Julia arrives in 1880 New Mexico to set up practice as a doctor. The townsfolk are not only resistant to the notion of a lady sawbones, but they become downright hostile when Julia turns out to be a tireless advocate of the Women's Suffrage movement. Rival doctor O'Brien doesn't feel that there's any room in the medical profession for ladies; his personal feelings for the lovely Julia are another matter. Faced with such roadblocks as prejudice, ignorance and downright stupidity, Julia nonetheless perseveres with O'Brien eventually seeing things her way. When Julia's hotheaded younger brother David turns outlaw, the townspeople are prepared to ride her out of town on a rail, but she is rescued by the intervention of the local Mexicans and Indians, who have accepted her presence and her ministrations without reservation.
Dr. Julia Winslow Garth . . . Greer Garson
Rourke O'Brien . . . Dana Andrews
David Garth . . . Cameron Mitchell
Spurs O'Brien . . . Lois Smith
STRANGE LADY IN TOWN was released by Warner Brothers on April 12, 1955, and marked Garson's first film away from MGM.
