"Wild Women" is a film shown originally as part of the "ABC Movie of the Week" series. I never saw it when it first aired but found it and many other "ABC Movie" installments on YouTube. They seem to have about half of the films that aired on ABC over these years.Hugh O'Brian plays Killian, a guy who is trying to smuggle guns into Texas during the time of the Texas Revolution of 1835-1836. However, he cannot do this alone and needs help, so he goes to a local women's prison and gets the warden to parole a group of these 'ladies' to his care. Naturally, being a group of misfits, they have some hard times here and there but ultimately pull it all together...which is EXACTLY what you'd expect in such a film.If you like this sort of plot, you'd love the later "ABC Movie", "The Daughters of Joshua Cabe" which also used this idea...and a bit better. The acting is fine and I have no major complaints EXCEPT for the complete lack of historical accuracy. Like so many films about this time period, they show folks with repeating pistols...something that really weren't available in any number until the Civil War and post- Civil War period...decades later. So, you see a battle near the end where hundreds and hundreds of shots ring out...though nothing like this could have happened with just a couple dozen folks fighting.

With the exception of the first (an attention-grabbing catfight) and the last (a bloodless but nonetheless corpse-spewing shootout) five minutes, a more accurate title for "Wild Women" would be "Mild Women". The journey this movie takes them - and us - is a pretty uneventful one; even the Apaches are basically friendly. The film has a good cast (Hugh O'Brian is an agreeable taciturn male lead; Marie Windsor is still a firecracker even at age 50) and is technically well made, but it's one of those films that you will have probably forgotten within a week or so; the title may suggest something revolutionary, but you won't find it here. ** out of 4.

Five women from an Army stockade are chosen to help transport guns across the country. When the trip goes awry, their pluck and resolve comes in handy. Director Don Taylor, working from a witty script by Richard Carr and Lou Morheim, relates the fun story at a snappy pace, maintains an engaging lighthearted tone throughout, and keeps things buzzing with a nice sense of good-natured humor. Hugh O'Brian delivers a fine and lively performance as rugged trail boss Killian. Richard Kelton likewise registers strongly as the no-nonsense Lt. Charring. This teleflick further benefits from the robust contributions by a bevy of beautiful ladies: Anne Francis as the sassy Jean Marshek, Marilyn Maxwell as the brash Maude Webber, Marie Windsor as the feisty Lottie Clampett, Sherry Jackson as the spoiled and stuck-up Nancy Belacourt, and Cynthia Hull as the proud Mit-O-Ne. A fierce and lengthy fistfight between Killian and a Native American warrior chief rates as a definite exciting highlight. Fred Steiner's jaunty harmonic score hits the stirring and twangy spot. An entertaining oater.

This is a sexy sensuous cute Western about five women convicts trying to deliver arms to 1840 Mexican Held Texas.Made back in 1970,it's comparable to the other great westerns of that era that's highly commendable and recommended.It's a fun must see movie that's very well worth watching!!!