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Things come to a head when after fording the titular Red River Dunson wants to hang two of his cowhands. The crew mutinies and the trek heads on for Abilene under Matt's leadership, leaving an injured Dunson behind. On the trail they rescue a trek of settlers from a Comanche attack, where Matt meets Tess Millay (Joanne Dru) and falls in love with her. Tom Dunson meanwhile has set off in hot pursuit with some hired gunmen, swearing to get the herd back and kill Matt. He later comes across Tess as well, who tries to dissuade him from his mad quest in vain.

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Things come to a head when after fording the titular Red River Dunson wants to hang two of his cowhands. The crew mutinies and the trek heads on for Abilene under Matt's leadership, leaving an injured Dunson behind. On the trail they rescue a trek of settlers from a Comanche attack, where Matt meets Tess Millay (Joanne Dru) (Creator/JoanneDru) and falls in love with her. Tom Dunson meanwhile has set off in hot pursuit with some hired gunmen, swearing to get the herd back and kill Matt. He later comes across Tess as well, who tries to dissuade him from his mad quest in vain.
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* MeaningfulEcho: When Fen pleads for Dunson to take her with him at the beginning, he tells her nothing she does or says will convince him to take her along. Later, when Dunson first meets Tess, she tells him Matt has already left, and used the same line on her, which makes Dunson uncomfortable.
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[[caption-width-right:350:[[Music/TheClash Hey, “Hey, where did I see this guy?]]]]
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* UncertainDoom: Cherry. He gets shot by Dunson, who normally always goes for the kill, but he doesn't immediately fall to the ground and a few people instantly rush over to check on him. Given they're in Abilene it's possible he got medical attention in time, but no clear answer is given.
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* SweetTooth: One of Dunson's men, Bunk Keneally, has a predilection for stealing sugar from the chuck wagon, which has disastrous consequences when his clattering one night rouses the skittish cattle to stampede.

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* SweetTooth: One of Dunson's men, Bunk Keneally, Kenneally, has a predilection for stealing sugar from the chuck wagon, which has disastrous consequences when his clattering one night rouses the skittish cattle to stampede.
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* IllKillYou: Dunson tells Matt this after the mutiny. [[spoiler:The threat turns out to be nothing but hot air later.]]

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* IllKillYou: Dunson tells Matt this after the mutiny. [[spoiler:The threat turns out to be nothing but hot air later.air.]]
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* IllKillYou: Dunson tells Matt this after the mutiny, turns out to be nothing but hot air later.

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* IllKillYou: Dunson tells Matt this after the mutiny, mutiny. [[spoiler:The threat turns out to be nothing but hot air later.]]
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A 1948 movie starring Creator/JohnWayne, the first [[TheWestern Western]] directed by Creator/HowardHawks. Perhaps the ultimate CattleDrive movie, it is based on the novel ''The Blazing Guns of the Chisholm Trail'' by Borden Chase, which was originally serialized in the ''Saturday Evening Post''.

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A 1948 movie starring Creator/JohnWayne, the first [[TheWestern Western]] directed by Creator/HowardHawks. Perhaps the ultimate CattleDrive movie, it is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based on on]] the novel ''The Blazing Guns of the Chisholm Trail'' by Borden Chase, which was originally serialized in the ''Saturday Evening Post''.
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Remarkable as the first movie in which John Wayne played a character with greater depth, an aging man, and a larger-than-life borderline {{Ubermensch}}. On first seeing it, Creator/JohnFord famously commented: "[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct Hey, the S.O.B. can act!]]" Ford would go on to use Wayne in a similar way in ''Film/TheSearchers'', and it is perhaps significant that critics have likened the Duke's character in both these films to Captain Ahab from ''Literature/MobyDick''. Originally Hawks wanted to cast Creator/GaryCooper in the lead, but Cooper demanded the screenplay be changed in order to make his character more sympathetic, so Hawks offered the part to Wayne instead. Which turned out a good thing, because not only could Wayne teach Hawks a thing or two about filming Westerns, but he also was instrumental in getting the budget doubled to $1.5 million.

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Remarkable as the first movie in which John Wayne played a character with greater depth, an aging man, and a larger-than-life borderline {{Ubermensch}}. On first seeing it, Creator/JohnFord famously commented: "[[SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct Hey, the S.O.B. can I never knew that big son-of-a-bitch could act!]]" Ford would go on to use Wayne in a similar way in ''Film/TheSearchers'', and it is perhaps significant that critics have likened the Duke's character in both these films to Captain Ahab from ''Literature/MobyDick''. Originally Hawks wanted to cast Creator/GaryCooper in the lead, but Cooper demanded the screenplay be changed in order to make his character more sympathetic, so Hawks offered the part to Wayne instead. Which turned out a good thing, because not only could Wayne teach Hawks a thing or two about filming Westerns, but he also was instrumental in getting the budget doubled to $1.5 million.
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* AdaptationTitleChange: ''Red River'' was based on the novel ''The Blazing Guns of the Chisholm Trail by Borden Chase''.
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