order bride, and of course with the introduction of the Internet into the majority of modern homes, the idea shopping for a wife has once again reared its ugly head. Beyond the topicality, however, the film is a failure on most other counts.
Gene Hackman plays a rough and rugged pioneer living on a ranch in the middle of nowhere. He is waiting around for a mail order bride from Scandinavia, and when she arrives he mistreats her. It's not that he's a nasty man, more that he has lived a simple and uncomplicated life and he finds it hard to relate properly to another human being (especially of the opposite sex) after so many years of labouring away in such lonely surroundings.
The bride is played well by Liv Ullmann. The backdrop to the film is beautifully captured. Beyond the performances and the scenery, there's not much else to hold the attention. It's a boring film, critically hindered by the fact that it has too little to say and no notable plot to follow through to a logical conclusion. The unsuited pair meet, fall out a lot, and that's just about it. As much as I admire Hackman (worth watching in all his films... a real consummate actor), this one just isn't worth the effort. Skip it.