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.
- 6.6
- 1950
- Released
- 1h 26m
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
Fred Libby
Reese Clegg
Jim Thorpe
Navajo Indian
Mickey Simpson
Jesse Clegg
Cliff Lyons
Marshal of Crystal CityDon Summers
Sam Jenkins
Movita
Young Navajo Indian
Hank Worden
Luke Clegg
Chuck Hayward
Jackson (uncredited)Danny Borzage
Accordionist (uncredited)Lee Bradley
Leader of the Navajo Band (uncredited)Nora Bush
Settler (uncredited)Jane Crowley
Settler (uncredited)Tex Holden
Settler (uncredited)George Huggins
Settler (uncredited)Fred Kennedy
Settler (uncredited)Al Kunde
Fiddler (uncredited)Ann Kunde
Settler (uncredited)
Frank McGrath
Posse Member (uncredited)Evelyn Moriarty
Settler (uncredited)Eleanore Vogel
Settler (uncredited)
Released
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- #native american
- #caravan
- #migration
- #medicine show
- #attempted rape
- #crime family
- #covered wagon
- #cowboy
- #mormon
- #escort
- #river crossing
- #wagon train
- #criminal gang
- #whipping
- #horse and wagon
- #san juana valley
- #american west
- #horse trader
- #trail guide
- #mormon pioneer
- #providence
- #settlers of american west
- #migration to promised land
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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 savoury characters led by Charles Kemper ("Shiloh Clegg") before they are invited to join some Navajo at