The Ballad of Josie

The Ballad of Josie is a 1967 Technicolor American comedy western film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring Doris Day, Peter Graves and George Kennedy. It humorously tackles 1960s themes of feminism in a traditional Western setting.

Contents

• Plot
• Cast
• References

It was the last film for William Talman.

Plot

A young woman living in (fictional) Arapahoe County, Wyoming accidentally kills her very abusive husband. She is put on trial but acquitted. She then incurs the annoyance of her male neighbors by farming sheep instead of cattle and setting up a women's suffrage movement.

Cast

Doris Day - Josie Minick

Peter Graves - Jason Meredith

George Kennedy - Arch Ogden

Andy Devine - Judge Tatum

William Talman - District Attorney Charlie Lord

David Hartman - Sheriff Fonse Pruitt

Guy Raymond - Doc

Audrey Christie - Annabelle Pettijohn

Karen Jensen - Deborah Wilkes

Elisabeth Fraser - Widow Renfrew

Linda Meiklejohn - Jenny McCardle

Shirley O'Hara - Elizabeth

Timothy Scott - Klugg The Sheepherder

Don Stroud - Bratsch The Sheepherder

Paul Fix - Alpheus Minick

Harry Carey, Jr. - Mooney, Meredith's Foreman (as Harry Carey)

John Fiedler - Simpson, general store owner

Robert Lowery - Whit Minick, town drunk

Teddy Quinn - Luther Minick, Josie's son