Wagon Master
1950 film by John Ford / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Wagon Master is a 1950 American Western film produced and directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Joanne Dru, and Ward Bond. The screenplay concerns a Mormon pioneer wagon train to the San Juan River in Utah.[2][3] The film inspired the US television series Wagon Train (1957–1965), which starred Ward Bond until his death in 1960.[4] The film was a personal favorite of Ford himself, who told Peter Bogdanovich in 1967 that "Along with The Fugitive and The Sun Shines Bright, Wagon Master came closest to being what I wanted to achieve."[5] While the critical and audience response to Wagon Master was lukewarm on its release, over the years several critics have come to view it as one of Ford's masterpieces.[6][7][8][9]
| Wagon Master | |
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 1950 theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | John Ford |
| Written by | Patrick Ford Frank S. Nugent |
| Produced by | John Ford Merian C. Cooper |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Bert Glennon (director of photography) |
| Edited by | Jack Murray |
| Music by | Richard Hageman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | RKO-Radio Pictures Inc. |
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Running time | 86 min. |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English Navajo Spanish |