Movie · 1948
Red River
Released 17 September 1948 133 min Western More from 1948 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
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.
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Harry Carey
as Mr. Melville
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Chief Yowlachie
as Quo
Harry Cording
as Gambler (uncredited)
George Lloyd
as Rider with Melville (uncredited)
Walter Brennan
as 'Groot' Nadine
Hal Taliaferro
as Old Leather
Lane Chandler
as Colonel (uncredited)
Glenn Strange
as Naylor (uncredited)
Paul Fix
as Teeler Yacey
Hank Worden
as Simms Reeves
John Merton
as Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Tom Tyler
as Quitter (uncredited)
John Wayne
as Thomas Dunson
Noah Beery Jr.
as Buster McGee
John Ireland
as Cherry Valance
Ray Hyke
as Walt Jergens
Richard Farnsworth
as Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Montgomery Clift
as Matthew Garth
Harry Carey, Jr.
as Dan Latimer
Joanne Dru
as Tess Millay
Coleen Gray
as Fen
Mickey Kuhn
as Matt, as a Boy
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The numbers
54years between the oldest and youngest billed
69Harry Carey — oldest on the call sheet
15Mickey Kuhn — youngest billed
43average age of the credited cast