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Wagon Master

1950 · 86 min

A gentle, communal wagon-train journey with folk warmth, quiet moral weight, and sudden bursts of menace.

Tagline
John Ford's lusty successor to "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"
Overview
Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • faith
  • survival
  • found family
  • justice
  • redemption
Places
  • wilderness
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour4
Realism7
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

Free
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Details

Genres
adventure, western
Directed by
John Ford
Written by
Patrick Ford, Frank S. Nugent
Starring
Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Alan Mowbray, Jane Darwell, Ruth Clifford
Music
Richard Hageman
Cinematography
Bert Glennon
Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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