Movie
Wagon Master
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.
Details
- Release date
- 1950-04-22
- Runtime
- 86 min
- Genres
- Adventure, Western
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Argosy Pictures, RKO Radio Pictures
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- 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
- James Arness as Floyd Clegg
- Francis Ford as Mr. Peachtree
Crew
- John Ford - Director
- Frank S. Nugent - Screenplay
- Patrick Ford - Screenplay
- John Ford - Story
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