Frontier Gal

Frontier Gal has two exceptionally great features that make the film at least a "7" rather than a "4"- One is the least 20 minutes of the film- fast paced and lots of action (in contrast to the first 60 minutes which was primarily colorful scenes from an old west barroom), breathtaking scenery of the Sierra mountains in California and a great story ending and 2. Miss Beverly Simmons who was fantastic in her role of Mary Ann. From my research on IMDb.com Miss Simmons appeared in only about 4-5 movies, including Buck Privates Come Home. all before the age of fifteen and died too early at the age of 64. I believe her last film was a role in Weekend with Father (1951)for which she did not receive a credit. Miss Simmons was "Shirley Temple" like yet with her own unique charm and terrific acting. I give a 10 to Miss Simmons.

Originally meant to be a vehicle for Maria Montez who didn't like the script - allegedly the spanking scene at the end - so the part went to Yvonne de Carlo, who thought that the spanking was 'cute'. The movie is fairly predictable in its taming-of-the-shrew type of rumbustious humour with plenty of fights and a prolonged spanking of our feisty heroine's pert bottom at the end, after which, of course, all is well. Well according to Western if not #MeToo. Cute performance by the child actress who manages not to be too annoying.

Bad Man Rod Cameron is shotgun-married to saloon singer Yvonne De Carlo. After one night of honeymooning, he's arrested. When he returns from six years in prison, he discovers he has a five-year-old daughter.

Despite the usually sure comedy hand of director Charles Lamont, this movie annoyed me from the beginning, and my mood grew sourer as it progressed. Was it Cameron's one-note, offhanded performance? Miss De Carlo's I-love-you-don't-touch-me performance? The way plot points, like a daughter or a fiancee appears just as it is needed? Beverly Simmons' squeaky-voiced, I'm-a-cute-little-girl act? All those and more. At least Fuzzy Knight gets to show the reason he was known as an entertainer by playing the piano.

It's not enough. This was originally planned as a vehicle for Jon Hall and Maria Montez. Reportedly, Miss Montez, on seeing the script, refused the part. When the geniuses assigned the role to Miss De Carlo, they figured they didn't need Hall, and in the usual inspired manner, assigned Cameron as the leading man from SALOME WHEN SHE DANCED. Miss De Carlo doesn't dance, but she does sing, voice courtesy of Doreen Tryden.

This film essentially begins with a drifter by the name of "Johnny Hart" (Rod Cameron) riding into a small town and upon noticing a nearby saloon decides to go inside for a drink. It's soon revealed that he is after a man who killed his partner but before he can identify the person, he becomes involved in a brawl which ends with an attractive woman named "Lorena Dumont" (Yvonne De Carlo) hitting him over the head with a whiskey bottle. Although she initially wants nothing to do with him, one thing leads to another and to their mutual surprise they get married within a couple of days. Unfortunately, things don't go quite as planned and not long afterward he is arrested for murder and is sent to prison. The scene then shifts to six years later with him having served his time and heading back to the same town to, once again, find the man who killed his partner. To his surprise, although his wife expresses no feelings toward him, he soon discovers that their one night together has produced a daughter-and whether they love each other or not--this creates its own unique problem that both of them have to resolve. Now, rather than reveal any more, I will just say that this was a rather odd Western which had a decent plot but for some reason didn't seem to quite realize its potential. I say this because the musical and comedic aspects didn't seem to mesh that well with the overall action and drama. At least, that's how it seemed to me. Be that as it may, while this certainly wasn't a bad film by any means, I believe a more serious approach should have been taken and I have rated it accordingly. Average.

I love Western Movies, this was one great movie, it an oldies, but I wish every Western Movie lover to see this Movie, it was one of the first Movies in color.

this Movie concern a western cowboy, who the law was looking for , this guy after going to jail and getting out , return to see this good looking girl he had a brief affair with, the surprise was he did not know they had a daughter together, one of the surprise of this movie, this young girl { daughter }. really did a great job of action in this Movie, i highly recommend this Movie, but I do not think you will be able too, it an old classic.