My guess is that Jean Arthur, William Holden, and Warren William aren't the first three names that you'd think of to star in a big, wide, sprawling Western epic. They weren't for me, either, but the film is good. Wesley Ruggles directs. Tucson, 1860, is little more than a small grouping of wooden shops held together by the town's semi-sober residents. Bill Holden comes through on his way to California, and discovers (and is quite smitten by, and I know the feeling) tough guy Jean Arthur, and calling her 'tough guy' is not only a sign of respect but completely apropos. Jean's the only American woman in town; she sells pies and is working up a new freight shipping business, and is SHE nobody to monkey with. Seriously. She can hold her own. Bill feels once she's got a good man she can go back to bein' all girly, but I don't think he knows her too well. She kind of likes the attention, though. Million-dollar Dialog: Bill: 'I see how it is living alone in a place like this. You couldn't afford to be a woman unless you met the right man.' Jean, glaring at him: 'Eat your pie.' Anyway, Bill moves on but promises to return and marry her, but meanwhile, Warren William is a city slicker come to town to steal Jean's business, and the rottenest, most despicable ways he can think of to do it, the better he likes it. This guy is Boris Badinov, only taller. He's so heinous and awful and evil I found myself hissing him right here in my own living room. Even as he's killing all his rotten, evil partners once their usefulness has ended to him, he does so in ways so nefarious that you'll find yourself wanting to send flowers to the dead miscreants. At two hours, the film is... ummm... long. And wherever it's going, it sure th' heck takes its time getting there. That said, it's such a good part for Miss Arthur, tough yet feminine, and the story is so centered around her (she's in nearly every scene) that I enjoyed it despite its leisurely pace. How much is it Jean's picture, you might well ask? Watch where the camera is during the climactic gunfight. Holden, compared to her, does nothing for me. William? As mentioned, he's just evil. EVIL. One of the biggest coy-yutes in the history of movies. What a stinker. The cast includes a terrific turn by Edgar Buchanan as a worthless, apparently self-appointed magistrate, plus Byron Foulger, Regis Toomey, and - in a brief, thankfully bit part - the much-loathed Syd Saylor. Porter Hall is Miss Arthur's stab-in-the-back freight partner. If this is what it's like to be in love, I'm glad I'm only gonna love but once.' - Jean, tryin' to be all romantic. Her theme song in this movie is 'Jeanne with the Light Brown Hair' and her hair matches the description; haven't seen her a non-blonde since her silent movie days, but she's still cute, I assure you. Arizona (nominated for two Oscars, for Victor Young score and for cinematography) offers a really beautiful print on the DVD, too.