Rio Grande / Republic Pictures Corp. ; a Republic Production ; Herbert J. Yates presents ; John Ford and Merian C. Cooper's [production of] ; an Argosy Production ; screenplay by James Kevin McGuinness ; directed by John Ford.
Based on a Saturday Evening Post story by James Warner Bellah. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers, Sons of the Pioneers, Peter Ortiz, Steve Pendleton, Karolyn Grimes, Alberto Morin, Stan Jones, Fred Kennedy. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1950.
Contents:
Opening credits -- Returning from battle -- "Soldiers don't make policy." -- Trooper Yorke arrives -- "I'm not in this post to call you Father." -- Roman riding -- Soldier's fight -- Kathleen arrives -- "I've come to take Jeff home." -- Regimental singers -- "Fellas, this is my Mother." -- Indian attack! -- Wash day -- "What is an arsonist?" -- "Welcome to Rio Bravo." -- "I'm sorry, Kathleen." -- "A toast." -- Regimental singers II -- "Manslaughter." -- "I want you to cross the Rio Grande." -- "I never want to kiss you good-bye, Kathleen." -- "AMBUSH!" -- "They got away with the children." -- Rescue at the church -- Lt. Col. Yorke shot -- Returning from battle II -- "Our boy did well." -- Trooper Yorke's commendation. (1993) (21 min.); Trailer [1950] (2 min.). The making of "Rio Grande" / hosted by Leonard Maltin ; written by Leonard Maltin ; directed by Michael Tetrick, Bill Coggon ; produced by Alice Tlusty Maltin ; a production of JessieFilm Inc. and Lamberti Productions Corp. in association with Republic Pictures Corporation (1993) (21 min.); Trailer [1950] (2 min.).
Summary:
Fifteen years back, Lt. Colonel Kirby Yorke's devotion to military duty led him to destroy the plantation home of his southern-born wife during the Civil War. He is now a lonely man, fighting Indians in the west. Returning from his latest skirmish with the Apaches, Yorke finds that his son Jeff--enlisted as an ordinary soldier after failing at West Point--has been assigned to his command. Kirby's estranged wife, Kathleen, has also arrived at the fort in an effort to buy her son's way out of the army. A group of renegade Apaches keeps eluding Yorke by crossing the Rio Grande into Mexico, but he plans a raid in hopes that it will end the problem for good.
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