Red River
Capsule by Dave Kehr
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John Wayne and Montgomery Clift star in Howard Hawks's epic 1948 western--one of the few such projects in which the human element takes its rightful precedence over spectacle. The plot concerns a rancher and his adoptive son, who come into conflict over the leadership of a cattle drive. But the film is only superficially a study in the ethics of command; its real subject lies in the deeper bonds of friendship and mutual respect. With Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, and John Ireland. 133 min.

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