Rio Grande

Nov 15, 1950

1h 45m

★ 6.8

John Ford's Most Powerful Drama. The Breathtaking Saga of the United States Cavalry! The third installment of John Ford's trilogy...

Overview

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.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Argosy Pictures

Rio Grande Trailers

Cast

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke

John Wayne

Mrs. Kathleen Yorke

Maureen O'Hara

Trooper Travis Tyree

Ben Johnson

Trooper Jefferson 'Jeff' Yorke

Claude Jarman Jr.

Trooper Daniel 'Sandy' Boone

Harry Carey, Jr.

Dr. Wilkins

Chill Wills

Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan

J. Carrol Naish

Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon

Victor McLaglen

U.S. Deputy Marshal

Grant Withers

Capt. St. Jacques

Peter Ortiz

Capt. Prescott

Steve Pendleton

Margaret Mary

Karolyn Grimes

In this western, fake settlers make themselves at home on an ex-ranger's ranch and drive him away. A shady newspaper publisher and a gambler then conspire to take over the land. Fortunately, another ranger endeavors to help his pal. Enlisting the aide of his fellow rangers, they get oust the homesteaders. The publisher and the gambler shoot each other and the retired ranger gets his ranch back.

6.3

The Missing

Nov 26, 2003

When rancher and single mother of two Maggie Gilkeson sees her teenage daughter, Lily, kidnapped by Apache rebels, she reluctantly accepts the help of her estranged father, Samuel, in tracking down the kidnappers. Along the way, the two must learn to reconcile the past and work together if they are going to have any hope of getting Lily back before she is taken over the border and forced to become a prostitute.

5.4

Southwest Passage

Apr 1, 1954

As the Cavalry tests the viability of bringing camels to US deserts, a surveyor, Arab drivers, and fugitive bank robbers confront Apaches and thirst. Originally filmed in 3-D

6.5

The Valley of Death

Dec 12, 1968

An army gold shipment and its escort vanish in the Ozarks, prompting accusations of theft and desertion but frontiersman Old Shatterhand and Apache chief Winnetou help solve the mystery of the missing army gold.

7.4

The Outlaw Josey Wales

Jun 30, 1976

After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.

0.0

The Lone Star Vigilantes

Jan 1, 1942

It's Wild Bill Elliot as Wild Bill Hickok in the Columbia B-western Lone Star Vigilantes. Returning from Civil War duty, Hickok, Tex Martin and Cannonball find that their Texas home town is under the rule of Colonel Monroe, a bush-league dictator with his own police force. In true Hitlerian fashion, Monroe extorts huge sums of money from the populace, terrorizing them into silence. Our three heroes set about to put an end to Monroe's regime, with time out for Tex Ritter's musical interludes.

3.0

Lone Star Ranger

Mar 20, 1942

Texas Ranger Buck Dunne is assigned to round up a gang of bank robbers. The leader of the gang turns out to be the "respectable" Judge Longstreth, making life difficult for Dunne inasmuch as he's in love with Longstreth's niece Barbara.

7.5

Little Big Man

Dec 23, 1970

Jack Crabb, looking back from extreme old age, tells of his life being raised by Indians and fighting with General Custer.

7.8

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

Apr 13, 1962

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

7.0

How the West Was Won

Nov 2, 1962

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

6.3

Duel at Diablo

Jun 15, 1966

In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Native wife, and a housewife abandons her husband to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.

7.6

Stagecoach

Mar 2, 1939

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

7.3

Dead Man

Dec 23, 1995

William Blake, an accountant turned fugitive, is on the run. During his travels, he meets a Native American man called Nobody, who guides him on a journey to the spiritual world.

7.6

The Wild Bunch

Jun 19, 1969

An aging group of outlaws look for one last big score as the "traditional" American West is disappearing around them.

7.3

Red River

Sep 17, 1948

Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.