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Red River

Movie
1948
2h 13m
NR
English
Western
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7.8
Critic Score: 
98
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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.
Red River Poster

Red River

NR
Movie
1948
2h 13m
English
Western
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.
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98

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John Wayne
Thomas Dunson
Montgomery Clift
Matthew Garth
Joanne Dru
Tess Millay
Walter Brennan
'Groot' Nadine
Harry Carey
Mr. Melville
John Ireland
Cherry Valance
Noah Beery Jr
Buster McGee
Harry Carey Jr
Dan Latimer
Paul Fix
Teeler Yacey
Hank Worden
Simms Reeves
Mickey Kuhn
Matt, as a boy
Ray Hyke
Walt Jergens
Hal Taliaferro
Old Leather
Lane Chandler
Colonel (uncredited)
Davison Clark
Mr. Meeker (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Gambler (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth
Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Paul Fierro
Fernandez (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Rider with Melville (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)
Frank Meredith
Train Engineer (uncredited)
John Merton
Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery
Drover at Meeting (uncredited)
Directed By: Howard Hawks
Written By: Borden Chase (Story), Charles Schnee (Screenplay)

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smallclone says...
2 years ago
Very solid Classic epic western, if a little predictable.
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soonertbone says...
one year ago
Epic filmmaking--I can't imagine the process of filming that many action shots of that many cattle. The story's been done before, of course--this is Mutiny on the Bounty Goes West--but it takes nothing away from the power of the characters and the scope of Hawks' vision. Montgomery Clift feels like he descended from outer space (in a good way) and contrasts beautifully with Wayne's stodgy (in a mostly good way) performance quality. The ending here disappoints (and I wish Cherry Valance played a bigger role as Matt's subtextual love interest), but this holds up as one of my very favorite Westerns.
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edgecan says...
5 years ago
I always love seeing Walter Brennan in this type of old western.
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Juliosoft says...
6 years ago
Great and epic film from the west. Well done and directed, one of the best roles of John Wayne
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CinemaSerf
3 years ago
Perhaps not a film you'd expect to work given the stars, but John Wayne and Monty Clift do manage to convey a sense of a repectful, but loving relationship - something I don't recall ever seeing before (or since) in a Wayne film towards another man. Hawks takes us on a dirty, unrelenting cattle driv More
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John Chard
6 years ago
Bury those quitters!

Tom Dunson is a self made cattle baron, he will do what ever it takes to protect the life he has made for himself. The constant fall in the value of livestock means that Tom, and his adopted son Matthew, must drive the gathered herd through the perilous Chisholm Trail, and th More
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