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Red River (1948)

Directed by Howard Hawks

Western | Adventure | Romance

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Overview

Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.

Rated NR | Length 133 minutes

Actors

John Wayne | Montgomery Clift | Joanne Dru | Walter Brennan | Coleen Gray | Harry Carey | John Ireland | Noah Beery Jr. | Harry Carey, Jr. | Chief Yowlachie | Paul Fix | Hank Worden | Mickey Kuhn | Ray Hyke | Hal Taliaferro | John Bose | Ralph Bucko | Roy Bucko | Lane Chandler | Davison Clark | Tex Cooper | Harry Cording | Victor Cox | Richard Farnsworth | Paul Fierro | Carol Henry | George Lloyd | Pierce Lyden | Frank Meredith | John Merton | Jack Montgomery | Ivan Parry | Lee Phelps | 'Snub' Pollard | John Rice | Danny Sands | William Self | Carl Sepulveda | Ray Spiker | Glenn Strange | Tom Tyler | Dan White | Guy Wilkerson | Shelley Winters

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Viewing Notes

Home late but not too late for excellent Howard Hawks western Red River (1948) featuring the great John Wayne and Monty Clift. This is a film that deserves a better treatment (Blu-Ray). Quite the non-conventional western yet really amazing character study.

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