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 | 14.392 |
Directed By
Howard Hawks
Crew
Borden Chase
Howard Hawks
Howard Hawks
Christian Nyby
Charles K. Feldman
Charles Schnee
Russell Harlan
Howard Hughes
Arthur Rosson
John Datu
Sid Davis
Jack Williams
Chuck Roberson
Carol Henry
Danny Sands
Cliff Lyons
Margaret Martin
Al Hersh
Thol Simonson
Borden Chase
M.W. Kennedy
Anna Malin
Francis D. Lyon
Mary Freeman
Norman A. Cook
Frank La Rue
Lee Greenway
Don L. Cash
Jack Murray
Maudlee McDougall
Web Overlander
Dotha Hippe
Dimitri Tiomkin
George Bau
Dave Gunreth
Margaret Martin
Lester Hallett
Joseph C. Cavalier
Kenneth C. Wesson
Arthur Siteman
Chuck Arrice
Howard Harbough
Walter Mayo
William McGarry
Slim Houghton
Allen Q. Thompson
Wesley Jeffries
Howard Alston
Richard DeWeese
Jack Gard
Cecil Shephard
Gus Schroeder
Donald Steward
Joe Wonder
Larry Gannon
Pete Bernard
Saul Jick
Stewart S. Frye
Sid Davis
Fred Starns
Richard Farnsworth
Cleo Crabtree
John D. Weiler
Jack Colconda
Lucien Cailliet
Howard Hawks
Arthur Rosson
Howard Child
Olive Hofmann
Earl Crain Jr.
Frank Webster
John F. Austin
Roy Black
Nevada Penn
Earl Stafford
Ray Binger
Palmer 'Pete' Swenson
Paul Marquardt
John Zacha
Barbara Ford
Adele Parmenter
Dimitri Tiomkin
George T. Clemens
Riley R. Waters
Bert Eason
Robert Rhea
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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