Wagon Master

The Mormon wagon train led by Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond) finds common cause with the members of a bereft medicine show (Joanne Dru, Alan Mowbray, Ruth Clifford), Travis (Ben Johnson) and Sister Ledyard (Jane Darwell) adding opinions, in John Ford's Wagon Master, 1950.

Director John Ford's opening, unusual for both dramatic and idyllic qualities, from Wagon Master, 1950, starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond and Joanne Dru.

Mostly whittling, Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond) has just introduced himself to Travis (Ben Johnson) and Sandy (Harry Carey Jr.), themselves just arrived in Crystal City to sell horses, early in John Ford's Wagon Master, 1950.

Horse traders Travis (Ben Johnson) and Sandy (Harry Carey Jr.) watch the Mormons leave town, and reconsider their job offer, joining Elder Wiggs (Ward Bond), as The Sons Of The Pioneers sing, in John Ford's Wagon Master, 1950.