Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Mischa Redfern I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Payno I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

gridoon2018 "Frontier Gal" was made in 1945, but it looks like it could have been made at least a decade later: it's dazzlingly photographed in Technicolor, has well-shot action scenes, and is not afraid of using playful violence as a form of foreplay - there is definite sexual chemistry between Rod Cameron and Yvonne De Carlo. Yvonne looks so comfortable mounting and dismounting and riding horses that it's obvious why she was chosen to star in so many Westerns. And I should not finish this comment without a special note for Beverly Simmons, who on the basis of this was probably one of the most talented child actresses of her generation, but had a very short-lived film career. **1/2 out of 4.

daneldorado I'm one of the lucky folks who got to see "Frontier Gal" in a brilliantly hued imbibition Technicolor print -- the kind of color that commands your attention, it is so glorious.Rod Cameron plays Johnny Hart, a cowpoke on the wrong side of the law, but good-hearted nevertheless. He falls in love with Lorena (Yvonne deCarlo), a drop-dead beautiful saloon owner who, under her tough exterior, has feelings for him too. They get married, but after the honeymoon night, the law catches up with him and Johnny is sent away to prison.Seven years go by, Johnny is released, and he tries to hook up with the bride he left behind. Now he discovers he's got a six-year-old daughter, Mary Ann (Beverly Simmons), and a wife who doesn't want her daughter associating with an ex-con, never mind that he's her father.Sheldon Leonard is Blackie, leader of a gang that hates Johnny, and when he discovers his enemy has a little girl, Blackie has his gang kidnap the tyke. Johnny goes after the baddies and, after a brutal fight over a raging waterfall, rescues Mary Ann and returns her to Lorena.In other commentaries, you will read words such as "a strangely satisfying conclusion," "unthinkable in today's films," and "politically incorrect," and you may wonder what the writers mean by that. Here it is: In the final scene of this western, Johnny puts his wife over his knee and gives her a good, sound spanking. After that, she realizes that he really loves her, and decides to accept him back into her life and their daughter's life.When asked what she thought about that scene, Miss deCarlo said, "I think spankings are cute." Not your present-day P.C. attitude, perhaps, but it worked in 1945, spectacularly so. "Frontier Gal" made Yvonne deCarlo a front-line star at Universal and launched a brilliant film career.Dan Navarro ([email protected])

gloryoaks I saw and forgot about countless western movies in my early years, but this is one western I recall vividly. (I picture it in Technicolor.) First, I remember fiery Yvonne De Carlo and cowboy Rod Cameron who came riding up to the establishment she owned. It was like the irresistible object encountering the immovable force. Their love-hate romance was unusual for any era, and would be almost unthinkable in today's films, but it worked for this out-of-the-mainstream movie. I've forgotten some of the details, but what impressed me most was their little girl and how she brought about the exciting conclusion of the movie and a strangely satisfying resolution to their love affair. This is one I'd like to see again, but it never turned up on TV and seems to have faded into oblivion. A pity. It was fun.

nstn6717 This is an atypical western. Here there is more humour than suspense, and humour of a timeless nature. When a man loves a woman, or vice versa, there are always trouble spots and the inevitable consequences of the loving union. Take the timeless difficulties between the genders and the mischief of their offspring and you have quite an entertaining and engrossing story. There is a thrilling ending to this romp in the west, and definitely some exaggerated but not politically correct philosophies that reflect the attitudes prevalent in the era when the movie was made. But it is all good fun!