3 Movies Starring Joanne Dru

Red River

Red River

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1948-09-17

Languages:

English, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

133 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.8 (19788 Reviews)

Cast:

Writer:

Borden Chase (screenplay)

Charles Schnee (screenplay)

Borden Chase (from "The Saturday Evening Post" story)

Fullplot:

Fourteen years after starting his cattle ranch in Texas, Tom Dunston is finally ready to drive his 10,000 head of cattle to market. Back then Dunston, his sidekick Nadine Groot and a teen-aged boy, Matt Garth -who was the only survivor of an Indian attack on a wagon train - started off with only two head of cattle. The nearest market however is in Missouri, a 1000 miles away. Dunston is a hard task master demanding a great deal from the men who have signed up for the drive. Matt is a grown man now and fought in the Civil War. He has his own mind as well and he soon runs up against the stubborn Dunston who won't listen to advice from anyone. Soon, the men on the drive are taking sides and Matt ends up in charge with Dunston vowing to kill him.

All the King's Men

All the King's Men

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1950-01-01

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

110 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

7.6 (9100 Reviews)

Director:

Robert Rossen

Genres:

Drama

Cast:

Writer:

Robert Penn Warren (based upon: the Pulitzer Prize novel "All the King's Men")

Robert Rossen (written for the screen by)

Fullplot:

Jack Burden is a newspaper reporter who first hears of Willie Stark when his editor sends him to Kanoma County to cover the man. What's special about this nobody running for county treasurer? He's supposedly an honest man. Burden discovers this to be true when he sees Stark delivering a speech and having his son pass out handbills, while the local politicians do their best to intimidate him. Willie Stark is honest and brave. He's also a know-nothing hick whose schoolteacher wife has given him what little education he has. Stark loses the race for treasurer, but later makes his way through law school, becoming an idealistic attorney who fights for what is good. Someone in the governor's employ remembers Stark when the governor needs a patsy to run against him and split the vote of his rival. The fat cats underestimate Stark; but Jack Burden, Stark's biggest supporter, overestimates the man's idealism. To get where he wants to go, Willie Stark is willing to crack a few eggs - which include his tough-talking assistant, Sadie Burke; Jack's poised and elegant fiancèe, Anne Stanton; and even Jack Burden himself.

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-10-22

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

103 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.4 (11103 Reviews)

Director:

John Ford

Cast:

Writer:

James Warner Bellah (story)

Frank S. Nugent (screenplay)

Laurence Stallings (screenplay)

Fullplot:

After Custer and the 7th Cavalry are wiped out by Indians, everyone expects the worst. Capt. Nathan Brittles is ordered out on patrol but he's also required to take along Abby Allshard, wife of the Fort's commanding officer, and her niece, the pretty Olivia Dandridge, who are being evacuated for their own safety. Brittles is only a few days away from retirement and Olivia has caught the eye of two of the young officers in the Company, Lt. Flint Cohill and 2nd Lt. Ross Pennell. She's taken to wearing a yellow ribbon in her hair, a sign that she has a beau in the Cavalry, but refuses to say for whom she is wearing it.

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