Academy Awards, USA 1949
| Nominee Oscar | Best Writing, Motion Picture Story Borden Chase |
| Best Film Editing Christian Nyby |
United Artists
Directed by Howard Hawks
My rating: 3 stars out of 4
IMDb Wikipedia
(Blu-ray, Criterion Collection)
John Wayne leaves California hoping to start a cattle ranch in Texas. Along the way, his girlfriend is killed in an Indian attack on her wagon train. A teenage boy, the only survivor of the attack, is adopted by Wayne. Fifteen years pass, and now Wayne and the older boy, Montgomery Clift, have a very large herd but no buyers because of the Civil War. They decide to drive the herd to Missouri. They encounter many obstacles along the way, not the least of which each other. After a falling out, Clift takes the herd to Kansas. Wayne soon catches up with him for a final showdown. Classic western certainly has its moments, but every time a woman shows up it gets bogged down in some uncomfortable melodrama.
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