Movie Description In the Oregon Territory, mountain man Adam Pontipee (Howard Keel, acting and singing with gusto) comes to town to sell his crops and woo a woman to be his wife, succeeding with spirited Milly (Jane Powell), who is tired of feeding and waiting on so many men at the local inn. Her dreams of keeping house for just one man are shattered when she discovers that Adam shares his pigsty cabin with six brawling brothers. Milly's good cooking and stubborn nature whip the young men into shape and inspire them to seek women of their own. But after a disastrous barn raising during which the brothers snare the attention of the town girls only to be taunted into fighting with the town men, Adam suggests his brothers forget gentle methods of love and follow the actions of the Roman with the Sabine ("Sobbin'") women. The kidnapping of their six sweethearts spurs Milly to throw the men out of the house, but enforced proximity caused by winter and the brothers' good intentions just might help love bloom again.
| Credits | | Producer: | Jack Cummings | | Cast: | Ian Wolfe, Marc Platt, Virginia Gibson |
Notes The film's plot is based on Vincent Benet's story "Sobbin' Women," which itself is derived from the Greek myth of the rape of the Sabines.
Editorial Reviews "...[A] rambunctious paean to the Oregon prairies of the 1850s..." Sight and Sound - Danny Leigh (06/01/2001)
"[With a] magnificent barn-raising dance..." Entertainment Weekly - Steve Daly (10/15/2004)
"Energy, humour and Coplandesque scoring mark Donen's celebrated musical..." Sight and Sound - Patrick Fahy (07/01/2005)
Awards 1954Academy AwardsBest Adapted or Musical Song/ScoreAdolph Deutsch, 1954Academy AwardsBest Adapted or Musical Song/ScoreSaul Chaplin
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