RED RIVER (1948)

 

Directed by: Howard Hawks

Based on the story "Blazing Guns on the Chisholm Trail" by: Borden Chase

Starring: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, Harry Carey, John Ireland, Hank Worden, Noah Beery Jr, Harry Carey Jr, Paul Fix, Chief Yowlachie, Ray Hyke, Wally Wales, Mickey Kuhn, Robert M. Lopez, Shelley Winters, Dan White, Tom Tyler, Ray Spiker, Glenn Strange, Chief Sky Eagle, Ivan Parry, Lee Phelps, William Self, Carl Sepulveda, Pierce Lyden, Harry Cording, George Lloyd, Frank Meredith, John Merton, Jack Montgomery, Paul Fierro, Richard Farnsworth, Lane Chandler, Davison Clark, Guy Wilkerson

133 minutes

(NR - adult themes)

PLOT:

Fourteen years after starting his cattle ranch in Texas, Tom Dunston is finally ready to drive his 10,000 head of cattle to market. Back then Dunston, his sidekick Nadine Groot and a teen-aged boy, Matt Garth -who was the only survivor of an Indian attack on a wagon train - started off with only two head of cattle. The nearest market however is in Missouri, 1000 miles away. Dunston is a hard task master demanding a great deal from the men who have signed up for the drive. Matt is a grown man now and fought in the Civil War. He has his own mind as well and he soon runs up against the stubborn Dunston who won't listen to advice from anyone. Soon, the men on the drive are taking sides and Matt ends up in charge with Dunston vowing to kill him.

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