The Iron Mistress

The Iron Mistress
Directed byGordon Douglas
Screenplay byJames R. Webb
Based onThe Iron Mistress
1951 novel
by Paul Iselin Wellman
Produced byHenry Blanke
StarringAlan Ladd
Virginia Mayo
CinematographyJohn F. Seitz
Edited byAlan Crosland Jr.
Music byMax Steiner
Color processTechnicolor
Production
company
Warner Bros.
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release date
  • November 19, 1952 (1952-11-19) (New York City)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$2.9 million (US rentals)[1]

The Iron Mistress is a 1952 American Western film directed by Gordon Douglas and starring Alan Ladd and Virginia Mayo. It ends with Bowie's marriage to Ursula de Veramendi and does not deal with his death at the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.[2]

It was the first film Ladd made at Warner Bros. after spending a decade at Paramount Pictures.

  1. ^ 'Top Box-Office Hits of 1952', Variety, January 7, 1953.
  2. ^ Bosley Crowther, "The Iron Mistress" New York Times, November 20, 1952 accessed July 6, 2012.