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Red River
MEANRANK
82/100
Every rating
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 100. Critics average 98, everyone else 79.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A stubborn Texas rancher leads a massive cattle drive from Texas to Missouri along the Chisholm Trail after the Civil War. His tyrannical leadership during the difficult journey causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son. The drive becomes a tense struggle for power and survival, testing their bond and culminating in an inevitable confrontation.
Details
- Directors
- Arthur Rosson, Howard Hawks
- Writers
- Borden Chase, Charles Schnee, Howard Hawks
- Released
- 17 September 1948
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, Spanish
- Runtime
- 133 min
- Budget
- $3.0M
- Box office
- $9.0M
- Awards
- 0 wins, 2 nominations
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Awards & nominations
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| 21st Academy Awards 1949 | Best Story | Borden Chase | Nominee |
| 21st Academy Awards 1949 | Best Film Editing | Christian Nyby | Nominee |
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| Best Story | Borden Chase | Nominee |