
Wagon Master(1950)
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.


“The greatness... the glory... the fury... of the Northwest Frontier!”
Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...

James Stewart
Glyn McLyntock

Arthur Kennedy
Emerson Cole

Julie Adams
Laura Baile

Rock Hudson
Trey Wilson

Jay C. Flippen
Jeremy Baile

Lori Nelson
Marjie Baile

Chubby Johnson
Cap'n Mello

Stepin Fetchit
Adam

Harry Morgan
Shorty

Howard Petrie
Tom Hendricks
Bend of the River is a western, adventure film released in 1952 exploring themes of gambling, paddleboat, portland, oregon, missouri, horse, castle. Directed by Anthony Mann, it stars James Stewart, Arthur Kennedy, Julie Adams. Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...
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