Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.
Genre: Western, Action
Starring: John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru, Walter Brennan, Coleen Gray
Directed & Produced by: Dimitri Tiomkin, Dimitri Tiomkin, Russell Harlan, Howard Hawks, Howard Hawks
Release date: 8/26/1948
Running time: 133 minutes
IMDb Rating: 7.4/10 by 219 users