Synopsis
In 1850 Oregon, when a backwoodsman brings a wife home to his farm, his six brothers decide that they want to get married too.
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Cast
- Jane PowellBride Milly Pontipee
- Howard KeelBrother Adam Pontipee
- Jeff RichardsBrother Benjamin Pontipee
- Russ TamblynBrother Gideon Pontipee
- Tommy RallBrother Frank Pontipee
- Julie NewmarBride Dorcas Galen
- Ruta LeeBride Ruth Jensen
- Matt MattoxBrother Caleb Pontipee
- Nancy KilgasBride Alice Elcott
- Virginia GibsonBride Liza
Recommendations
- 100
TV Guide Magazine
Close to perfect. A magical blend of the right story, a great score, and the astonishing choreography of Michael Kidd, Seven Brides for Seven Brothers is one of the big screen's most entertaining musicals. - 100
Empire
Great songs, great set pieces and solid performances in this colourful and infectiously enjoyable musical. - 80
Variety
This is a happy, hand-clapping, foot-stomping country type of musical with all the slickness of a Broadway show. Johnny Mercer and Gene de Paul provide the slick, showy production with eight songs, all of which jibe perfectly with the folksy, hillbilly air maintained in the picture. - 80
The New York Times
A fast, funny and sprightly rustic romp well worth seeing. - 75
Chicago Reader
A profoundly sexist and eminently hummable 1954 CinemaScope musical—supposedly set in the great outdoors, but mainly filmed on soundstages—with some terrific athletic Michael Kidd choreography and some better-than-average direction by Stanley Donen. - 70
Time Out
Circuitously derived from the tale of the rape of the Sabine women, this rather archly symmetrical movie musical is best seen as a dance-fest, with Michael Kidd's acrobatic, pas d'action choreography well complemented by ex-choreographer Donen's camera. - 50
The New Yorker
It's marred by a holiday family-picture heartiness--the M-G-M back-lot Americana gets rather thick.
