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| John Wayne | ... | Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke | |
| Maureen O'Hara | ... | Mrs. Kathleen Yorke | |
| Ben Johnson | ... | Trooper Travis Tyree | |
| Claude Jarman Jr. | ... | Trooper Jefferson 'Jeff' Yorke | |
| Harry Carey Jr. | ... | Trooper Daniel 'Sandy' Boone | |
| Chill Wills | ... | Dr. Wilkins (regimental surgeon) | |
| J. Carrol Naish | ... | Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan | |
| Victor McLaglen | ... | Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon | |
| Grant Withers | ... | U.S. Deputy Marshal | |
| Sons of the Pioneers | ... | Regimental Musicians | |
| Peter Ortiz | ... | Capt. St. Jacques | |
| Steve Pendleton | ... | Capt. Prescott | |
| Karolyn Grimes | ... | Margaret Mary | |
| Alberto Morin | ... | Lieutenant | |
| Stan Jones | ... | Sergeant | |
| Fred Kennedy | ... | Trooper Heinze | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Ken Curtis | ... | Donnelly (regimental singer) (uncredited) | |
| Tommy Doss | ... | Regimental singer (uncredited) | |
| Hugh Farr | ... | Regimental singer (uncredited) | |
| Karl Farr | ... | Regimental singer (uncredited) | |
| Shug Fisher | ... | Regimental singer / Bugler (uncredited) | |
| Cliff Lyons | ... | Soldier (uncredited) | |
| Lee Morgan | ... | (uncredited) | |
| Jack Pennick | ... | Sergeant (uncredited) | |
| Lloyd Perryman | ... | Regimental singer (uncredited) | |
| Chuck Roberson | ... | Officer / Indian who fires arrow into Col. York's chest (uncredited) | |
| Barlow Simpson | ... | Indian chief (uncredited) | |
| Patrick Wayne | ... | Boy (uncredited) | |
Directed by | |||
| John Ford | |||
Writing credits | ||
| James Kevin McGuinness | (screenplay) | |
| James Warner Bellah | (Saturday Evening Post story) | |
Produced by | |||
| Merian C. Cooper | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
| John Ford | .... | producer (uncredited) | |
Original Music by | |||
| Victor Young | |||
Cinematography by | |||
| Bert Glennon | (director of photography) | ||
Film Editing by | |||
| Jack Murray | |||
Art Direction by | |||
| Frank Hotaling | |||
Set Decoration by | |||
| John McCarthy Jr. | |||
| Charles S. Thompson | (as Charles Thompson) | ||
Costume Design by | |||
| Adele Palmer | |||
Makeup Department | |||
| Peggy Gray | .... | hair stylist | |
| Bob Mark | .... | makeup supervisor | |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director | |||
| Wingate Smith | .... | assistant director | |
| Cliff Lyons | .... | second unit director (uncredited) | |
Art Department | |||
| Dudley Holmes | .... | properties (as R. Dudley Holmes) | |
Sound Department | |||
| Earl Crain Sr. | .... | sound | |
| Howard Wilson | .... | sound | |
Special Effects by | |||
| Howard Lydecker | .... | special effects | |
| Theodore Lydecker | .... | special effects | |
Stunts | |||
| Jerry Brown | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Everett Creach | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Chuck Hayward | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| John Hudkins | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Fred Kennedy | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Cliff Lyons | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Frank McGrath | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Chuck Roberson | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Bob Rose | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Barlow Simpson | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Norm Taylor | .... | stunt double (uncredited) | |
| Terry Wilson | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
| Jack N. Young | .... | stunts (uncredited) | |
Camera and Electrical Department | |||
| Archie Stout | .... | photography: second unit | |
Editorial Department | |||
| Barbara Ford | .... | assistant editor (uncredited) | |
Transportation Department | |||
| Norm Taylor | .... | driver: cavalry wagon (uncredited) | |
Other crew | |||
| D.R.O. Hatswell | .... | uniforms (as D.R. Overall Hatswell) | |
| Philip Kieffer | .... | technical advisor (as Major Philip H. Kieffer U.S.A. Ret.) | |
| Herbert J. Yates | .... | presenter | |
| Sid Davis | .... | stand-in: John Wayne (uncredited) | |
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According to a trailer on my Quiet Man VHS and Maureen O'Hara's memoirs Rio Grande was a negotiating chip that Republic Pictures studio president Herbert J. Yates used in order to get John Ford to work for his studio. John Ford had wanted to make The Quiet Man for years and the major studios turned him down. Republic was the last stop he made. Yates agreed to let him shoot The Quiet Man at Republic, but first he wanted a guaranteed moneymaker.
Fort Apache and She Wore A Yellow Ribbon were both done at RKO and made money. So Yates said give me another cavalry picture with John Wayne and you can shoot The Quiet Man afterwards.
James Warner Bellah who had written the short stories that the other two were based on fortunately had a third one published. And that boys and girls is how Rio Grande came into being.
Good thing too because of studio politics we got ourselves a western classic. And a family classic as well. John Wayne who is once again playing a character named Kirby Yorke has two families, the United States Cavalry to which he's devoted and a wife and son from whom he's been estranged. How he repairs the relationships between wife Maureen O'Hara and son Claude Jarman, Jr. is the key to the whole story.
As Maureen toasts at a dinner scene with J. Carrol Naish as General Philip H. Sheridan, "to my one rival, the United States Cavalry."
Young Jefferson Yorke has flunked out of West Point and has joined the army as an enlisted man. Through none of his own doing he's assigned to the frontier post commanded by his father. Mom then comes west to try and spring him from the army, but young Jeff doesn't want to be sprung.
In fact to his father's surprise the young man proves himself to be an able cavalryman without any assistance from Dad. And when Maureen comes west, old love rekindles between Wayne and O'Hara.
All this is against the background of some Apache hit and run raids across the Rio Grande. Topped off by them attacking a party escorting dependent women and children away from the post. Young Trooper Yorke rides for help there, hence the title quote.
A lot of John Ford's stock company fills out the cast to give it that familiar look of Ford films. Some bits from previous films were used like the training Roman style of the new recruits. They prove a more able bunch than the ones from Fort Apache.
Some traditional melodies were used as they are in John Ford period pieces, but unusual for a Ford film, several new songs were written for the film, done by the Sons of the Pioneers. One of them written by Dale Evans entitled Aha San Antone. She was employed at Republic studios also.
A fine classic western with a nice story about family relationships and responsibilities one incurs in life.