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The film Arizona, released in 1940, was directed by Wesley Ruggles and starred Jean Arthur and William Holden. Arthur played a determined woman who travels west to establish a cattle ranch. Ruggles was an American film director known for comedies, though Arizona was a western. He also directed films such as Cimarron (1931), which won the Academy Award for best picture.12

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