"You know, friends, they always say that on the frontier, men are men, but I'll bet you'd never guess that women are women out here too, eh? Ever hear of Calamity Jane or Big Nose Kate... Belle Starr... Crazy Horse Lil? Ha... Ha... The weaker sex... Why, those little old gals could hold their own against a whole crowd of men. How do I know? Quite a story about that... Started in a little mining town... Silver Creek... a few years back."
Plot
A doctor who is traveling from Silver Creek to Kansas City is abducted from a stagecoach. His kidnappers want him for his professional skills in Los Mujeres, a town controlled by the 'fair' sex. Chief among them is the boss of the Paradise saloon—'Iron' Mae McLeod.[4]
Writing in DVD Talk, critic Paul Mavis described the film as "colorful, strange" and "an early feminist Western - until the ending, of course, when paternalism is restored to its rightful place - [that] could have been a minor little gem if more time could have been taken to create the feminine-controlled world," and noted that "it's an entertaining story, with a few good performances."[7] Reviewer Mark Franklin wrote that "The novelty element, and the fact that the directors don't take the subject matter too seriously, make this worth a watch for the curious. For instance, Iron Mae's tough-as-nails bouncer is played by Maria Hart, who keeps all the men in line and shows how tough she is by striking matches with her teeth."[8]
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