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500M
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Play Time: 133 mins
Western
Red River

Overview:
Following 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.

Status: Released (1948-08-26)
Awards:Nominated for 2 Oscars. 2 wins & 4 nominations total
Screen:Borden Chase, Charles Schnee
Productions: United Artists, Monterey Productions, Charles K. Feldman Group
Production Countries: United States of America
Spoken Languages: English
Red River
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John Chard

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Bury those quitters! Tom Dunson is a self made cattle baron, he will do what ever it takes to protect the life he has made for himself. The constant fall in the value of livestock means that Tom, and his adopted son Matthew, must drive the gathered herd through the perilous Chisho ....

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CinemaSerf

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Perhaps not a film you'd expect to work given the stars, but John Wayne and Monty Clift do manage to convey a sense of a repectful, but loving relationship - something I don't recall ever seeing before (or since) in a Wayne film towards another man. Hawks takes us on a dirty, unrelen ....

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