Rio Grande

directed by John Ford
Category: "Western"
Year of Release:1950
Date Added:01/10/2008
Date Watched:12/13/2011
Description:Part of John Wayne's cavalry trilogy. Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke (Wayne) is in charge of a troop stationed on the Rio Grande and instructed to wipe out a band of raiding Apaches who flee into Mexico. His son Jefferson washes out of West Point and enlists and gets sent to Y orke's command. Yorke's estranged wife Kathleen (Maureen O'Hara) follows the boy to bring him home, but Yorke insists on letting the boy do his duty. In the end, the boy proves himself a man, the Apaches are dealt with and Kirby and Kathleen are back together.
My Rating:7

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Review - Rio Grande

Pretty good. It kept my interest anyway.
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