Adam Pontipee (Howard Keel) comes down to town from the mountains to find himself a wife. When he sees Milly (Jane Powell), an overworked but spirited waitress/cook/bartender, he proposes to her on the spot. Eager to get out of the place she's in to a place of her own, Milly eventually agrees, but when she arrives at Pontipee's home she finds his six brothers, even less civilized than he is. Milly does her best to civilize the boys in the hope that they will be able to find brides in the town, but a trip to a barn raising/dance results in an epic brawl between the jealous men of the town and the brothers. At the start of the long winter, Adam reads the men Plutrach, specifically the story of the Sabine Women and the boys get ideas....![]()
