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One of Hollywood's most iconic westerns, Howard HawksRed River launches cinema's grandest cattle drive, and one of the screen's most powerful father-son dramas. After the Civil War, ranch owner Thomas Dunson (John Wayne) leads a drive of ten thousand cattle out of an impoverished Texas to the richer markets of Missouri, alongside his adopted son Matthew Garth (Montgomery Clift) and a team of ranch hands. As the conditions worsen, and Dunson's control over his cattlemen gets ever more merciless, a rebellion begins to grow within the travelling party. Filmed among glorious expanses with no expense spared, and a roster of brilliant turns from greats including Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Harry Carey, John Ireland and Hank WordenRed River is an all-American epic, a grand adventure yarn, and a profound psychological journey. (Eureka Entertainment)

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