Rio Grande
Rio Grande is a 1950 American romantic Western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. It is the third installment of Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", following two RKO Pictures releases: Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). Wayne plays the lead in all three films, as Captain Kirby York in Fort Apache, then as Captain Nathan Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and finally as a promoted Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke in Rio Grande. Rio Grandes supporting cast features Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr., Harry Carey Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers, the Western singing group the Sons of the Pioneers and Stan Jones.
Plot
In the summer of 1879, Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier in command of the 2nd U.S. Cavalry Regiment to defend settlers against attacks by marauding Apaches. Yorke has just captured the Apache's leader. Apaches have been using Mexico as a sanctuary from pursuit, and the regiment is suffering from a serious shortage of troops.
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| author | James Kevin McGuinness |
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| contentLocation | Texas |
| director | John Ford |
| editor | Jack Murray |
| genre | drama western |
| keywords | 2nd cavalry regiment 2nd u.s. cavalry regiment american civil war apache capture civil war commanding officer dixie estranged wife great plains indian scout kill meet mexico on the run one night philip sheridan rio grande shenandoah valley campaign steal suffer travois trooper united states military academy valley campaigns of 1864 way of life wed west point wound |
| musicBy | Victor Young |
| producer | Merian C. Cooper |
| productionCompany | Argosy Pictures Republic Pictures |
| publisher | Republic Pictures |
| recordedAt | Utah |
| theme | romantic drama |