Red River

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Red River, 1948.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Red River, 1948.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Red River, 1948.

Ben Mankiewicz introduces Red River, 1948.

Before the drive, rancher Dunson (John Wayne), his ward and partner Matt Garth (Montgomery Clift) and cook Groot (Walter Brennan), visiting with neighbor Meeker (Lane Chandler) and his new henchman Cherry (John Ireland), in Red River, 1948.

Dunson (John Wayne) and Matt (Montgomery Clift) visiting cowhand Dan (Harry Carey Jr., also singing) as the crew (Walter Brennan, Noah Beery Jr. et al) worry about spooking the herd, in Howard Hawks' Red River, 1948.

Dunson (John Wayne) with his famous pep talk before the Chisolm Trail cattle drive, Matt (Montgomery Clift) supporting and a special check-in with Dan Latimer (Harry Carey Jr.), from Howard Hawks' Red River, 1948.

From the arrival of Dunson (John Wayne), Groot (Walter Brennan) and young Matt (Mickey Kuhn, who becomes Mongtomery Clift), director Howard Hawks setting up the cattle drive premise, early in Red River, 1948.

Straight from the funeral of a hand killed in a stampede, Dunson (John Wayne) looks to punish the instigator (Ivan Parry), when his number two Matt (Montgomery Clift) intervenes, a key moment in Howard Hawks' Red River, 1948.

A young cowhand rebels against his rancher stepfather during a perilous cattle drive in Red River (1948), directed by Howard Hawks and starring John Wayne, Montgomery Clift and Joanne Dru.