Rio Bravo (1950)
Nel 1880 un colonnello della cavalleria americano è fustrato perché non può inseguire i predoni apache oltre il confine messicano. L'ufficiale è sposato e ha un figlio, ma da quindici anni non vede la famiglia perché durante la guerra civile è stato costretto a bruciare la piantagione della moglie, simpatizzante sudista, e questa non l'ha più perdonato. Ora, però, scopre che suo figlio si è arruolato nel reggimento e ben presto giungerà la moglie per riaverlo indietro. Il colonnello riuscirà infine a sconfiggere gli indiani, a riappacificarsi con la moglie e a scoprire che il suo ragazzo è diventato un uomo, mentre la banda suona Dixie, l'inno del Sud. Terzo film della Triologia della cavalleria di Ford. Nonostante alcuni lo ritengano il meno riuscito, costituisce un'indimenticabile rassegna di personaggi e un'ottima ricreazione dell'atmosfera militare come era stata dipinta dal pittore Frederic Remington. La pellicola è una specie di seguito de Il massacro di Fort Apache
Direttore:
John Ford
Scrittore:
James Kevin McGuinness
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John Wayne as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke |
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Maureen O'Hara as Mrs. Kathleen Yorke |
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Ben Johnson as Trooper Travis Tyree |
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Claude Jarman Jr. as Trooper Jefferson 'Jeff' Yorke |
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Harry Carey Jr. as Trooper Daniel 'Sandy' Boone |
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Chill Wills as Dr. Wilkins |
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J. Carrol Naish as Lt. Gen. Philip Sheridan |
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Victor McLaglen as Sgt. Maj. Timothy Quincannon |
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Grant Withers as U.S. Deputy Marshal |
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Peter Ortiz as Capt. St. Jacques |
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Steve Pendleton as Capt. Prescott |
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Karolyn Grimes as Margaret Mary |
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Alberto Morin as Lieutenant |
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Stan Jones as Sergeant |
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Fred Kennedy as Trooper Heinze |
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Ken Curtis as Donnelly - Regimental Singer (uncredited) |
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Tommy Doss as Regimental Singer (uncredited) |
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Hugh Farr as Regimental Singer (uncredited) |
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Karl Farr as Regimental Singer (uncredited) |
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Shug Fisher as Regimental Singer/Bugler (uncredited) |
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Cliff Lyons as Soldier (uncredited) |
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Lee Morgan as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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Jack Pennick as Sergeant (uncredited) |
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Lloyd Perryman as Regimental Singer (uncredited) |
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Chuck Roberson as Officer / Indian Fires Arrow Into Col. York's Chest (uncredited) |
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Barlow Simpson as Indian Chief (uncredited) |
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Patrick Wayne as Boy (uncredited) |
| Writing | James Kevin McGuinness | Screenplay |
| Sound | Victor Young | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Frank Hotaling | Art Direction |
| Camera | Bert Glennon | Director of Photography |
| Directing | John Ford | Director |
| Production | John Ford | Producer |
| Editing | Jack Murray | Editor |
| Production | Merian C. Cooper | Producer |
| Sound | Dale Evans | Songs |
| Sound | Stan Jones | Songs |
| Art | John McCarthy Jr. | Set Decoration |
| Sound | Howard Wilson | Sound |
| Art | Charles S. Thompson | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peggy Gray | Hairstylist |
| Directing | Cliff Lyons | Second Unit Director |
| Directing | Wingate Smith | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Frank McGrath | Stunts |
| Crew | Everett Creach | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Roberson | Stunts |
| Crew | Terry Wilson | Stunts |
| Crew | Cliff Lyons | Stunts |
| Crew | Bob Rose | Stunts |
| Crew | Barlow Simpson | Stunts |
| Crew | Jack N. Young | Stunts |
| Sound | Earl Crain Sr. | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Bob Mark | Makeup Supervisor |
| Crew | Howard Lydecker | Special Effects |
| Crew | Jerry Brown | Stunts |
| Crew | Fred Kennedy | Stunts |
| Crew | Theodore Lydecker | Special Effects |
| Camera | Archie Stout | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Crew | John Hudkins | Stunts |
| Crew | Chuck Hayward | Stunts |
| Crew | Norm Taylor | Stunt Double |
| Costume & Make-Up | Adele Palmer | Costume Design |
| Editing | Barbara Ford | Assistant Editor |
| Writing | James Warner Bellah | Original Story |
| Production | Lee Lukather | Unit Manager |
| Art | Dudley Holmes | Props |
| Art | Whitey Gibbs | Construction Manager |
| Sound | Sidney Cutner | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Leo Shuken | Orchestrator |
| Crew | George Coleman | Transportation Captain |
| Crew | Philip Kieffer | Technical Advisor |
| Crew | Herbert J. Yates | Presenter |
| Crew | Sid Davis | Stand In |
