Red River
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Synopsis
A cattle baron and his foster son argue on the Chisholm Trail.
Cast
- John Wayne
- Montgomery Clift
- Joanne Dru
- Walter Brennan
- Coleen Gray
- Harry Carey
- John Ireland
- Noah Beery Jr.
- Harry Carey Jr.
- Chief Yowlachie
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- Jul 5, 2020
There are like 500 cattle moving through every shot in this movie and I got so stressed out imagining what it must have been like to shoot. "Oops, John Wayne flubbed a line, move all the cattle back a mile and we'll try it again."
Patrick WillemsJan 24, 2013Hawks made perhaps the greatest Western of all time a decade later, but damned if this doesn't make an equally strong argument for placement at least among the genre's pantheon. Old West and new order pitted as classic stardom vs. young method acting. Vision of capitalism…
Jake ColeApr 28, 2020I can only imagine what it must have been like to walk into a theater in 1948 and experience the debut of a new kind of actor in Montgomery Clift. Sure, there's something of the doomed male beauty and Method quality of James Dean in him, but here, in his first role, Clift…
HKFanatic - Jun 29, 2023
"There's three times in a man's life when he has a right to yell at the moon: when he marries, when his children come, and when he finishes a job he had to be crazy to start." To make a 1000-mile cattle drive or to make a film about it is, at the end of the day, very…
Filipe Furtadohoward hawks' ironic post-nietzschean epic, a battle of master morality vs. slave morality across the plains of the american west, men of irrational-yet-deeply felt convictions brought to their senses by the absurdity of their own egos. 'the love impulse manifests itself in…
comrade_yuiMay 22, 2014"Ever had a good Swiss watch?"
matt lynch - Dec 25, 2017
sorry I can’t talk right now I have to go write some fanfiction
Emma StefanskyAug 11, 2025“you’re soft. you should have stayed a boy.” What surprised me most about Red River wasn’t the stampede (okay, it was awesome) or the gorgeously cinematic landscapes (also awesome), but the darkness slowly creeping in and running through it. Featuring John Wayne, this…
Tim FehrenbachJun 21, 2026Sometimes all it takes is a woman’s reality check to make you realize your own stupidity. Hawks is a legend for a reason when it comes to transforming geography into a kind of ideology. Western finds its scale and its own heroic-versus-authority conflict between a father…
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- Platypus Lord likedRed River
Great story with near perfect characters, central conflict, & performances. The music sets a nice tone & filming all that cattle is an amazing achievement. The romance is introduced late and doesn't have enough development, and the ending is a bit abrupt, if somewhat plausible.
RayRay likedRed RiverThe last half an hour really did damage to the movie at large. First hour was a very very solid western though. That’s from memory anyways, it’s been a while Could’ve been great, but the writing didn’t hold
Jacob Taylor likedRed RiverVery fun Western. Can be slow at times but the characters are interesting and Wayne isn't the clear cut good guy which is nice.
- Goncalo Teixeira lovedRed River
The ending is quite silly but otherwise the movie is fantastic. What an adventure. 8.8
Ezra lovedRed RiverMan, what a build ! I love when it all comes together at the end.
Lassi Kaartinen likedRed RiverAikansa lapsi. Viihdyttävä. Hankala keksiä sanottavaa 8/10
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Universal acclaim based on 5 Reviews
What we remember with Red River is not, however, the silly ending, but the setup and the majestic central portions. The tragic rivalry is so well established that somehow it keeps its weight and dignity in our memories, even though the ending undercuts it.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
Even despite a big let-down, which fortunately comes near the end, it stands sixteen hands above the level of routine horse opera these days.
Bosley Crowther
The New York Times
Frequently Asked Questions
How long is Red River?
The movie is 2hr 13min long.
What's Red River about?
A cattle baron and his foster son argue on the Chisholm Trail.
Who's the cast of Red River?
- John Wayne as Thomas Dunson
- Montgomery Clift as Matt Garth
- Joanne Dru as Tess Millay
- Walter Brennan as Nadine Groot
- 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
- Chief Yowlachie as Quo
Who's the director behind Red River?
Howard Hawks and Arthur Rosson directed Red River.
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