| Release Date | 26 August 1948 |
| Budget | $3,000,000 |
| Tagline | Greatest Spectacle Ever! |
| Genre | Western, Action, Adventure |
| Country | USA |
| Filming Locations | Elgin, Arizona, USA |
| Language | English, Spanish |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Epic Western |
| Mood | Tough Guys |
| Themes | Ranchers, Generation Gap, Lone Wolves, Taming the West |
| Tones | Sweeping, Rousing, Poignant, Earthy, Tense, Forceful |
| Tags | Betrayal, 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).