Red River

Red River

133 mins | Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western | Aug. 26, 1948

Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.

Red River

133 mins | Drama, Adventure, Romance, Western | Aug. 26, 1948

Red River
Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.
IMDb rating 7.8
Producers United Artists, Monterey Productions, Charles K. Feldman Group
Original title Red River
Directors Joseph C. Cavalier, Arthur Siteman, William McGarry, Joe Wonder, Arthur Rosson, Howard Hawks
Writers Charles Schnee, Borden Chase

Cast

John Wayne

as Thomas Dunson

Montgomery Clift

as Matthew Garth

Joanne Dru

as Tess Millay

Walter Brennan

as 'Groot' Nadine

Coleen Gray

as Fen

Harry Carey

as Mr. Melville

John Ireland

as Cherry Valance

Noah Beery Jr.

as Buster McGee

Harry Carey, Jr.

as Dan Latimer

Paul Fix

as Teeler Yacey

Hank Worden

as Simms Reeves

Mickey Kuhn

as Matt, as a boy

Ray Hyke

as Walt Jergens

Hal Taliaferro

as Old Leather

Shelley Winters

as Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited) / Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

Lane Chandler

as Colonel (uncredited)

Davison Clark

as Mr. Meeker (uncredited)

Harry Cording

as Gambler (uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth

as Dunston Rider (uncredited)

Paul Fierro

as Fernandez (uncredited)

George Lloyd

as Rider with Melville (uncredited)

Pierce Lyden

as Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)

Frank Meredith

as Train Engineer (uncredited)

John Merton

as Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)

Jack Montgomery

as Drover at Meeting (uncredited)

Ivan Parry

as Bunk Kenneally (uncredited)

Lee Phelps

as Gambler (uncredited)

John Rice

as Drover at Meeting (uncredited)

William Self

as Sutter (uncredited)

Carl Sepulveda

as Cowhand (uncredited)

Ray Spiker

as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

Glenn Strange

as Naylor (uncredited)

Tom Tyler

as Quitter (uncredited)

Dan White

as Laredo (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson

as Pete (uncredited)