Il fiume rosso

Titolo originale: Red River

1948
T
2h 13min

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7,7/10

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John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, and Joanne Dru in Il fiume rosso (1948)

Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri. But his tyrannical behavior along the way causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.

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Classical Western Western Epic Drama Western

Dunson conduce una raccolta di bestiame, il culmine di oltre 14 anni di lavoro, fino alla sua destinazione nel Missouri.Dunson conduce una raccolta di bestiame, il culmine di oltre 14 anni di lavoro, fino alla sua destinazione nel Missouri.Dunson conduce una raccolta di bestiame, il culmine di oltre 14 anni di lavoro, fino alla sua destinazione nel Missouri.

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VALUTAZIONE IMDb

7,7/10

36.028

LA TUA VALUTAZIONE

POPOLARITÀ

4615

697

Vedi le informazioni sulla produzione su IMDbPro

Candidato a 2 Oscar
- 2 vittorie e 5 candidature totali

Fen
(as Colleen Gray)

Harry Carey

Mr. Melville
(as Harry Carey Sr.)

John Ireland

Cherry Valance

Noah Beery Jr.

Buster McGee

Harry Carey Jr.

Dan Latimer

Chief Yowlachie

Quo
(as Chief Yowlatchie)

Paul Fix

Teeler Yacey

Hank Worden

Simms Reeves

Mickey Kuhn

Matt - as a Boy

Ray Hyke

Walt Jergens

Hal Taliaferro

Old Leather
(as Hal Talliaferro)

John Bose

Dunston Rider
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Buck Bucko

Cowhand
(non citato nei titoli originali)

Roy Bucko

Cowhand
(non citato nei titoli originali)

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Trama

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Quiz
Howard Hawks shot the beginning of the cattle drive in close-ups of each of the principal cowhands because he felt tight shots would be needed to help the audience keep all the characters straight in their minds. To that end, he also gave them all different kinds of hats, including a derby. Montgomery Clift used Hawks' own hat, which was given to him by Gary Cooper. Cooper had imparted a weather-beaten look to the hat by watering it every night. "Spiders built nests in it," Hawks said. "It looked great."

Blooper
When the Mexicans ride up and Dunson asks them the name of the river, they reply without hesitation, "Rio Grande." The river has always been called "Rio Bravo" in Mexico, which is what they would have answered.

Citazioni
Cherry: There are only two things more beautiful than a good gun: a Swiss watch or a woman from anywhere. Ever had a good... Swiss watch?

Curiosità sui crediti
Opening credits prologue: Among the annals of the great state of Texas may be found the story of the first drive on the famous Chisholm Trail. A story of one of the great cattle herds of the world, of a man and a boy--Thomas Dunson and Matthew Garth, the story of the Red River D.

Versioni alternative
According to Peter Bogdanovich, the shorter version is in fact the Director's Cut. Howard Hawks was unhappy with the pacing of the longer, 133 minute cut.

Connessioni
Featured in The Screen Writer (1950)

Colonne sonore
Settle Down
(1947)
by Dimitri Tiomkin
Lyric by Frederick Herbert (uncredited)
Played during the opening credits

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Recensione in evidenza

8/10

Deep Cast, Compelling Story Albeit A Bit Long

I really enjoyed this the first time I saw it but it got a little slow on the second viewing. Nevertheless, it's a pretty solid classic-era western that has a deep cast. By deep I mean John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan, Harry Carey Sr., Noah Beery Jr., John Ireland, Joanne Dru, Coleen Gray, etc. This is more of a man's movie as those last two ladies listed both have small roles.

In addition to the western action, you get some nice black-and-white cinematography. The cattle driving scenes are magnificently filmed.

Wayne plays a "Captain Bligh" type of tyrant for most of the film, although he shows a few soft touches. Brennan has a great knack of making all his characters interesting, and this movie is no exception. Clift usually was pretty interesting, too.

My only complaint is the length of the film. This could have been much better with a tighter script and about 15-20 minutes chopped off it. It's still a compelling story.