“John Ford's lusty successor to "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"”
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.
John Ford
Patrick Ford
Frank S. Nugent
Bert Glennon
Richard Hageman
Ben Johnson
Travis Blue
Joanne Dru
Denver
Harry Carey, Jr.
Sandy
Ward Bond
Elder Wiggs
Charles Kemper
Uncle Shiloh Clegg
Alan Mowbray
Dr. A. Locksley Hall
Jane Darwell
Sister Ledyard
Ruth Clifford
Fleuretty Phyffe
Russell Simpson
Adam Perkins
Kathleen O'Malley
Prudence Perkins
James Arness
Floyd Clegg
Francis Ford
Mr. Peachtree
... and 20 more
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This is quite an unremarkable little pioneering yarn that sees two cowboys - Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr. guiding a Mormon caravan across the Wild West. En route they encounter a motley collection of folks with a medicine show - and the sultry Joanne Dru ("Miss Denver"); then a bunch of less savo...
Ward Bond in Wagon Master (1950)
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Argosy Pictures
RKO Radio Pictures
