Zandy's Bride

“More Like a War Than a Marriage”

6.2(32)19741h 37m

Western

Zandy Allan purchases a mail-order bride, Hannah Lund. He treats her as a possession, without respect or humanity, until their shared ordeal as they struggle to survive develops in him a growing love.

Director

Jan Troell

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Cast

Gene Hackman

Zandy Allen

Liv Ullmann

Hanna Lund

Eileen Heckart

Ma Allan

Susan Tyrrell

Marai Cordova

Harry Dean Stanton

Songer

Joe Santos

Frank Gallo

Frank Cady

Pa Allan

Sam Bottoms

Mel Allan

Bob Simpson

Bill Pincus

Vivian Gordon

Street Girl

Ivan Bell

Townsman (uncredited)

Eumenio Blanco

Man (uncredited)

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1 review

tmdb76622195

2y ago

10.0

Gene Hackman turns in one of his best performances in this intimate western. Hackman is Zandy, a hard and angry rancher who needs a wife to cook the meals and birth him some sons, and sends away for one. The titular bride comes in the form of Hannah (Liv Ullmann), fresh off the stage from Minnesota to the gorgeous coast near Monterey, California. Hannah has lied about her age and Zandy already has...