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Key Information
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| Directors: |
John Ford |
| Stars: |
Harry Carey Jr. |
| Actors: |
Ward Bond |
| Genre: |
Westerns |
| Subgenre: |
Recommended · On-The-Run |
| MPAA Rating: |
Not Rated |
| Available Formats: |
VHS |
| UPC: |
027616100030 |
| Release Date: |
1948 |
| Running Time: |
1hr 43min |
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Languages
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| Original Language: |
English |
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DVD Editions
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Format: DVD, 1hr 46min
Release Company: Warner Home Video (May 22, 2007)
UPC: 012569798595 |
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VHS Editions
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Format: VHS, 1hr 43min
Release Company: MGM Home Entertainment (May 16, 1990)
UPC: 027616100030 |
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Credits
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| Screenwriter: |
Laurence Stallings |
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Professional Reviews
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(12/01/2004, p.79, Geoffrey Macnab): "Winton C. Hochs's Technicolor cinematography is superb and Ford uses the rugged desert locations in virtuoso fashion." |
| More Information |
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In John Ford's 3 GODFATHERS, based on Peter B. Kynes's allegorical novel about a trio of bandits, Robert Hightower (John Wayne), Pedro Roca Fuerte (Pedro Armendariz), and William Kearney, aka the Abilene Kid (Harry Carey Jr.), robs a small-town bank in Arizona under the nose of Sheriff Buck Sweet (Ward Bond). Although Abilene is wounded, the trio makes a clean getaway, with Buck's posse in close pursuit. Realizing that Buck has set a trap for them at the Mojave water tank, the bandits head toward Terrapin Tanks but lose the trail and their horses in a terrible sandstorm. Now on foot, they find the tanks defunct but come upon a lone covered wagon with a woman (Mildred Natwick) about to give birth. Although they're able to deliver the baby, the mother dies--but not before getting the bandits to promise to protect her child. Ford's sentimental tribute to the great Western icon Harry Carey Sr. (The screen dedication reads, "To the memory of Harry Carey, bright star of the Western sky"), who starred twice in ... |
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