Moroni Olsen

In this rip-roaring biopic Annie Oakley is just a gal from the Ohio backwoods. But her skill with a six-shooter wins her a place in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show. Toby Walker shows her the ropes and romance blossoms. But when she's given top billing, jealousy sours things. Will love win through?

A magazine reporter ventures West to uncover the truth about Wildcat Kelly, a figure long thought dead.

Oscar-winner Spencer Tracy ("Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?," "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde") received his fourth nomination as an exasperated banker who has misgivings about his engaged daughter's groom. Oscar-winner Elizabeth Taylor ("Cat on a Hot Tin Roof," "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?," "National Velvet") portrays the daughter.

Rescued by kindly Mounted Police officers after barely surviving an Indian attack on the Canadian frontier, cute orphan Susannah Sheldon (Shirley Temple) befriend the Mounties, especially Inspector "Montie" Montague (Randolph Scott). Moreover, the adorable Susannah proves a capable negotiator between the tribes and the Mounties.