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Red River

Red River

7,4 /10 (592 Votes)
1948 EN 133 min

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.

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Release date

17/09/1948

Votes

592

Popularity

2.4

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

133 min

Budget

$3,000,000

Revenue

$9,012,000

John Wayne

John Wayne

Thomas Dunson

Montgomery Clift

Montgomery Clift

Matthew Garth

Joanne Dru

Joanne Dru

Tess Millay

Walter Brennan

Walter Brennan

'Groot' Nadine

Coleen Gray

Coleen Gray

Fen

Harry Carey

Harry Carey

Mr. Melville

John Ireland

John Ireland

Cherry Valance

Noah Beery Jr.

Noah Beery Jr.

Buster McGee

Harry Carey, Jr.

Harry Carey, Jr.

Dan Latimer

Chief Yowlachie

Chief Yowlachie

Quo

Paul Fix

Paul Fix

Teeler Yacey

Hank Worden

Hank Worden

Simms Reeves

Mickey Kuhn

Mickey Kuhn

Matt, as a Boy

Ray Hyke

Ray Hyke

Walt Jergens

Hal Taliaferro

Hal Taliaferro

Old Leather

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John Bose

Dunston Rider (uncredited)

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Buck Bucko

Cowhand (uncredited)

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Roy Bucko

Cowhand (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

Lane Chandler

Colonel (uncredited)

Davison Clark

Davison Clark

Mr. Meeker (uncredited)

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Tex Cooper

Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

Harry Cording

Harry Cording

Gambler (uncredited)

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Victor Cox

Cowhand (uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth

Richard Farnsworth

Dunston Rider (uncredited)

Paul Fierro

Paul Fierro

Fernandez (uncredited)

Carol Henry

Carol Henry

Cowhand (uncredited)

George Lloyd

George Lloyd

Rider with Melville (uncredited)

Pierce Lyden

Pierce Lyden

Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)

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Frank Meredith

Train Engineer (uncredited)

John Merton

John Merton

Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)

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Jack Montgomery

Drover at Meeting (uncredited)

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Ivan Parry

Bunk Kenneally (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

Lee Phelps

Gambler (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Harry 'Snub' Pollard

Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

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John Rice

Drover at Meeting (uncredited)

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Danny Sands

Dunston Rider (uncredited)

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William Self

Sutter (uncredited)

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Carl Sepulveda

Cowhand (uncredited)

Ray Spiker

Ray Spiker

Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

Glenn Strange

Glenn Strange

Naylor (uncredited)

Tom Tyler

Tom Tyler

Quitter (uncredited)

Dan White

Dan White

Laredo (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson

Guy Wilkerson

Pete (uncredited)

Shelley Winters

Shelley Winters

Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

Original Soundtrack

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John Chard

John Chard

2019-05-29

⭐ 10

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 then hope to get good value for the beef. With their assembled group of hands they head off North, but many problems will come their way, not least, a fallout due to Dunson's tyrannical ways, meaning there could well be mutiny on the range. Without a shadow of doubt, Red River is one of the greates…

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CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

2022-07-09

⭐ 8

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 drive and we can almost feel the strains and tension build as the younger man rails against the almost brutal control of his father-figure. Walter Brennan, as ever, is superb but in this has a little more nuanced a role treading a fine line between his old friend and their younger protégé. The photograp…

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