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Wagon Master uses the landscapes around around Moab, Utah, including Hittle Bottom on the Colorado River at Professor Valley, about 20 miles northeast of Moab, and Spanish Valley, to the southeast. Ford wanted his beloved Monument Valley for the film’s climax, but when he couldn’t afford it, he resorted to faking the mountain using miniatures.
Filming locations. Colorado River, Moab, Utah, USA. Helpful • 8 0. Monument Valley, Arizona, USA. Helpful • 6 0. Teec Nos Pos, Arizona, USA. Helpful • 6 0. Hittle Bottom, Moab, Utah, USA. Helpful • 6 0.
Wagon Master - Argosy Productions. Director: John Ford. Starring: Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr., Joanne Dru, Ward Bond, Jane Darwell, Russell Baker, Angela Lansbury, Sidney Poitier, Simpson, Kathleen O’Malley, James Arness, Francis Ford. Locations: Professor Valley, Colorado River, Spanish Valley. 1950 - Rio Grande-Republic Studios. Director ...
With Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond. Two young drifters guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter cutthroats, Indians, geography, and moral challenges on the journey.
- (5.5K)
- Drama, Western
- John Ford
- 1950-04-22
May 15, 2021 · Ford got the idea of making the film in the terrain where the real wagon trains went, and wanted to set up locations near Mexican Hat in Utah but it was too inaccessible even for Ford and he settled for the wonderfully ‘Western’ area round Moab. There were great similarities to Monument Valley in the landscape.
Wagon Master (1950) - Directed by John Ford, produced by Lowell J. Farrell, Merian C. Cooper, John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Alan Mowbray, Jane Darwell, Ruth Clifford,and more...
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Synopsis by Linda Rasmussen. Wagon Master, splendidly directed by John Ford, is a superlative western. The film is the outwardly simple tale of a Mormon wagon train headed for Utah. Along the way, the group, led by Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond) hook up with two horse traders Travis Blue (Ben Johnson) and Sandy Owens (Harry Carey Jr), the members of a ...
