| A more likable pair
of horse traders than Travis Blue (Ben Johnson) and Sandy Owens (Harry Carey
Jr.) are hard to find in any western. Their easy manner and wise ways embody
all that is good about the American Cowboy. They are hired by a group of
Mormons to head a wagon train west. Along the way, assorted misfits fall
in with the band. Among the Mormons, Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond) is the convert
who struggles to control his salty tongue.
Bad guy Uncle Shiloh Clegg (Charles Kemper) does a fine job playing a despicable lay-about outlaw and father of a half-dozen halfwits out to leech off the train. The film is filmed in one of John Ford's favorite settings, Monument National Park. The Park's striking vistas compliment the authentic-looking wagontrain as the 30' prairie schooners make their way through the Park on their way to the Promised Land. Ford's graceful character development and wonderful cinematography coupled with a fine story and several real cowboys (Johnson and Harry Carey Jr.) make for a great movie. An undisputed classic. |
| Director: John Ford |
|
Screenwriter: Frank Nugent & Patrick Ford from a John Ford story Cast: Ben Johnson
--- Travis Blue |
| Date: 1950 B & W 86 mins. |
| Theme Song: Wagons West, Sons of the Pioneers |
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