#226 Red River

(1948, Howard Hawks)

“Give me ten years, and I’ll have that brand on the gates of the greatest ranch in Texas”

Oh boy, another John Wayne Western. This’ll be fun!

Red River is about John Wayne being a manly man in the Old West, like all his films, in fact. This one he plays a man who wants to open up a hugely successful cattle ranch in Texas. After fighting some injuns and opening up his ranch, he realises that it isn’t too profitable and decides to move it to Missouri instead. Then there’s stuff about a mutiny in his group and some other things happen and…yeah…