Wagon Master (1950)

NR04/22/1950Adventure, Western1h 26m
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John Ford's lusty successor to "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

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    Ben Johnson

    Travis Blue

  2. Cast 1

    Joanne Dru

    Denver

  3. Cast 1

    Harry Carey, Jr.

    Sandy

  4. Cast 1

    Ward Bond

    Elder Wiggs

  5. Cast 1

    Charles Kemper

    Uncle Shiloh Clegg

  6. Cast 1

    Alan Mowbray

    Dr. A. Locksley Hall

  7. Cast 1

    Jane Darwell

    Sister Ledyard

  8. Cast 1

    Ruth Clifford

    Fleuretty Phyffe

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    Russell Simpson

    Adam Perkins

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 their camp - and that's where it all turns a bit sour with our two gallant lads left to try to protect the travellers from the vengeful "Cleggs". John Ford seems to have lost his way with this pretty...