Lucy Gallant (1955)
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An unusually matronly Jane Wyman plays the title character in Lucy Gallant. Adapted from a novel by Margaret Cousins, the story concerns the efforts by Lucy Gallant to make the wide-open spaces of Texas a mecca for High Fashion. Jilted at the altar, Lucy retreats to a booming oil town, where she courageously opens up a gown shop. Rancher Casey Cole (Charlton Heston) is disdainful of "working women", but he never hides the fact that he's madly in love with Lucy. As the film progresses, Lucy nearly loses her business due to financial reverses, but Casey secretly pumps money into her operation, all the while declaring publicly that she's doomed to failure. Lucy's gowns were actually designed by Edith Head, who makes an appearance towards the end of the film, as does the then-governor of Texas, Allan Shivers. Lucy Gallant was the last of the incredibly successful Pine-Thomas productions for Paramount Pictures; there might have been more had not William H. Pine died shortly after completing the film. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Complete Cast:
- Jane Wyman - Lucy Gallant
- Claire Trevor - Lady Macbeth
- William Demarest - Charles Madden
- Tom Helmore - Jim Wardman
- Mary Field - Irma Wilson
- Joel Fluellen - Summertime
- Roscoe Ates - Anderson
- Beatrice Maude
- Edith Head - Herself
- Charles Regan
- Howard Negley
- Robert B. Williams
- Barbara Stewart
- Frank Marlowe - Nolan
- Fern Barry
- Edmund Cobb
- Charlton Heston - Casey Cole
- Thelma Ritter - Molly Basserman
- Wallace Ford - Gus Basserman
- Gloria Talbott - Laura Wilson
- James Westerfield - Harry Wilson
- Louise Arthur - Sal
- Jay Adler - Station Master
- Gene Roth
- William Hunter
- Jack Pepper
- Jack Shea
- Max Wagner
- Joey Ray
- Frank S. Hagney
- Benny Burt
- Director(s):
- Robert Parrish
- Writer(s):
- John Lee Mahin, Winston Miller
- Producer(s):
- William C. Thomas, William Pine
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