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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. Topics. John Ford's U.S Calvary trilogy. 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. Addeddate.
- 105 min
- 80
- Odin55
Delightful film with two powerhouse co-stars John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara, referenced in our watch along of the Quiet Man. John Wayne as a Lt. colonel in the union calvary just after the Civil...
- 112 min
- 67.8K
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Rio Grande (1950) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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
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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.
