Wanda Nevada is a 1979 American Western film directed by Peter Fonda, who co-stars alongside Brooke Shields as the eponymous character, with Fiona Lewis, Luke Askew and Ted Markland in supporting roles.

In a card game, he wins the movie's title character, Wanda Nevada, a 13-year-old orphan with dreams of singing at the Grand Ole Opry.

Wanda picks it up and follows Curly, then sees Strap Pangburn and Ruby Muldoon, two cons from the bar, harassing the man about the location of the mine.

They discuss their pasts, with Dorothy's husband and Wanda's father both killed during World War II military service.

Wanda and Demerille return to camp with four bags of gold, only to find their mules gone and Indian arrows sticking into the ground.

Wanda flees the nuns as Beau, now recovered and rich from selling and investing the gold, arrives in a new convertible outside the hotel.

Parts of the film were shot in Glen Canyon, Monument Valley, Mexican Hat and the Colorado River in Utah, as well as Prescott, Arizona.

What charm it has stems from the quirky convergence of several different genres, but Peter Fonda's third directorial outing is all but sunk by Brooke Shields' critically deficient performance.

"[8] Gene Siskel of the Chicago Tribune awarded 2 stars out of 4, and called it "a desperate film trying to make it through in bits and pieces rather than through one consistently written script.

"[9] Kevin Thomas of the Los Angeles Times was generally positive and wrote, "It's all stuff and nonsense—your typical 'relationship' movie—but it's pretty ingratiating all the same.

The neophyte Hackin seems a born storyteller, and Fonda, who also directs, brings a depth of perception and feeling to 'Wanda Nevada' that makes it quite appealing.

One kindly assumes that was deliberate, but cliches in themselves, put to no larger purpose, don't make a film camp or ironic.

"[11] According to a May 29, 1979 Daily Variety item, Peter Fonda planned a sequel titled, Wanda Havana, and was given permission to film on location in Cuba, but no further information about the project has been found.