Red River (1948 film)
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Red River is a 1948 American Western film, directed and produced by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne and Montgomery Clift. It gives a fictional account of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas along the Chisholm Trail. The dramatic tension stems from a growing feud over the management of the drive between the Texas rancher who initiated it (Wayne) and his adopted adult son (Clift).
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Directed by | Howard Hawks |
Screenplay by | |
Based on | The Chisholm Trail 1946 The Saturday Evening Post by Borden Chase |
Produced by | Howard Hawks |
Starring | |
Cinematography | Russell Harlan |
Edited by | Christian Nyby |
Music by | Dimitri Tiomkin |
Production company | Monterey Productions |
Distributed by | United Artists |
Release date | August 26, 1948[1] |
Running time | 133 minutes (Pre-release) 127 minutes (Theatrical) |
Country | United States |
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Budget | $2.7 million[2] |
Box office | $4,506,825 (U.S. and Canada rentals)[3][4] |
The film's supporting cast features Walter Brennan, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, Harry Carey, John Ireland, Hank Worden, Noah Beery Jr., Harry Carey Jr. and Paul Fix. Borden Chase and Charles Schnee wrote the screenplay based on Chase's original story (which was first serialized in The Saturday Evening Post in 1946 as "Blazing Guns on the Chisholm Trail").
Upon its release, Red River was both a critical and commercial success and was nominated for two Academy Awards.[5] In 1990, Red River was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."[6][7] Red River was selected by the American Film Institute as the fifth-greatest Western of all time in the AFI's 10 Top 10 list in 2008.