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Rio Grande is a 1950 American romantic Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. It is the third installment of Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", following two RKO Pictures releases: Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949).
Rio Grande: Directed by John Ford. With John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr.. A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years.
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- Drama, Romance, Western
- John Ford
- 1950-11-15
Rio Grande (1950) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Based on Bellah's "Mission With No Record", Rio Grande finds Wayne reprising his role as Col. Kirby Yorke, assigned to a remote outpost on the Rio Grande with an assignment to train fifteen recruits, one of whom is his son he's not seen in years. His mother shows up to remove him, but the young trooper decides to stay and fight the Apaches.
- John Ford, Cliff Lyons, Wingate Smith
- John Wayne
Summaries. A cavalry officer posted on the Rio Grande is confronted with murderous raiding Apaches, a son who's a risk-taking recruit and his wife from whom he has been separated for many years. Rio Grande takes place after the Civil War when the Union turned their attention towards the Apaches.
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Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke (John Wayne) heads a cavalry post on the Texas side of the Rio Grande, defending settlers against Apaches launching raids from the Mexican side of the river.
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- Western
Title Screen : Movie Title/Year and Scene Descriptions: Screenshots: Rio Grande (1950) In the third of Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy" (the best of the three by most accounts), John Wayne made his third appearance in the three-part series, with a co-starring role by Maureen O'Hara (who would also appear with Wayne in Ford's future film The Quiet Man (1952) and three other films); the plot was taken ...
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