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Red River is a 1948 American black-and-white film in the Western, drama, and action genres. Directed by Howard Hawks and Arthur Rosson, the movie features a cast including John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, and Joanne Dru. The screenplay was written by Borden Chase and Charles Schnee, who also served as producers. Dimitri Tiomkin composed the music, while Christian Nyby edited the film. The narrative is set in Texas, and filming took place in California, Mexico, and Arizona.
The 133-minute film was distributed by United Artists and Netflix. It has a runtime of 133 minutes and was produced by Monterey Productions and the Charles K. Feldman Group. The film received nominations for the Academy Award for Best Story and Best Film Editing. On IMDb, it holds a rating of 7.7 based on 37,884 votes, while TMDb lists a vote average of 7.35 from 592 votes.
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Film · TMDB
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.
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
Themes
- texas
- kansas, usa
- cattle drive
- revenge
- black and white
- cattle
- adopted child
- cattle empire
- 1850s
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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)
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Budget
- $2.7 million
- Box office
- $4,506,825 (U.S. and Canada rentals)
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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
- Cinematographer
- Russell Harlan
- Narrative location
- Texas
- Filming location
- Arizona
- Duration
- 133
- FilmAffinity ID
- 589383
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Image
- Red River-02.png
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- publication date
- 1948-10-11
- film editor
- Christian Nyby
- title
- Red River
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing
- color
- black-and-white
- distributed by
- Netflix
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- different from
- Hong River
- review score
- 7.7/10
- Commons category
- Red River (film)
- capital cost
- 2700000
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Encyclopedic overview
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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