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John Ford Season: Rio Grande

on BBC Two England

starring
John Wayne with Maureen O'Hara
Ben Johnson ; Claude Jarman Jr Harry Carey Jr, Chill Wills
Victor McLaglea
On the Mexican border in the 1880s, Lt-Col Yorke of the US Cavalry is conducting a lonely and vain campaign 'against marauding Indians. When his trooper son arrives at the fort, followed by the colonel's estranged wife, a family conflict adds to his troubles.
This classic action-packed cavalry story co-stars John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara together with a cast of John Ford regulars. and THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS
Screenplay by JAMES KEVIN MCGUINNESS
Based on a Saturday Evening Post story by JAMES WARNER BELLAH Produced by JOHN FORD and MERIAN C. COOPER Directed by JOHN FORD
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Contributors

Unknown:
John Wayne
Unknown:
Maureen O'Hara
Unknown:
Ben Johnson
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Victor McLaglea
Unknown:
John Wayne
Unknown:
Maureen O'Hara
Unknown:
James Kevin McGuinness
Story By:
James Warner Bellah
Produced By:
John Ford
Produced By:
Merian C. Cooper
Directed By:
John Ford
Colonel Yorke:
John Wayne:
Mrs Yorke:
Maureen O'Hara
Trooper Tyree:
Ben Johnson
Trooper Jeff Yorke:
Claude Jarman Jr
Trooper Boone:
Harry Carey Jr
Dr Wilkins:
Chill Wills
General Sheridan:
J Carrol Naish
Sgt Quincannon:
Victor Mc Laglen
Deputy Marshal:
Grant Withers
capt St Jacques:
Peter Ortiz

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