the role of woman in the settling of the frontier have always be and to say the least and underreported . most film about the settling of the west portray woman a either saloon girl in other word and prostitute or virginal school amarm type . one day someone be go to make a good movie about the role of woman in the settling of the frontier . unfortunately and this one isn not it . there be several major problem with this film . first and the script . it simplistic and overwrought and overheated and preachy and load with phony dramatics . second and there the sttitude . while most film on this subject pretty much inexcusably ignore woman at the expense of men and this one do just the opposite and which be just a inexcusable . there no real chemistry between dana delaney and power boothe and who play her husband . the rest of the cast be weak and too and and the performance range from adequate to junior high school level . the movie also and for some reason and look cheap . it have that cheesy look to it that a lot of spaghetti western have in the 60 . the whole production look rush and like they be run out of money and have to get it do on time . there a good story to be tell here and but the people who make this movie haven not the slight idea of how to go about it . avoid this one .