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...River. Howard Hawks delivers 10,000 cattle to Kansas-and a rattling good movie about the first drive along the Chisholm Trail; with John Wayne and Montgomery Clift (TIME...
...River. Howard Hawks's rattling good movie about the first drive along the Chisholm Trail, with John Wayne and Montgomery Clift (TIME...
...River. Howard Hawks delivers 10,000 cattle to Kansas-and a rattling good movie about the first drive along the Chisholm Trail, with John Wayne and Montgomery Clift (TIME...
...River. Howard Hawks delivers 10,000 cattle to Kansas-and a rattling good movie about the first drive along the Chisholm Trail; with John Wayne and Montgomery Clift (TIME...
Hawkes impressing portrayal of the outdoors breaks down in the final ten minutes. Up to the last scene, Wayne and Clift are motivated by concerns for cattle, self-preservation and pride--understandable feelings. Wayne is out to get Clift, also understandable. But the outdoors doesn't lend itself to a convenient ending. Only the tragically abortive assistance of convention can reconcile the two men. In the last few minutes, "Red River" degenerates as a document of the West and winds up in a burst of horse-operatic fervor. Better see the main part again, partner, to get the bad taste...