3 Godfathers

Dec 31, 1948

1h 46m

★ 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

Bank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her short-term lover was killed by the law, Amanda decides to make the most of having had a liaison with the supposedly deceased desperado by writing a book about him. Much to his confusion, the still-living Dorsey watches as his name becomes legendary.

6.5

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7.9

No Country for Old Men

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Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

7.2

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5.4

Jessi's Girls

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A young Mormon couple is attacked by a bunch of outlaws. They kill the man and the woman is raped several times and left for dead in the desert. With the last ounce of her strength she gets to the hut of an old hermit who nurses her back to health and teaches her how to shoot. The woman then frees three female criminals and seeks vengeance on the outlaws.

6.0

The Mysterious Rider

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Ben Wade and his partner Frosty return to Bellounds' ranch where twenty years earlier Wade was wanted for murder. Unrecognized, he gets a job on the ranch and soon becomes involved in Folsom's cattle rustling and a chance to settle an old score.

2.3

A Tornado in the Saddle

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A Tornado in the Saddle starred Russell Hayden as the new sheriff of Crestview. Hot on the trail of a gang of claim jumpers led by Dalton and Slim, the novice lawman also has to deal with hotheaded wrangler turned deputy Bob Wilson, whom he is constantly forced to fight, but only after prudently removing his sheriff's star.

0.0

Frontier Crucible

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In 1870s Arizona Territory, a former soldier with a tragic past is thrown into an uneasy alliance with three outlaws, a beautiful woman, and her wounded husband, in an attempt to survive the elements and hostiles of the western frontier.