Wagon Master ( Wagonmaster )

Wagon Master (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Wagonmaster
Language Selections:
English ( Mono )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
80 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Black & White

Movie filmed in 1950 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
John Ford

Written By:
Patrick Ford
Frank S. Nugent

Actors:
Ben Johnson ..... Travis Blue
Joanne Dru ..... Denver
Harry Carey Jr. ..... Sandy
Ward Bond ..... Elder Wiggs
Charles Kemper ..... Uncle Shiloh Clegg
Alan Mowbray ..... Dr. A. Locksley Hall
Jane Darwell ..... Sister Ledeyard
Ruth Clifford ..... Fleuretty Phyffe
Russell Simpson ..... Adam Perkins
Kathleen O'Malley ..... Prudence Perkins
James Arness ..... Floyd Clegg
Francis Ford ..... Mr. Peachtree
Fred Libby ..... Reese Clegg
Jim Thorpe ..... Navajo
Mickey Simpson ..... Jesse Clegg

Synopsis:

Wagon Master, splendidly directed by John Ford, is a superlative western. The film is the outwardly simple tale of a Mormon wagon train headed for Utah. Along the way, the group, led by Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond) hook up with two horse traders Travis Blue (Ben Johnson) and Sandy Owens (Harry Carey Jr), the members of a traveling medicine show and a tribe of Navajo Indians. The group is threatened by a gang, known as the Clegg family, who have robbed an express office and murdered the clerk. This wonderful film emphasizes the virtues of solidarity, sacrifice and tolerance, and shows John Ford at his most masterful, in total control of the production from the casting to the bit players to the grandeur and scope of the visual compositions. The film, with its breathtaking scenery, brilliant performances by a cast of character actors, and an engaging sense of humor, is a superlative example of the American western. Wagonmaster inspired the television series Wagon Train and was also shown in a computer-colorized version

A group of Mormons hoping to found a new colony in the trackless San Juan River country hire horse traders Travis and Sandy as wagonmaster and guide. One attraction for Sandy is 'redheaded gal' Prudence. Soon they're joined by Doc Hall's broken down medicine show, with 'scarlet women' Denver and Fleuretty. Then the Clegg boys, slightly psycho outlaws, decide a Mormon wagon train will make ideal camouflage...

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 22 July, 2009.

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