3 Godfathers

Dec 31, 1948

1h 42m

★ 6.7

John Ford's Legend of the Southwest!

Overview

Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.

Genres

Western

Production Companies

Argosy Pictures

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

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Cast

Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower

John Wayne

Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte

Pedro Armendáriz

William Kearney ('The Abilene Kid')

Harry Carey, Jr.

Perley 'Buck' Sweet

Ward Bond

Mrs. Perley Sweet

Mae Marsh

The Mother

Mildred Natwick

Miss Florie

Jane Darwell

Judge

Guy Kibbee

Ruby Latham

Dorothy Ford

Posse man #1

Ben Johnson

Oliver Latham

Charles Halton

Deputy Curly

Hank Worden

When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.

6.0

The Missourians

Nov 25, 1950

In the little town of Dorado, widely known as a town with no crime and no bank to rob, young Polish-born Steve Kovacs is fighting a two-edged sword of prejudice; his foreign birth and also the fact that his brother, Nick Kovacs, is the leader of an outlaw gang known as The Missourians.

0.0

Rolling Down the Great Divide

Apr 24, 1942

A ring of cattle thieves uses short-wave radio to communicate with each other. A trio of range detectives must find a way to capture the gang.

6.3

An American Tail: Fievel Goes West

Nov 21, 1991

Some time after the Mousekewitz's have settled in America, they find that they are still having problems with the threat of cats. That makes them eager to try another home out in the west, where they are promised that mice and cats live in peace. Unfortunately, the one making this claim is an oily con artist named Cat R. Waul who is intent on his own sinister plan.

0.0

Outlaws of Texas

Dec 10, 1950

Monogram's Outlaws of Texas is surprisingly bereft of the action highlights one might expect from star Whip Wilson. This time, the Whip and his saddle pal Andy Clyde play heroes Tom and Hungry who work undercover to break up a gang of bank robbers.

0.0

The Old Frontier

Jul 20, 1950

Monte Hale is cast as town marshal Barney Regan. It is Barney's formidable task to round up a gang of bank robbers and expose the "Mr. Big" behind all the robberies.

6.9

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Oct 22, 1949

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.

0.0

Fighting to Live

Apr 6, 1934

When attacked by two dogs, Joe Gilmore leaves them on the desert to die. Later one of the dogs saves John Blake from drowning. Men arrive claiming the dog is killing their chickens. They want to kill the dog but John convinces them the dog's fate should be determined by a trial.

7.6

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Sep 23, 1969

As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.

4.0

Men Of America

Nov 25, 1932

Bank robbers and killers cause mayhem in a small western town.

8.3

Once Upon a Time in the West

Dec 21, 1968

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

7.8

Rio Bravo

Mar 8, 1959

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

8.5

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Dec 23, 1966

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

7.7

The Ox-Bow Incident

Mar 11, 1943

A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.

5.4

Legion of the Lawless

Jan 5, 1940

Residents of a small frontier town take up arms when vigilantes try to block a railroad right-of-way.

6.0

Triple Justice

Sep 22, 1940

Brad Henderson arrives in Star City just in time to witness three men rob a bank of $30,000 and kill a teller. Charged for the crime and jailed, Brad realizes he must escape and track down the real killers since the only one who can prove his innocence is his friend, Sheriff Bill Gregory, who has been shot and will not soon regain consciousness. Chasing down the robbers one by one, he eventually discovers the identity of the gang's ringleader.

7.3

3:10 to Yuma

Aug 7, 1957

Dan Evans, a small time farmer, is hired to escort Ben Wade, a dangerous outlaw, to Yuma. As Evans and Wade wait for the 3:10 train to Yuma, Wade's gang is racing to free him.