

Wagon Master
John Ford's lusty successor to "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"
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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- 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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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.
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CinemaSerf
12/27/2022
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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