John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Harry Carey, Sr., Coleen Gray, John Ireland. Originally released as a motion picture in 1948. Based on the Saturday Evening Post story "Blazing guns on the Chisholm Trail" by Borden Chase. Mono, full screen 1.37:1. Essay by critic Geoffrey O'Brien and a 1991 interview with Hawks's longtime editor Christian Nyby included in container. Features: includes the original theatrical version and pre-release versions of the film; interview from 2014 with filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich about Red River and the two versions; interview from 2014 with critic Molly Haskell about Hawks and Red River; interview from 2014 with film scholar Lee Clark Mitchell about the Western genre; audio excerpts from a 1972 conversation between Hawks and Bogdanovich; audio excerpts from a 1970 interview with novelist and screenwriter Borden Chase; Lux Radio Theatre adaptation of Red River from 1949, featuring John Wayne, Joanne Dru, and Walter Brennan; theatrical trailer.
Summary:
A cattle baron and his adopted son head the first drive over the Chisolm Trail when they cannot find a local market for their herd.
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