John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Colleen Gray, Harry Carey, Sr., John Ireland, Noah Beery, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., Chief Yowlachie, Paul Fix, Hank Worden, Mickey Kuhn, Ray Hyke, Hal Taliaferro. "From the Saturday Evening Post story by Borden Chase." Set of two Blu-ray discs and set of two DVD videodiscs each contain the theatrical version of the feature film, the prerelease version of the feature film, and the same collection of special features. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1948. Accompanying booklet contains an essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and a 1991 interview with film editor Christian Nyby. Accompanying book is a new paperback edition of Borden Chase's original novel: Blazing guns on the Chisholm Trail. Special features on both the set of Blu-ray discs and the set of DVD videodiscs include an interview with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, an interview with critic Molly Haskell, an interview with film scholar Lee Clark Mitchell, audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between Hawks and Bogdanovich, audio excerpts from a 1970 interview with novelist and screenwriter Borden Chase, and the Lux Radio Theatre 1949 adaptation of Red River, featuring John Wayne, Joanne Dru, and Walter Brennan.
Summary:
"An embittered, tyrannical Texas rancher['s] tensions with his independent-minded adopted son ... reach epic proportions during a cattle drive to Missouri"--Container.
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