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Wagon Master

John Ford's lusty successor to "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"

6.7(171)19501h 26m2

Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

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Released
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Language
English
  • native american
  • caravan
  • migration
  • medicine show
  • attempted rape
  • crime family
  • covered wagon
  • cowboy
  • mormon
  • escort
  • river crossing
  • wagon train

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Behind the camera

Director

John Ford

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNROklahoma City, Oklahoma19 Apr 1950
    • Theatrical22 Apr 1950
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical14A22 Apr 1950
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical10 Jan 1951

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Wagon Master was released on 22 April 1950.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    12/27/2022

    6/10

    This is quite an unremarkable little pioneering yarn that sees two cowboys - Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr. guiding a Mormon caravan across the Wild West. En route they encounter a motley collection of folks with a medicine show - and the sultry Joanne Dru ("Miss Denver"); then a bunch of less savoury characters led by Charles Kemper ("Shiloh Clegg") before they are invited to join some Navajo at their camp - and th…

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