Wagon Master

John Ford's lusty successor to "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"

6.719501h 26mReleased

Adventure

Western

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.

StatusReleased

Release Date1950-04-22

Runtime1h 26m

LanguagesEnglish

CountriesUnited States of America

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Clip

Ward Bond in Wagon Master (1950)

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Cast & Crew

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

Reviews

CinemaSerf

Dec 27, 2022

6/10

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 Cleg…

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