Rio Grande
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Actor: Ben Johnson, John WayneBrand: Lions Gate
Performer: Maureen O'Hara
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 105 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-01-01
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Lions Gate Home Entertainment
Movie Reviews of Rio Grande
Movie Review: The return of Kirby York
Summary: 5 Stars
In the third and final installment of John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy," John Wayne recreates his Kirby York role from Fort Apache, several years older (it's now about 1879) and promoted (probably brevet) to Colonel. He's commanding Fort Starke, Texas, which is apparently not the same one as in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, unless the latter suffered a holocaust of a fire at some point: most of it, including York's quarters, is tents. Having captured the renegade Apache chief Natchez, York finds himself faced with his 18-year-old son Jefferson (Claude Jarman, Jr.), whom he hasn't seen since the War, and who upon flunking out of West Point has signed up as an ordinary trooper and been assigned, unwillingly, to his father's fort. He's soon followed by his mother, York's estranged wife Kathleen (Maureen O'Hara in the first of their four team-ups), who wants to buy him out of his enlistment--but Jeff doesn't want to be bought. Then Natchez's Apaches make a raid on the post and free him, and eventually York must rescue the post's children, who have been captured by the hostiles and taken across the river into Mexico. Adding to the complications is the presence of Trooper Travis Tyree (Ben Johnson)--obviously not the same Tyree he played in "Yellow Ribbon"--who besides being a buddy of Jeff's is being hunted for manslaughter by a U.S. Marshal (Grant Withers). Harry Carey Jr. appears as Jeff and Travis's pal Sandy (it's tempting to wonder whether Travis and Sandy, after their hitches were up, teamed up to trade horses and guide Mormon settlers in Wagon Master), the inimitable Victor McLaglen as Sgt. Quincannon, known to all the youngsters on post as "Uncle Timmy," Chill Wills as the post surgeon, and J. Carrol Naish as Gen. Phil Sheridan, who was York's CO during the War.
Despite being done in black and white, this is a splendid example of Fordian Westerns, with a great feel for actual post life, unforgettable characters, plenty of action, and starkly beautiful scenery. It should be in the collection of anyone who loves Wayne's work, Ford's, or just great Westerns.
Summary of Rio Grande
Studio: Lions Gate Home Ent. Release Date: 10/05/2007 Run time: 105 minutes Rating: NrSimilar DVD Movies
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