Summary
Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.
Similar movies
Fort Apache
Riders of Destiny
The Wrecking Crew
Sweet Carolina
Rio Grande
Twelve O'Clock High
Cast
John Wayne
Thomas Dunson
Montgomery Clift
Matthew Garth
Joanne Dru
Tess Millay
Walter Brennan
'Groot' Nadine
Coleen Gray
Fen
Harry Carey
Mr. Melville
John Ireland
Cherry Valance
Noah Beery Jr.
Buster McGee
Harry Carey, Jr.
Dan Latimer
Chief Yowlachie
Quo
Paul Fix
Teeler Yacey
Hank Worden
Simms Reeves
Mickey Kuhn
Matt, as a boy
Hal Taliaferro
Old Leather
Shelley Winters
Dance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited)
Lane Chandler
Colonel (uncredited)
Davison Clark
Mr. Meeker (uncredited)
Harry Cording
Gambler (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth
Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Paul Fierro
Fernandez (uncredited)
George Lloyd
Rider with Melville (uncredited)
Pierce Lyden
Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)
John Merton
Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery
Drover at Meeting (uncredited)
Lee Phelps
Gambler (uncredited)
Ray Spiker
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
Glenn Strange
Naylor (uncredited)
Tom Tyler
Quitter (uncredited)
Dan White
Laredo (uncredited)
Guy Wilkerson
Pete (uncredited)
Shelley Winters
Wagon Train Member (uncredited)