Red River is pretty much perfect, save for its miscalculated ending - but even the ill-judged nature of its final moments can't bring this movie down. Howard Hawks directs, whilst John Wayne and Montgomery Clift star as a father and adopted son who attempt the first cattle drive and begin to find themselves at odds with one another.
Sam Hill is an ardent cinephile and has been writing about film professionally since 2008. He harbours a particular fondness for western and sci-fi movies.
