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17/09/1948 Western 2h 13m
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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.

  1. Howard Hawks

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. John Wayne

    Thomas Dunson

  2. Montgomery Clift

    Matthew Garth

  3. Joanne Dru

    Tess Millay

  4. Walter Brennan

    'Groot' Nadine

  5. Coleen Gray

    Fen

  6. Harry Carey

    Mr. Melville

  7. John Ireland

    Cherry Valance

  8. Noah Beery Jr.

    Buster McGee

  9. Harry Carey, Jr.

    Dan Latimer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2019-05-29
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 Chisholm Trail, and then hope to get good value for the beef. With their assembled group of hands they head off North, but many problems will come their way, not least, a fallout due to Dunson's tyrannical ways, meaning there could well be mutiny on the range.

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$3,000,000.00

Revenue
$9,012,000.00

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