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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.
Language
Budget$3,000,000
Revenue $9,012,000
English
Budget$3,000,000
Revenue $9,012,000
Keywords
texas
kansas, usa
cattle drive
revenge
black and white
cattle
adopted child
cattle empire
1850s
Casts
John Wayne
Thomas Dunson
Montgomery Clift
Matthew Garth
Joanne Dru
Tess Millay
Walter Brennan
'Groot' Nadine
Coleen Gray
Fen
Harry Carey
Mr. Melville
John Ireland
Cherry Valance
Noah Beery Jr.
Buster McGee
Harry Carey, Jr.
Dan Latimer
Chief Yowlachie
Quo
Paul Fix
Teeler Yacey
Hank Worden
Simms Reeves
Mickey Kuhn
Matt, as a Boy
Ray Hyke
Walt Jergens
Hal Taliaferro
Old Leather
John Bose
Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Buck Bucko
Cowhand (uncredited)
Roy Bucko
Cowhand (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Colonel (uncredited)
Davison Clark
Mr. Meeker (uncredited)
Tex Cooper
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Gambler (uncredited)
Victor Cox
Cowhand (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth
Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Paul Fierro
Fernandez (uncredited)
Carol Henry
Cowhand (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Rider with Melville (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)
Frank Meredith
Train Engineer (uncredited)
John Merton
Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery
Drover at Meeting (uncredited)
Ivan Parry
Bunk Kenneally (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Gambler (uncredited)
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
John Rice
Drover at Meeting (uncredited)
Danny Sands
Dunston Rider (uncredited)
William Self
Sutter (uncredited)
Carl Sepulveda
Cowhand (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Glenn Strange
Naylor (uncredited)
Tom Tyler
Quitter (uncredited)
Dan White
Laredo (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
Pete (uncredited)
Shelley Winters
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Crews
Howard Hawks
Director
Borden Chase
Screenplay
Charles Schnee
Screenplay
Howard Hawks
Producer
Charles K. Feldman
Executive Producer
Russell Harlan
Director of Photography
Christian Nyby
Editor
Howard Hughes
Editor
Arthur Rosson
Co-Director
John Datu
Art Direction
Carol Henry
Stunts
Sid Davis
Stunts
Cliff Lyons
Stunts
Danny Sands
Stunts
Chuck Roberson
Stunts
Jack Williams
Stunts
Margaret Martin
Hair Department Head
Al Hersh
Props
Thol Simonson
Special Effects Technician
Borden Chase
Story
Dimitri Tiomkin
Original Music Composer
Francis D. Lyon
Editor
Jack Murray
Editor
Dave Gunreth
Casting
Lee Greenway
Makeup Artist
George Bau
Assistant Makeup Artist
Don L. Cash
Makeup Department Head
Mary Freeman
Hairstylist
Dotha Hippe
Hairstylist
Frank La Rue
Makeup Artist
Anna Malin
Key Hair Stylist
Maudlee McDougall
Assistant Hairstylist
Web Overlander
Makeup Artist
Norman A. Cook
Production Manager
M.W. Kennedy
Assistant Production Manager
Walter Mayo
Production Manager
William McGarry
Assistant Director
Joseph C. Cavalier
Second Assistant Director
Arthur Rosson
Second Unit Director
Arthur Siteman
Second Unit Director
Joe Wonder
Assistant Director
John F. Austin
Set Dresser
Jack Colconda
Props
Lester Hallett
Assistant Property Master
Howard Harbough
Standby Painter
Richard DeWeese
Sound
Earl Crain Jr.
Boom Operator
Larry Gannon
Cableman
Jack Gard
Boom Operator
Slim Houghton
Cableman
Cecil Shephard
Cableman
Frank Webster
Sound Mixer
Kenneth C. Wesson
Sound Recordist
Donald Steward
Special Effects
Allen Q. Thompson
Special Effects
Richard Farnsworth
Stunt Double
Riley R. Waters
Stunt Double
Pete Bernard
Grip
Ray Binger
Additional Director of Photography
Roy Black
Gaffer
George T. Clemens
Camera Operator
Cleo Crabtree
Gaffer
Bert Eason
Assistant Camera
Robert Rhea
Assistant Camera
Earl Stafford
Assistant Camera
Palmer 'Pete' Swenson
Best Boy Electric
John D. Weiler
Camera Operator
Chuck Arrice
Wardrobe Assistant
Howard Child
Wardrobe Assistant
Wesley Jeffries
Wardrobe Master
Saul Jick
Tailor
Adele Parmenter
Wardrobe Master
Nevada Penn
Wardrobe Assistant
Fred Starns
Wardrobe Master
John Zacha
Wardrobe Master
Barbara Ford
Assistant Editor
Stewart S. Frye
Assistant Editor
Olive Hofmann
Negative Cutter
Gus Schroeder
Location Manager
Dimitri Tiomkin
Music Director
Lucien Cailliet
Orchestrator
Paul Marquardt
Orchestrator
Howard Hawks
Presenter
Howard Alston
Accountant
Sid Davis
Stand In
Betty Evans
Accountant
Josephine Woods
Production Secretary
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