red river (1948) MOVIE REVIEW__ Nicholas on FILM (:

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++Nicholas on FILM Reviews ‘red river’ (1948)++
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GENRE(s): Western
TAGLINE:
In 25 Years, Only Three! "The Covered Wagon", "Cimarron" and now Howard Hawks' "Red River"
LOG-LINE:
Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil war, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.