Overacting. that's the word that comes to mind in the first ten minutes. Anne Bancroft is Doctor Cartwright. the mission in china was expecting a male doctor, but will have to make do when she shows up. Sue Lyon is Emma; Lyon was Lolita AND then Charlotte in Night of the Iguana. and of course, the sexy Diana in Sinatra's Tony Rome. She had the rocking body, and made a career out of showing it off. Mrs. Pether is pregnant, and always complaining about her husband Charles (Eddie Albert, in one of his weaker roles.) Directed by John Ford... this is pretty much a remake of Inn of the Sixth Happiness with Ingrid Bergman, made a couple years before. Ladies trying to maintain a mission in the rough areas of china. The story is pretty good. period piece about setting up a mission that could soon be over-run by the local gang-lords in that area.
