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Zandy's Bride

  • 1974
  • PG
  • 1h 37m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Gene Hackman and Liv Ullmann in Zandy's Bride (1974)
An American settler marries an European mail-order bride and together they learn how to thrive in the harsh wilderness while working on their relationship too.
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An American settler marries an European mail-order bride and together they learn how to thrive in the harsh wilderness while working on their relationship too.An American settler marries an European mail-order bride and together they learn how to thrive in the harsh wilderness while working on their relationship too.An American settler marries an European mail-order bride and together they learn how to thrive in the harsh wilderness while working on their relationship too.

  • Director
    • Jan Troell
  • Writers
    • Marc Norman
    • Lillian Bos Ross
  • Stars
    • Gene Hackman
    • Liv Ullmann
    • Eileen Heckart
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.3/10
    1.3K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Jan Troell
    • Writers
      • Marc Norman
      • Lillian Bos Ross
    • Stars
      • Gene Hackman
      • Liv Ullmann
      • Eileen Heckart
    • 17User reviews
    • 20Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win

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    Gene Hackman
    Gene Hackman
    • Zandy Allan
    Liv Ullmann
    Liv Ullmann
    • Hannah Lund
    Eileen Heckart
    Eileen Heckart
    • Ma Allan
    Susan Tyrrell
    Susan Tyrrell
    • Maria Cordova
    Harry Dean Stanton
    Harry Dean Stanton
    • Songer
    Joe Santos
    Joe Santos
    • Frank Gallo
    Frank Cady
    Frank Cady
    • Pa Allan
    Sam Bottoms
    Sam Bottoms
    • Mel Allan
    Robert E. Simpson
    • Bill Pincus
    Vivian Gordon
    • Street Girl
    Fabian Gregory
    • Indian Boy
    • (as Fabian Gregory Cordova)
    Ivan Bell
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    Eumenio Blanco
    Eumenio Blanco
    • Man
    • (uncredited)
    Donald Chaffin
    • Man
    • (uncredited)
    Spencer Chan
    Spencer Chan
    • Chinese Vendor #2
    • (uncredited)
    Jaye Durkus
    • Man
    • (uncredited)
    Ben Frommer
    • Townsman
    • (uncredited)
    James Gammon
    James Gammon
    • Man in Gunfight
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Jan Troell
    • Writers
      • Marc Norman
      • Lillian Bos Ross
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    • Trivia
      Eileen Heckart and Frank Cady played a very different married couple 18 years earlier in The Bad Seed (1956).
    • Goofs
      When Frank Gallo is talking to Zandy about buying cattle, there are people near the edge of the cliff looking at the boat delivery. However, in the following cuts, the orientation of the people keeps changing.
    • Quotes

      Zandy Allan: Tony Gallo, huh? You finally got somebody to go to the bushes with you.

      Maria Cordova: Shit on you. I died when you married that woman.

      Zandy Allan: You're gonna look real funny over there at your wedding with a black eye. And that's where you're heading, chica.

    • Alternate versions
      Some sources list the running time as 116 minutes, though available prints run 97 minutes. The latter is actually the official runtime; a preview cut of the film ran nearly 20 minutes longer than the film that was eventually released, but the running time for the longer version has been erroneously listed instead.
    • Connections
      Featured in Liv Ullmann scener fra et liv (1997)

    User reviews17

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    8/10

    quiet western

    I had read the book, and was looking forward to the movie.

    Happily, I wasn't disappointed.

    Zandy's Bride is the story of an unsociable, uncivilised, isolated man who sends for a mail order bride.

    He has little experience around women other than his mother and treats his new wife rather badly.

    It is an interesting character study of two people thrown together, and how they adapt to their new life together.
    • blamar
    • Apr 20, 2002
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    • Release date
      • May 19, 1974 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • Cantonese
    • Also known as
      • For Better, for Worse
    • Filming locations
      • Big Sur, California, USA
    • Production company
      • Warner Bros.
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    • Budget
      • $3,500,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 37 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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