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Red River

1948 Film Synopsis & Plot Summary

7.3/10

Rating

133 min

Runtime

1948

Release Year

Howard Hawks

Director

Cast

John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Coleen Gray

Quick Synopsis

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.

Full Plot Summary of Red River

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.

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