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In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
Language
Budget--
Revenue $5,000,000
English
Budget--
Revenue $5,000,000
Keywords
sibling relationship
brother
bride
log cabin
musical
big family
oregon, usa
wedding
based on short story
uncle niece relationship
mountain pass
snowed in
19th century
barn raising
Casts

Jane Powell
Bride Milly Pontipee

Howard Keel
Brother Adam Pontipee

Jeff Richards
Brother Benjamin Pontipee

Russ Tamblyn
Brother Gideon Pontipee

Tommy Rall
Brother Frank Pontipee

Julie Newmar
Bride Dorcas Galen

Ruta Lee
Bride Ruth Jensen

Matt Mattox
Brother Caleb Pontipee

Nancy Kilgas
Bride Alice Elcott

Virginia Gibson
Bride Liza

Jacques d'Amboise
Brother Ephraim Pontipee
Norma Doggett
Bride Martha

Marc Platt
Brother Daniel Pontipee
Betty Carr
Bride Sarah Kines

Howard Petrie
Pete Perkins

Ian Wolfe
Rev. Elcott

Kelly Brown
Carl

Matt Moore
Ruth's Uncle

Dick Rich
Dorcas' Father

Russell Simpson
Fred Bixby

Jarma Lewis
Lem's Girlfriend

Anna Q. Nilsson
Mrs. Elcott
Earl Barton
Harry

Dante DiPaolo
Matt

Marjorie Wood
Mrs. Bixby
Annable
Little Heifer
Gary Armstrong
Member of Second Barn Raising Team (uncredited)
Ann Baker
Town Girl (uncredited)
Walter Beaver
Lem (uncredited)

Larry J. Blake
Drunk (uncredited)
Paul Bradley
Storekeeper (uncredited)

Chet Brandenburg
Townsman (uncredited)
George Bruggeman
Diner (uncredited)
Robert Cole
Townsman (uncredited)

Gene Coogan
Townsman (uncredited)
Fred Curt
Town Suitor (uncredited)

John Daheim
Member of Second Barn Raising Team (uncredited)
Billy Dix
Man in Saloon (uncredited)
Millie Doff
Town Girl (uncredited)
Michelle Ducasse
Town Girl (uncredited)

Helen Eby-Rock
Mother (uncredited)
Alex Goudovitch
Town Suitor (uncredited)
Tim Graham
Father (uncredited)
Carol Grel
Heavy Girl (uncredited)

Duane Grey
Rancher (uncredited)
Geraldine Hall
Mother (uncredited)

Lois Hall
Girl (uncredited)
Elizabeth Holmes
Mother (uncredited)
Jimmie Horan
Townsman (uncredited)
Charles Horvath
Member of Fourth Barn Raising Team (uncredited)
John Indrisano
Member of Third Barn Raising Team (uncredited)

I. Stanford Jolley
Father (uncredited)

Jack Kenny
Townsman (uncredited)

Sheila James Kuehl
Jenny Gaylen- Dorcas' Sister (uncredited)

Bill Lee
Caleb (singing voice) (uncredited)

Jarma Lewis
Lem's Girlfriend (uncredited)

Anna Q. Nilsson
Mrs. Elcott (uncredited)
Betty Noyes
Bride (singing voice) (uncredited)
Phil Rich
Prospector (uncredited)
Robert Robinson
Townsman (uncredited)
George Robotham
Town Suitor (uncredited)

Gene Roth
Tom ('Nobody can cook like Milly') (uncredited)
Russell Saunders
Town Suitor (uncredited)

Felix Smith
Town Suitor (uncredited)

Hal Taggart
Townsman (uncredited)

Dale Van Sickel
Leader of Fourth Barn Raising Team (uncredited)
Margaret Wells
Mother (uncredited)

Terry Wilson
Town Suitor (uncredited)
Bud Wolfe
Leader of Third Barn Raising Team (uncredited)

Sheb Wooley
Undetermined Role (uncredited)
Ruth Robinson
Crews

Albert Hackett
Screenplay

Frances Goodrich
Screenplay
Dorothy Kingsley
Screenplay

Stanley Donen
Director
John Indrisano
Stunt Coordinator
Conrad Salinger
Music
Matthew Yuricich
Matte Painter
Frank V. Phillips
Camera Operator

Douglas Shearer
Sound
Lynn F. Reynolds
Makeup Artist

Stephen Vincent Benet
Original Story
Van Allen James
Sound Editor
Stewart Walden
Sound
Franklyn Soldo
Special Effects Technician
Carl Roup
Second Assistant Director
Adolph Deutsch
Music
Norwood A. Fenton
Sound
Gene de Paul
Songs

Stephen Vincent Benet
Story

Ralph E. Winters
Editor

George J. Folsey
Director of Photography

Cedric Gibbons
Art Direction
Gene de Paul
Original Music Composer

Edwin B. Willis
Set Decoration
Urie McCleary
Art Direction

Jack Cummings
Producer

A. Arnold Gillespie
Special Effects

Walter Plunkett
Costume Design
Hugh Hunt
Set Decoration
Warren Newcombe
Special Effects

Sydney Guilaroff
Hairstylist
Dave Friedman
Unit Production Manager

William Tuttle
Makeup Artist

Johnny Mercer
Lyricist

Alexander Courage
Orchestrator
Conrad Salinger
Orchestrator
Ridgeway Callow
Assistant Director

Michael Kidd
Choreographer
Leo Arnaud
Orchestrator

Douglas Shearer
Recording Supervision
Adolph Deutsch
Music Director
Saul Chaplin
Music Supervisor
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