This is a good western epic following the lives of two sisters, Eve and Lilith Prescott (Carroll Baker and Debbie Reynolds) and their husbands, Linus (James Stewart) and Cleve (Gregory Peck). This movie is overflowing with famous actors. Karl Malden portrays the father of the girls. George Peppard as the son of Eve. Henry Fonda as Jethro Stuart a mountain man dealing with changing times. Andy Devine in the Civil War scene as a corporal, Robert Preston as the wagon master who wants to marry Lilith, John Wayne as General Sherman and Harry Morgan as Ulysses S. Grant. There are some portrayals that are racist--depiction of Native Americans, and no Black people in the west at all. But it has good action and drama. And Debbie Reynolds can really sing. She is the thing that makes this movie move.
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