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John Wayne stars as a Union officer who reunites with his estranged wife and son on the Rio Grande, where they face hostile Apaches and a court-martial. IMDb provides cast and crew information, user and critic reviews, trivia, goofs, quotes, and more for this classic western film.
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- Drama, Romance, Western
- John Ford
- 1950-11-15
Rio Grande. (1950 film) Rio Grande is a 1950 American romantic Western film [3] [4] 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). Wayne plays the lead in all three films, as ...
Find out who starred in and worked on the classic Western film Rio Grande, directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne. See the full list of actors, writers, producers, musicians, and more on IMDb.
Advertise With Us. 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 ...
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- John Wayne
- John Ford
- Western
Unlike Fort Apache, Rio Grande doesn't examine the social situation in the service. Kathleen is the only woman in the fort with a speaking role. The dependent army kids are kept mostly out of sight until they're needed for a rescue scene. Rio Grande is also a romantic warm-up for Ford's much more personal The Quiet Man. In that movie Irish ...
- John Ford, Cliff Lyons, Wingate Smith
- John Wayne
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. Union officer Kirby Yorke is in charge of an outpost on the ...
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A cavalry officer faces a shortage of troops and a hostile Apache threat on the Texas frontier. His son, a recruit, joins his regiment and complicates his duty and his family relations.
