Retrospective 2014
Rio Grande
John Ford
USA 1950
105 min
V'14
Against the background of everyday life in a military fort the final part of Ford’s cavalry trilogy brings up the topic of a soldier’s unquestioned acquittal – 15 years ago Colonel Yorke followed an order and burnt down the plantation of his wife in the south states. Sacrificing all personal emotions just to be a soldier seems the right path to go down in this movie. But just in the right moment Ford shows us when it’s best to ignore orders and be courageous.
Credits
- John Wayne - Henry, genannt «Ringo Kid»
- Maureen O'Hara
- Claude Jarman Jr.
- Chill Wills
- Victor McLaglen - Capt. Mike Farrell
- Ben Johnson - Sgt. Tyree
- James Kevin McGuiness
- Bert Glennon
- Howard Wilson
- Earl Crain Sr.
- Jack Murray
- Victor Young
- Frank Hotaling
- Adele Palmer
- «Mission With No Record» von James W. Bellah
35 mm
bw
