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Wagon Master is a good outdoor action film, done in the best John Ford manner. That means careful character development and movement, spiced with high spots of action, good drama and leavening comedy moments
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Wagon Master
John Ford's lusty successor to "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"
1950 · 1h 26m · APPROVED
Adventure, Western
Directed by
John Ford
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.
Director and cast
- John Ford Director
- Ben Johnson as Travis Blue
- Joanne Dru as Denver
- Harry Carey, Jr. as Sandy
- Ward Bond as Elder Wiggs
- Charles Kemper as Uncle Shiloh Clegg
- Alan Mowbray as Dr. A. Locksley Hall
- Jane Darwell as Sister Ledyard
- Ruth Clifford as Fleuretty Phyffe
- Russell Simpson as Adam Perkins
- Kathleen O'Malley as Prudence Perkins
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