Rio Grande

• 6.821 Western
• 1950-11-15
• 105 minutes mins

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.

Starring:

John Wayne (Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke) Maureen O'Hara (Mrs. Kathleen Yorke) Ben Johnson (Trooper Travis Tyree) Claude Jarman Jr. (Trooper Jefferson 'Jeff' Yorke) Harry Carey, Jr. (Trooper Daniel 'Sandy' Boone) Chill Wills (Dr. Wilkins) J. Carrol Naish (Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan) Victor McLaglen (Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon) Grant Withers (U.S. Deputy Marshal) Peter Ortiz (Capt. St. Jacques)

Director:

John Ford

Writer:

James Kevin McGuinness