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Overview
Release Date:
19 April 1950 (USA) morePlot:
A group of Mormons hoping to found a new colony in the trackless San Juan River country hire horse traders Travis and Sandy as wagonmaster and guide... more | add synopsisUser Comments:
two cowboys help a wagon train to roll West moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Ben Johnson | ... | Travis Blue | |
| Joanne Dru | ... | Denver | |
| Harry Carey Jr. | ... | Sandy | |
| Ward Bond | ... | Elder Wiggs | |
| Charles Kemper | ... | Uncle Shiloh Clegg | |
| Alan Mowbray | ... | Dr. A. Locksley Hall | |
| Jane Darwell | ... | Sister Ledeyard | |
| Ruth Clifford | ... | Fleuretty Phyffe | |
| Russell Simpson | ... | Adam Perkins | |
| Kathleen O'Malley | ... | Prudence Perkins | |
| James Arness | ... | Floyd Clegg | |
| Francis Ford | ... | Mr. Peachtree | |
| Fred Libby | ... | Reese Clegg | |
| Jim Thorpe | ... | Navajo | |
| Mickey Simpson | ... | Jesse Clegg |
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86 minCountry:
USAColor:
Black and WhiteAspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)Certification:
West Germany:16 (f) | Finland:K-16 (1951) | Iceland:12 | UK:U (original rating) | UK:PG | Finland:K-12 (1964) | USA:Approved (PCA #14314) | Sweden:15MOVIEmeter: 
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Continuity: Prudence arrives after Wiggs and Adam, and stands behind them, in front of Sandy on the fence. Between shots she appears near Sandy, with her back to him. moreSoundtrack:
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Other reviewers have described Wagonmaster splendidly.But I would like to look at it's main lead, Ben Johnson.
I was 10 when Wagonmaster came out, and by then Johnson had become a hero to us boys in St.Ives,Cornwall.Johnson had worked his way up to the Travis Blue role the hard way; from being a rodeo man to John Waynes sidekick.We were fascinated by his horsemanship in his early roles, and were completely sold by his neat act of jumping off a horse whilst it was still moving.Very soon, every lad at school was Ben Johnson, as we charged around on pretend horses. His appeal was in his drawl, the measured, laconic delivery he had. His approach was the easy, deliberate action of a cowboy who was completely honest, trustworthy and dependable. In Wagonmaster he got his break, and with Harry Carey Jnr., formed a memorable parnership. Careys' exuberance somehow balances Johnsons nonchalant style, and they epitomize the young West, it'sdangers, hopes and sorrows.You just know, that as long as they are around, everything is gonna be OK.
For me Ben Johnson is as much a part of the screen West as any of the Western stars, like John Wayne and Gary Cooper. There was no one quite like him, and his roles, small or big, linger in the mind.
The elegiac Wagonmaster is his legacy to Western genre