Red River (1948)


Red River
Release Date26 August 1948
Budget$3,000,000
TaglineGreatest Spectacle Ever!
GenreWestern, Action, Adventure
CountryUSA
Filming LocationsElgin, Arizona, USA
LanguageEnglish, Spanish
Sound MixMono
ColorBlack and White
Film TypeFeature
Film ClassEpic Western
MoodTough Guys
ThemesRanchers, Generation Gap, Lone Wolves, Taming the West
TonesSweeping, Rousing, Poignant, Earthy, Tense, Forceful
TagsBetrayal, Capitalism, Cattle Drive, Cattlemen, Conflict, Cowboy, Generation Gap, Indian (Native American), Land Rights, Obsession, Ranch, Rebel, Shoot Out, Son, Stepfather, Stepson, Trail Boss, Tyrant

Red River is a 1948 Western film directed by Howard Hawks, giving a fictional account of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. The dramatic tension stems from a growing feud over the management of the drive, between the Texas rancher who initiated it (John Wayne) and his adopted adult son (Montgomery Clift).


Cast and Crew


Cast

Thomas Dunson

Matthew 'Matt' Garth

Tess Millay

'Groot' Nadine

Mr. Melville

Cherry Valance

Buster McGee

Dan Latimer

Chief Yowlachie
Quo

Teeler Yacey

Simms Reeves

Matt, as a boy

Ray Hyke
Walt Jergens

Old Leather

Colonel

Davison Clark
Mr. Meeker

Gambler

Dunston Rider

Paul Fierro
Fernandez

George Lloyd
Rider with Mr. Melville

Pierce Lyden
Colonel's Trail Boss

John Merton
Settler

Ivan Parry
Bunk Kenneally

Gambler

William Self
Sutter - Wounded Wrangler

Naylor

The Quitter

Laredo

Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train

Director

Arthur Rosson

Writer

Borden Chase
,

Charles Schnee

Producer

producer

Charles K. Feldman
executive producer

Original Music

Cinematographer

Russell Harlan

Editor

Christian Nyby
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Art Director

John Datu

Makeup Department

Lee Greenway
makeup artist

Dotha Hippe
hair stylist

Production Manager

Norman A. Cook
production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

William McGarry
assistant director

Arthur Siteman
assistant director: second unit

Sound Department

Richard DeWeese
sound

Larry Gannon
sound

Special Effects

Donald Steward
special effects

Allen Q. Thompson
special photographic effects

Stunts

stunts

Fred Kennedy
stunts

Danny Sands
stunts

Jack Williams
stunts

Camera and Electrical Department

Thomas Thompson
grip

Music Department

musical director

Vinton Vernon
music recorder

Lucien Cailliet
orchestrator

choral director

Paul Marquardt
orchestrator

Other Crew

presenter

Sid Davis
stand-in: John Wayne

Bobbie Sierks
script clerk

Production Company

Charles K. Feldman Group

Monterey Productions
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Distributor

United Artists Corporation

United Artists

United Artists

United Artists
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United Artists

MGM/UA Home Entertainment
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Warner Home Video

Warner Home Vídeo

MGM Home Entertainment






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