
3 Godfathers
John Ford's Legend of the Southwest!
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
- 6.7
- 1948
- Released
- 1h 42m

John Wayne
Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
Pedro Armendáriz
Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Harry Carey, Jr.
William Kearney ('The Abilene Kid')
Ward Bond
Perley 'Buck' Sweet
Mae Marsh
Mrs. Perley Sweet
Mildred Natwick
The Mother
Jane Darwell
Miss Florie
Guy Kibbee
Judge
Dorothy Ford
Ruby Latham
Ben Johnson
Posse man #1
Charles Halton
Oliver Latham
Hank Worden
Deputy Curly
Jack Pennick
Luke
Fred Libby
Deputy
Michael Dugan
Posse Man #2
Don Summers
Posse Man #3
Gertrude Astor
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Nora Bush
Townswoman (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Townswoman (uncredited)
Charles Soldani
Townsman (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Jack Curtis
Bartender (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Bartender (uncredited)
Tex Driscoll
Barfly (uncredited)
Jack Kenny
Barfly (uncredited)
Jack Mower
Barfly (uncredited)
Francis Ford
Drunk (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons
Guard at Mojave Tanks (uncredited)
Amelia Yelda
Robert William Pedro Hightower (the Baby) (uncredited)
![3 Godfathers (1948) Original Trailer [HD]](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QSISyY3oOwE/hqdefault.jpg)
Released
en
$1,243,000.00
$2,841,000.00
- #baby
- #marshal
- #adoption
- #promise
- #outlaw
- #survival
- #fugitive
- #train
- #prison sentence
- #bank robbery
- #birth
- #desert
- #hymn
- #dying
- #posse
- #waterhole
- #arizona territory
- #newborn baby
- #desert survival
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It's interesting that Harry Carey was in the first version of this film made in 1916 and now his son takes on the role as the injured "kid" alongside John Wayne's "Robert" and Pedro Armendàriz as "Pedro". These three are outlaws whose one last hit goes a bit awry. Now with the shrewd sheriff "Buck" (Ward Bond) in hot pursuit, they must try to outwit their pursuers before they run out of water. The

Sentimental and affecting piece from Ford. Having already made a version of the story in 1919 as Marked Men with Harry Carey, John Ford clearly had a kink for this delightful redemption parable. Opening with a touching tribute to his friend and mentor Carey, who had sadly passed away the previous year (and who also starred in the 1916 version of The Three Godfathers), it was also the first out











