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7.3Following 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.
Released: 1948-09-17133 minDir: Howard HawksWestern
Cast
- John Wayne as Thomas Dunson
- Montgomery Clift as Matthew Garth
- Joanne Dru as Tess Millay
- Walter Brennan as 'Groot' Nadine
- Coleen Gray as Fen
- Harry Carey as Mr. Melville
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Howard Hawks
- Screenplay by
- Borden Chase Charles Schnee
- Based on
- The Chisholm Trail , 1946 The Saturday Evening Post , by Borden Chase
- Produced by
- Howard Hawks
- Starring
- John Wayne Montgomery Clift Walter Brennan Joanne Dru Harry Carey Sr. Coleen Gray John Ireland Noah Beery Jr. Harry Carey Jr. Paul Fix
- Cinematography
- Russell Harlan
- Edited by
- Christian Nyby
- Music by
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Production company
- Monterey Productions
- Distributed by
- United Artists
- Release date
- August 26, 1948 ( 1948-08-26 )
- Running time
- 133 minutes (Pre-release) 127 minutes (Theatrical)
Key dates
- Published
- 11 October 1948
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Part of
- National Film Registry
- Genre
- action film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Arthur Rosson
- Screenwriter
- Charles Schnee
- Cast member
- Harry Cording
- Composer
- Dimitri Tiomkin
- Producer
- Charles Schnee
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Red River is a 1948 American Western film, directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift. It gives a fictional account of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. The dramatic tension stems from a growing feud over the management of the drive between the Texas rancher who initiated it (Wayne) and his adopted adult son (Clift).
The film's supporting cast features: Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, Harry Carey, John Ireland, Hank Worden, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey Jr. and Paul Fix. Borden Chase and Charles Schnee wrote the screenplay based on Chase's original story (which was first serialized in The Saturday Evening Post in 1946 as "Blazing Guns on the Chisholm Trail").
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1948 American films1948 English-language films1948 films1948 Western (genre) filmsAmerican black-and-white filmsAmerican Western (genre) epic filmsEnglish-language Western (genre) filmsFilms about farmersFilms directed by Howard HawksFilms scored by Dimitri TiomkinFilms set in TexasFilms set in the 1850s