Wagon Master

About Wagon Master

Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

Wagon Master is a 1950 western film directed by John Ford. The film is filed under native american, cowboy, attempted rape, and crime family.

Ben Johnson stars as Travis Blue, Joanne Dru as Denver, Harry Carey Jr. as Sandy, and Ward Bond as Elder Wiggs. It runs 86 minutes and was released in April 1950.

The screenplay is by Frank S. Nugent and Patrick Ford.

The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Buffalo Bill in Tomahawk Territory, and Eastern Western make useful companions to Wagon Master, all filed under american west. TMDB voters put it at 6.7 out of 10 across 167 votes and it carries a NR rating.