Set in a highly stylized, expressionistic version of China, Ford’s last completed feature stars Anne Bancroft as a cynical doctor faced with a life changing decision. Revolving around Ford’s favorite themes – the conflicts between civilization and savagery, honor and hypocrisy – Seven Women is also an effective rebuke to critics of Ford’s treatment of women on film. As with Cheyenne Autumn, Seven Women marks an important twist by Ford, as he now explores life in an isolated, uncivilized outpost – the end of the world, according to one character – familiar to viewers of his Westerns through the point of view of women.