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Strange Lady in Town (1955)

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Western

Greer Garson , Dana Andrews , Cameron Mitchell , Lois Smith , Walter Hampden , Pedro Gonzalez Gonzalez , Joan Camden , Anthony Numkena , José Torvay ,
Adele Jergens , Robert J. Wilke , Frank DeKova , Russell Johnson , Gregory Walcott , Douglas Kennedy

Mervyn LeRoy
IMDB

112

1955

In 1880 New Mexico| a young female doctor from Boston arrives in Santa Fe to establish her new medical practice. Dr. Julia Garth is set to live with her brother|
U.S. Cavalry lieutenant David Garth. The town already has a male physician| Dr. Rourke O'Brien. His tomboy niece| Spurs O'Brien| has a teenage crush on the handsome
Cavalry lieutenant David Garth. The first hospital of this community is managed by Catholic priest Father Gabriel Mendoza and a few nuns. However| these are times
when female doctors are almost unheard of. Some people even consider it a shameful offense for a woman to intrude in a man's profession. The traditional view is that
women's roles should only be limited to the minding of the household and the rearing of children. Therefore| Dr. Julia Garth's arrival in town and her medical
practice ruffles many feathers| not the least some of the more conservative townsfolk's. Dr. Rourke O'Brien is no exception. He arrogantly dismisses Julia Garth's
competency but he ...