Red River (1948)
Overview
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $3,000,000.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $9,012,000.00 |
| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 14.606 |
Directed By
Howard Hawks
Crew
Howard Hawks
Borden Chase
Charles Schnee
Howard Hawks
Charles K. Feldman
Russell Harlan
Christian Nyby
Howard Hughes
Arthur Rosson
John Datu
Carol Henry
Sid Davis
Cliff Lyons
Danny Sands
Chuck Roberson
Jack Williams
Margaret Martin
Al Hersh
Thol Simonson
Borden Chase
Dimitri Tiomkin
Francis D. Lyon
Jack Murray
Dave Gunreth
Lee Greenway
George Bau
Don L. Cash
Mary Freeman
Dotha Hippe
Frank La Rue
Anna Malin
Margaret Martin
Maudlee McDougall
Web Overlander
Norman A. Cook
M.W. Kennedy
Walter Mayo
William McGarry
Joseph C. Cavalier
Arthur Rosson
Arthur Siteman
Joe Wonder
John F. Austin
Jack Colconda
Lester Hallett
Howard Harbough
Richard DeWeese
Earl Crain Jr.
Larry Gannon
Jack Gard
Slim Houghton
Cecil Shephard
Frank Webster
Kenneth C. Wesson
Donald Steward
Allen Q. Thompson
Richard Farnsworth
Riley R. Waters
Pete Bernard
Ray Binger
Roy Black
George T. Clemens
Cleo Crabtree
Bert Eason
Robert Rhea
Earl Stafford
Palmer 'Pete' Swenson
John D. Weiler
Chuck Arrice
Howard Child
Wesley Jeffries
Saul Jick
Adele Parmenter
Nevada Penn
Fred Starns
John Zacha
Barbara Ford
Stewart S. Frye
Olive Hofmann
Gus Schroeder
Dimitri Tiomkin
Lucien Cailliet
Paul Marquardt
Howard Hawks
Howard Alston
Sid Davis
Betty Evans
Josephine Woods
TOP CAST
John Wayne
Thomas Dunson
Montgomery Clift
Matthew Garth
Joanne Dru
Tess Millay
Walter Brennan
'Groot' Nadine
Coleen Gray
Fen
Harry Carey
Mr. Melville
John Ireland
Cherry Valance
Noah Beery Jr.
Buster McGee
Harry Carey, Jr.
Dan Latimer
Chief Yowlachie
Quo
Paul Fix
Teeler Yacey
Hank Worden
Simms Reeves
Mickey Kuhn
Matt, as a boy
Ray Hyke
Walt Jergens
Hal Taliaferro
Old Leather
Shelley Winters
Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Colonel (uncredited)
Davison Clark
Mr. Meeker (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Gambler (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth
Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Paul Fierro
Fernandez (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Rider with Melville (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)
Frank Meredith
Train Engineer (uncredited)
John Merton
Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery
Drover at Meeting (uncredited)
Ivan Parry
Bunk Kenneally (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Gambler (uncredited)
John Rice
Drover at Meeting (uncredited)
William Self
Sutter (uncredited)
Carl Sepulveda
Cowhand (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Glenn Strange
Naylor (uncredited)
Tom Tyler
Quitter (uncredited)
Dan White
Laredo (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
Pete (uncredited)
Shelley Winters
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
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