Story :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.
Cast
John WayneThomas Dunson
Montgomery CliftMatthew Garth
Joanne DruTess Millay
Walter Brennan'Groot' Nadine
Coleen GrayFen
Harry CareyMr. Melville
John IrelandCherry Valance
Noah Beery Jr.Buster McGee
Harry Carey, Jr.Dan Latimer
Chief YowlachieQuo
Paul FixTeeler Yacey
Hank WordenSimms Reeves
Mickey KuhnMatt, as a boy
Ray HykeWalt Jergens
Hal TaliaferroOld Leather
Shelley WintersDance Hall Girl in Wagon Train (uncredited)