
133 minutes
9/17/1948
Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.

John Wayne
as Thomas Dunson

Montgomery Clift
as Matthew Garth

Joanne Dru
as Tess Millay

Walter Brennan
as 'Groot' Nadine

Coleen Gray
as Fen

Harry Carey
as Mr. Melville

John Ireland
as Cherry Valance

Noah Beery Jr.
as Buster McGee

Harry Carey, Jr.
as Dan Latimer

Chief Yowlachie
as Quo

Paul Fix
as Teeler Yacey

Hank Worden
as Simms Reeves

Mickey Kuhn
as Matt, as a Boy

Ray Hyke
as Walt Jergens

Hal Taliaferro
as Old Leather
John Bose
as Dunston Rider (uncredited)
Buck Bucko
as Cowhand (uncredited)
Roy Bucko
as Cowhand (uncredited)

Lane Chandler
as Colonel (uncredited)

Davison Clark
as Mr. Meeker (uncredited)

Tex Cooper
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

Harry Cording
as Gambler (uncredited)
Victor Cox
as Cowhand (uncredited)

Richard Farnsworth
as Dunston Rider (uncredited)

Paul Fierro
as Fernandez (uncredited)

Carol Henry
as Cowhand (uncredited)

George Lloyd
as Rider with Melville (uncredited)

Pierce Lyden
as Colonel's Trail Boss (uncredited)
Frank Meredith
as Train Engineer (uncredited)

John Merton
as Settler (uncredited) (uncredited)
Jack Montgomery
as Drover at Meeting (uncredited)
Ivan Parry
as Bunk Kenneally (uncredited)

Lee Phelps
as Gambler (uncredited)

Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)
John Rice
as Drover at Meeting (uncredited)
Danny Sands
as Dunston Rider (uncredited)
William Self
as Sutter (uncredited)
Carl Sepulveda
as Cowhand (uncredited)

Ray Spiker
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)

Glenn Strange
as Naylor (uncredited)

Tom Tyler
as Quitter (uncredited)

Dan White
as Laredo (uncredited)

Guy Wilkerson
as Pete (uncredited)

Shelley Winters
as Wagon Train Member (uncredited)