Daughter of the West

Daughter of the West

Daughter of the West

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Daughter of the West

"A FLAMING PAGE FROM AMERICAN HISTORY Becomes a powerful motion picture...set against the panoramic grandeur of the West!"

1949

1h 17m

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Western

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A convent-raised woman learns of her American Indian heritage through romance with an educated Navajo (Philip Reed) during the 1880s.

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9 members

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Martha Vickers

Lolita Moreno

Martha Vickers

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Phillip Reed

Navo White Eagle

Phillip Reed

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Donald Woods

Commissioner Ralph C. Connors

Donald Woods

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Marion Carney

Okeeman (Atoka)

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Pedro de Cordoba

Chief Wykomas

Pedro de Cordoba

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James Griffith

Jed Morgan

James Griffith

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William Farnum

Father Vallejo

William Farnum

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Luz Alba

Wateeka

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Tommy Cook

Ponca

Tommy Cook

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