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Wagon Master

John Ford's lusty successor to "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"

6.7 / 10

86 minutes

1950-04-22

English

US

Actors :

Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey, Jr., Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Alan Mowbray, Jane Darwell, Ruth Clifford, Russell Simpson, Kathleen O'Malley, James Arness, Francis Ford, Fred Libby, Jim Thorpe, Mickey Simpson

Description

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.

Reviews

CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

12/27/2022, 1:04:47 PM

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...