John Ford's lusty successor to "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"
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.
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Classical in form, earnest, resolved and grave.
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- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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Cast
- Ben JohnsonTravis Blue
- Joanne DruDenver
- Harry Carey Jr.Sandy
- Ward BondElder Wiggs
- Charles KemperUncle Shiloh Clegg
- Alan MowbrayDr. A. Locksley Hall
- Jane DarwellSister Ledyard
- Ruth CliffordFleuretty Phyffe
- Russell SimpsonAdam Perkins
- Kathleen O'MalleyPrudence Perkins
Crew
- John FordDirector
- Frank S. NugentScreenplay
- Patrick FordScreenplay
- Bert GlennonDirector of Photography
- Richard HagemanOriginal Music Composer
- Jack MurrayEditor
- Barbara FordEditor
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