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3 Godfathers (1-Dec-1948)

Director: John Ford

Writers: Laurence Stallings; Frank S. Nugent

From novel: The Three Godfathers by Peter B. Kyne

Musical Score: Richard Hageman

Keywords: Western

A trio of bank robbers on the lam encounter a dying woman and her newborn in the desert and promise to ensure the infant's survival. These three "wise men" head for New Jerusalem, Arizona. Slightly oddball Western with elements of Christmas parable but not religious to the point of being burdensome. Earlier adaptations of this novel are the silent Hell's Heroes (1929) and Richard Boleslawsky's Three Godfathers (1936).

NameOccupationBirthDeathKnown for
Pedro Armendáriz
Actor
9-May-1912 18-Jun-1963 From Russia with Love
Ward Bond
Actor
9-Apr-1903 5-Nov-1960 Wagon Train
Harry Carey, Jr.
Actor
16-May-1921 27-Dec-2012 The Whales of August
Jane Darwell
Actor
15-Oct-1879 13-Aug-1967 The bird woman in Mary Poppins
Charles Halton
Actor
16-Mar-1876 16-Apr-1959 Bespectacled character actor
Ben Johnson
Actor
13-Jun-1918 8-Apr-1996 The Last Picture Show
Guy Kibbee
Actor
6-Mar-1882 24-May-1956 Captain January
Mae Marsh
Actor
9-Nov-1895 13-Feb-1968 The Birth of a Nation
Mildred Natwick
Actor
19-Jun-1905 25-Oct-1994 Barefoot in the Park
John Wayne
Actor
26-May-1907 11-Jun-1979 The Duke
Hank Worden
Actor
23-Jul-1901 6-Dec-1992 The Searchers

CAST

Starring
John Wayne   ...   Robert Marmaduke Hightower
Pedro Armendáriz   ...   Pedro Roca Fuerte
and introducing
Harry Carey, Jr.   ...   William "The Abilene Kid" Kearney
With
Ward Bond   ...   Perley "Buck" Sweet
Mae Marsh   ...   Mrs. Perley Sweet
Mildred Natwick   ...   Mother
Jane Darwell   ...   Miss Florie
Guy Kibbee   ...   Judge
Dorothy Ford   ...   Ruby Latham
Ben Johnson   ...   Posse
Charles Halton   ...   Mr. Latham
Hank Worden   ...   Deputy Sheriff
Jack Pennick   ...   Luke
Fred Libby   ...   Deputy Sheriff
Michael Dugan   ...   Posse
Don Summers   ...   Posse

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