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Rio Grande

Author

John Ford

Call Number

  • BLU-RAY ACTION (CEN, OSH)

Languages

In English, with optional English subtitles.

Performers

John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen.

Publication Information

Chicago, IL : Olive Films, [2020]

Physical Description

1 videodisc (105 minutes) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Audience

Not rated.

Summary

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke leads his cavalry troops to the Rio Grande to fight a warring tribe. Yorke's toughest battle lies ahead when his unorthodox plan to outwit the elusive Apaches leads to possible court-martial. Locked in a bloody war, he must fight not only to save his family, but also to redeem his honor.

Notes

Title from container.

Based on a Saturday Evening Post story by James Warner Bellah.

Originally released as a motion picture in 1950.

Special features: New High-Definition digital restoration ; audio commentary by Nancy Schoenberger ; "Bigger than life" - with Claude Jarman, Jr. ; "Strength and courage" - Patrick Wayne on his father ; "Telling real histories" - Raoul Trujillo on representations of Indigenous Americans in film ; "Songs of Rio Grande" ; Marc Wanamaker on the Sons of the Pioneers ; "The making of Rio Grande" - with Leonard Maltin ; visual essay by Tag Gallagher ; theatrical trailer.

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