
In a mission in China in 1935, Agatha Andrews (Margaret Leighton) is a rigid missionary beset by Mongolian bandits led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan (Mike Mazurki). With her are her assistant Jane Argent (Mildred Dunnock), staff members Emma Clark (Sue Lyon), Mrs. Russell (Anna Lee), and Miss Binns (Dame Flora Robson), head of the British mission, Charles Pether (Eddie Albert), a teacher at the mission and his pregnant wife Florrie (Betty Field). When Dr. D.R. Cartwright (Anne ... (Full plot summary below)
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In a mission in China in 1935, Agatha Andrews (Margaret Leighton) is a rigid missionary beset by Mongolian bandits led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan (Mike Mazurki). With her are her assistant Jane Argent (Mildred Dunnock), staff members Emma Clark (Sue Lyon), Mrs. Russell (Anna Lee), and Miss Binns (Dame Flora Robson), head of the British mission, Charles Pether (Eddie Albert), a teacher at the mission and his pregnant wife Florrie (Betty Field). When Dr. D.R. Cartwright (Anne Bancroft) arrives, she agrees to sacrifice herself to Tunga Khan in exchange for his letting the ladies go free.
Leave your thoughts about 7 Women.
| Slant MagazineKeith Uhlich7 Women is, in actuality, a great film whose potboiler plot masks an incisive inquiry into the battle of the sexes. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThose that have seen it consider it one of Ford's finest achievements, but it's still a relatively unknown film. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyBoasting top-notch cast, John Ford's very last, underestimated film celebrates the strength of women in dire conditions. |
| User ReviewKevin BOh hells no! Who's putting these films up here? The very best Ford film because he's looking back on his entire brilliant oeuvre and may be seeing it all as a sham. |
| User ReviewAndrew CThis is a masterful final film from the great John Ford. It's an eclectic mix of feminist melodrama and a re-imagined Western set in China. Some of the Asian representations are a bit stereotypical but this is a powerful film with a brilliant ending. |
| User Reviewa aOh hells no! Who's putting these films up here? The very best Ford film because he's looking back on his entire brilliant oeuvre and may be seeing it all as a sham. |
| User ReviewSofia JGreat film! Anne Bancroft is really good. Tragic story but realistic and strong. The end is very powerful. I like it. |
| User ReviewJohn AAn excellent final feature from Ford. The drama consistently feels confined, the characters large in their small world, always brought together in tight spaces, which of course leads to conflict. Only a couple of lines of dialogue feel out of place, and Ford's placement of the camera feels fresh and interesting. |
| User ReviewKen SReally solid final film from John Ford. Anne Bancroft is great! |
| User ReviewGregory Wgenerally underrated. almost like a fassbinder film! anne bancroft is great in this |