The film is Sorbo's first Western.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Silva |first=George Batista Da |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Cat%C3%A1logo_Do_Cinema_Faroeste_Vol_2/ZPNxDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Prairie+Fever+Stephen+Bridgewater&pg=PA82&printsec=frontcover |title=Catálogo Do Cinema Faroeste - Vol. 2 |date=2015-04-28 |publisher=Clube de Autores |language=pt-PT}}</ref> The film has been described as "medium-budget Western".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Silva |first=George Batista Da |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/100_Anos_De_Faroeste/Jx1yDwAAQBAJ?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Prairie+Fever+Stephen+Bridgewater&pg=PA402&printsec=frontcover |title=100 Anos De Faroeste |date=2016-12-15 |publisher=Clube de Autores |language=pt-BR}}</ref>
== Reception ==
"In this clichéd western, plays a drunken ex-lawman who's asked to escort three troubled mail-order brides across harsh terrain. These so-called “prairie fever"-afflicted women (among them a showy Dominique Swain) give an unusual slant to an otherwise archetypal mix of characters and events, but frustratingly the plotline only deals superficially with the roots of their anguish.", according to ''[[Radio Times]]''.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/radiotimesguidet0000unse_n4y0/mode/2up?q=%22Prairie+Fever%22+%22Stephen+Bridgewater%22 |title=Radio Times guide to films 2013 |date=2012 |publisher=London : BBC Worldwide |others=Internet Archive |isbn=978-0-9567523-2-1}}</ref> ''The Video Source book'' gave the film two stars out of 5 <ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/videosourcebookg0005unse/mode/2up?q=%22Prairie+Fever%22+%22Stephen+Bridgewater%22 |title=The video source book : a guide to programs currently available on video in the areas of : movies/entertainment, general information/education, sports/recreation, fine arts, health/science, business/industry, children/juvenile, how-to/instruction |date=2009 |publisher=Detroit : Gale/Cengage Learning |others= |isbn=978-1-4144-3510-7}}</ref> The film has been called a "period Western with the tradition good guys and varmints."<ref>{{Cite book |last=Marill |first=Alvin H. |url=https://www.google.pt/books/edition/Movies_Made_for_Television/k8XJ6UcCumYC?hl=fr&gbpv=1&dq=Prairie+Fever+Stephen+Bridgewater&pg=PA82&printsec=frontcover |title=Movies Made for Television: 2005-2009 |date=2010-10-11 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=978-0-8108-7659-0 |language=en}}</ref>
