![]() ![]() She falls off the roof repairing some shingles, and falls into a muddy quagmire dealing with a calf. Of course, she encounters unexpected problems, and finds the work day long and arduous. Reluctantly, Debbie agrees for a trial period. She offers to give Debbie a try as a ranch hand. ![]() Very fortunately, she makes the acquaintance of Aggie Gates(Thelma Ritter), who runs a small nearby ranch. There aren't many jobs for a greenhorn self supporting woman from the East. The only problem is that when she gets there, he's deceased. However, apparently, she wants a complete change in scenery, and accepts an offer by an old friend to come work for him in the small town of Charleyville, AZ. Given her beauty, this should not be difficult in NYC. An alternative is to find a suitable replacement husband. However, she wants to show that she can support her family on her own. ![]() In this 1961 film, Debbie Reynolds plays a young widow(Lucretia Rogers) with 2 half grown children living with her mother in law in NYC. Well worth seeing and as much different from a typical western as you can find! Cute and clever. It's hard not to like the film and Reynolds is at her spunky best. She also has a bit of a small feud with the local sheriff.that ends up erupting into an all-out war! Can this nice little lady manage to survive all this?! The film is, more than anything else, fun.along with being unusual. Along the way, two men (Andy Griffith and the rakish Steve Forrest) vie for her hand. But a woman (Thelma Ritter) feels sorry for her and agrees to take this city girl on as a hired hand. However, when Lu arrives she learns that the man is dead.and she is without any prospects. However, Lu wants to go out and earn her own money and find a place of her own for her family, so she takes up on an offer by an old family friend to move to Arizona (about 1912) and work for him. The film begins in the East and the widow Lu Rogers (Debbie Reynolds) and her children are living with her mother-in-law. This certainly is a very unusual film-and its being so different is a big plus. ![]()
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