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3 Godfathers

Name: 3 Godfathers
Genre: Western
Released: 1948-12-31
Duration: 102 min
Rating: 6.8

★ 6,8 /10 (212 Votes)

1948 EN 102 min

Overview

Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.

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Release date

31/12/1948

Votes

212

Popularity

4.3

John Ford's Legend of the Southwest!

Genres

Western

Status

Released

Language

Runtime

102 min

Budget

$1,243,000

Revenue

$2,841,000

John Wayne

Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower

Pedro Armendáriz

Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte

Harry Carey Jr.

William Kearney ('The Abilene Kid')

Ward Bond

Perley 'Buck' Sweet

Mae Marsh

Mrs. Perley Sweet

Mildred Natwick

The Mother

Jane Darwell

Miss Florie

Guy Kibbee

Judge

Dorothy Ford

Ruby Latham

Ben Johnson

Posse man #1

Charles Halton

Oliver Latham

Hank Worden

Deputy Curly

Jack Pennick

Luke

Fred Libby

Deputy

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Michael Dugan

Posse Man #2

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Don Summers

Posse Man #3

Gertrude Astor

Saloon Girl (uncredited)

Richard Hageman

Saloon Pianist (uncredited)

Nora Bush

Townswoman (uncredited)

Eva Novak

Townswoman (uncredited)

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Charles Soldani

Townsman (uncredited)

Ruth Clifford

Woman in Bar (uncredited)

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Jack Curtis

Bartender (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Bartender (uncredited)

Tex Driscoll

Barfly (uncredited)

Jack Kenny

Barfly (uncredited)

Jack Mower

Barfly (uncredited)

Francis Ford

Drunk (uncredited)

Cliff Lyons

Guard at Mojave Tanks (uncredited)

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Amelia Yelda

Robert William Pedro Hightower (the Baby) (uncredited)

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Sentimental and affecting piece from Ford. Having already made a version of the story in 1919 as Marked Men with Harry Carey, John Ford clearly had a kink for this delightful redemption parable. Opening with a touching tribute to his friend and mentor Carey, who had sadly passed away the previous year (and who also starred in the 1916 version of The Three Godfathers), it was also the first out and out Ford Western to be made in colour. The story tells of three outlaws - Robert Hightower (John Wayne), Pedro "Pete" Fuerte (Pedro Armendariz) and The Abilene Kid (Harry Carey Junior) - who af…

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It's interesting that Harry Carey was in the first version of this film made in 1916 and now his son takes on the role as the injured "kid" alongside John Wayne's "Robert" and Pedro Armendàriz as "Pedro". These three are outlaws whose one last hit goes a bit awry. Now with the shrewd sheriff "Buck" (Ward Bond) in hot pursuit, they must try to outwit their pursuers before they run out of water. They do manage to steal a bit of a march and make it to a well, but the only water they discover is coming from the eyes of a heavily pregnant woman (Mildred Natwick) who promptly delivers them a godson.…

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