Rio Grande (1950)
Rio Grande (1950)


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Cast & Crew.

John Wayne
Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke

Maureen O'Hara
Mrs. Kathleen Yorke

Ben Johnson
Trooper Travis Tyree

Claude Jarman Jr.
Trooper Jefferson 'Jeff' Yorke

Harry Carey, Jr.
Trooper Daniel 'Sandy' Boone

Chill Wills
Dr. Wilkins

J. Carrol Naish
Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan

Victor McLaglen
Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon

Grant Withers
U.S. Deputy Marshal

Peter Ortiz
Capt. St. Jacques

Steve Pendleton
Capt. Prescott

Karolyn Grimes
Margaret Mary

Alberto Morin
Lieutenant

Stan Jones
Sergeant / Songs

Fred Kennedy
Trooper Heinze / Stunts

Ken Curtis
Donnelly - Regimental Singer (uncredited)

Tommy Doss
Regimental Singer (uncredited)

Hugh Farr
Regimental Singer (uncredited)

Karl Farr
Regimental Singer (uncredited)

Shug Fisher
Regimental Singer/Bugler (uncredited)

Cliff Lyons
Soldier (uncredited) / Second Unit Director / Stunts

Lee Morgan
(uncredited)

Jack Pennick
Sergeant (uncredited)

Lloyd Perryman
Regimental Singer (uncredited)

Chuck Roberson
Officer/Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited) / Stunts

Barlow Simpson
Indian Chief (uncredited) / Stunts

Patrick Wayne
Boy (uncredited)

James Kevin McGuinness
Screenplay

Merian C. Cooper
Producer

Victor Young
Original Music Composer

John Ford
Director / Producer

Bert Glennon
Director of Photography

Frank Hotaling
Art Direction

Jack Murray
Editor

James Warner Bellah
Author

Dale Evans
Songs

Bob Mark
Makeup Supervisor

Wingate Smith
Assistant Director

Earl Crain Sr.
Sound

Bob Rose
Stunts

Charles S. Thompson
Set Decoration

Peggy Gray
Hairstylist

Frank McGrath
Stunts

John McCarthy Jr.
Set Decoration

Everett Creach
Stunts

Norm Taylor
Stunt Double

Howard Lydecker
Special Effects

John Hudkins
Stunts
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Details.
Release DateNovember 15, 1950
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 45m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsUtah, United States
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This Movie Is About.
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Rio Grande is a 1950 American romantic Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. It is the third installment of Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", following two RKO Pictures releases: Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). Wayne plays the lead in all three films, as Captain Kirby York in Fort Apache, then as Captain Nathan Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and finally as a promoted Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke in Rio Grande. Rio Grande's supporting cast features Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr., Harry Carey Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers, the Western singing group the Sons of the Pioneers and Stan Jones.
In the film, Yorke leads a cavalry regiment at the border of Texas and Mexico. He has been estranged from his wife Kathleen and son Jeff for the last fifteen years. Jeff recently flunked out of West Point and enlisted in the Army as a private. He comes under Yorke's command, where Yorke promises not to give him special treatment. Kathleen soon arrives at the fort, trying unsuccessfully to get Jeff to return to military school. As Kathleen and Yorke deal with their son, their relationship revives. Meanwhile, Apaches have been attacking the fort and taking refuge in Mexico so that Yorke's regiment can't retaliate against them. After an attack on the fort's women and children where the children are kidnapped, Yorke pursues Apache raiders into Mexico and raids their villages with permission from his general. He saves the kidnapped children, and returns to Kathleen settling into her role as military wife on the fort.
While originally Ford was uninterested in directing another Western, his studio wouldn't permit him to start The Quiet Man until he directed Rio Grande. The script was based on a short story by James Warner Bellah, which was inspired by historical events. The film was shot in only 32 days in Monument Valley, Utah. After its release, it made a modest profit, with reviewers praising the music and the action, but noting that the themes were well-worn. Later reviews praised the natural beauty of the shooting location, but were mixed about its efficacy. The film can be read as anticipating the frustration with international borders the US military would experience in the Vietnam War, with the solution to ignore international borders reflecting the conservative politics of Bellah and scriptwriter James Kevin McGuinness. The film is one of the least sympathetic of Ford's Westerns to Native Americans, depicting them as bloodthirsty and villainous. In contrast to its one-sided portrayal of Native Americans, its treatment of the reconciliation of an estranged couple and their son is emotionally complex. Rio Grande also addresses issues of class, showing a rejection of class privilege common in Ford's work.
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