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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) -- (Movie Clip) Kathleen Col. Yorke (John Wayne) is surprised to receive his long-estranged wife Kathleen (Maureen O'Hara), come to seek her son's release from his own cavalry command, in the first scene in which they ever appeared together, in John Ford's Rio Grande, 1950.
- John Ford, Cliff Lyons, Wingate Smith
- John Wayne
the promoted, duty-devoted Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke (John Wayne) was the commander of a cavalry unit at the remote outpost of Fort Starke in the summer of 1879; the area on the Texas frontier near the Mexican border (marked by the Rio Grande River) was threatened by renegade Apache Indians, who often would cross the river during guerrilla ...
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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- John Wayne
- John Ford
- Western
Dec 31, 2015 · In an impressive shot by cinematographer Bert Glennon, Rio Grande opens with the dusty return of Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke’s (Wayne) cavalry unit. The wounded are on travoises, pole litters dragged on the ground behind horses, while the captured Apaches ride with their arms tied behind their backs.
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Rio Grande is a 1950 Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. The picture is the third installment of Ford's "cavalry trilogy," following two RKO Pictures releases: Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949).
