Film Forum

U.S, 1953
Directed by John Farrow
Starring John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond
Approx. 88 min. 3-D DCP.

An unhorsed John Wayne and his dog show up at the remote ranch of husbandless Geraldine Page and her son—and then the Apaches arrive. Maybe Wayne’s greatest non-Ford role; with an Oscar® nomination to ultra-method Page in her debut.

Reviews

“Wayne's guileless performance is gently self-mocking, while still every inch the embodiment of the conviction that ‘a man ought to do what he thinks is best’.”
– Time Out

“Rousing, well-done Western with Wayne the tough, wily cavalry scout who comes upon Page and her young son living in the wilderness, unalarmed about a pending Apache uprising. Wayne is in top form here.”
– Leonard Maltin

“One of the best westerns of the moment.”
– François Truffaut