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Red River (1948)

APPROVED 133 min  -  Action | Adventure | Romance  -   17 September 1948 (USA)
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Dunson is driving his cattle to Red River when his adopted son, Matthew, turns against him.

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Borden Chase (screenplay), Charles Schnee (screenplay), and 1 more credit »
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Cast

Complete credited cast:
John Wayne ...
Montgomery Clift ...
Joanne Dru ...
Tess Millay
Walter Brennan ...
Coleen Gray Coleen Gray ...
Fen (as Colleen Gray)
Harry Carey Harry Carey ...
Mr. Melville (as Harry Carey Sr.)
John Ireland ...
Noah Beery Jr. ...
Buster McGee
Harry Carey Jr. Harry Carey Jr. ...
Dan Latimer
Chief Yowlachie Chief Yowlachie ...
Quo (as Chief Yowlatchie)
Paul Fix ...
Teeler Yacey
Hank Worden ...
Mickey Kuhn Mickey Kuhn ...
Matt - as a Boy
Ray Hyke Ray Hyke ...
Walt Jergens
Hal Taliaferro Hal Taliaferro ...
Old Leather
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Storyline

Tom Dunson builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth. Together they begin a massive cattle drive north from Texas to the Missouri railhead. But on the way, new information and Dunson's tyrannical ways cause Matthew to take the herd away from Dunson and head to a new railhead in Kansas. Dunson, swearing vengeance, pursues. Written by Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>  

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Plot Keywords:

Cattle | Cattle Empire | Texas | Cattle Drive | Vengeance  | See more »

Taglines:

In 25 Years, Only Three! "The Covered Wagon", "Cimarron" and now Howard Hawks' "Red River" See more »

Genres:

Action | Adventure | Romance | Western

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Spanish

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

La rivière rouge See more »

Filming Locations:

Elgin, Arizona, USA See more »

Box Office

Budget:

$3,000,000 (estimated)
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

 | West Germany:

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric Recording)

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1
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Trivia

Final released film of Harry Carey See more »

Goofs

Continuity: When Dunson is standing next to his horse after Mathew Garth takes the herd from him, he clearly has a belt full of cartridges, but later on Mathew confirms to Groot that he took all of Dunson's cartridges. See more »

Quotes

Thomas Dunson: Give me ten years, and I'll have that brand on the gates of the greatest ranch in Texas. The big house will be down by the river, and the corrals and the barns behind it. It'll be a good place to live in. Ten years and I'll have the Red River D on more cattle than you've looked at anywhere...
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Soundtracks

"Settle Down"
(1947)
Written by Dimitri Tiomkin
Played during the opening credits See more »