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| Directed by | John Ford |
| Screenplay by | James Kevin McGuinness |
| Based on | Mission With No Record 1947 story Saturday Evening Post by James Warner Bellah |
| Produced by | Uncredited: Merian C. Cooper John Ford |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Bert Glennon |
| Edited by | Jack Murray |
| Music by | Victor Young |
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| Distributed by | Republic Pictures |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $1,214,899[1] |
| Box office | $2.25 million (US rentals)[2] |
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Rio Grande is a 1950 American romantic Western film[3][4] directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara. It is the third installment of Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", following two RKO Pictures releases: Fort Apache (1948) and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949). Wayne plays the lead in all three films, as Captain Kirby York in Fort Apache, then as Captain Nathan Brittles in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and finally as a promoted Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke in Rio Grande (scripts and production billing spell the York[e] character's surname differently in Fort Apache and Rio Grande). Rio Grande's supporting cast features Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr., Harry Carey Jr., Chill Wills, J. Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen, Grant Withers, the Western singing group the Sons of the Pioneers and Stan Jones.
- ^ Flynn, Charles; McCarthy, Todd (1975). "The Economic Imperative: Why Was the B Movie Necessary?". In Flynn, Charles; McCarthy, Todd (eds.). Kings of the Bs: working within the Hollywood system: an anthology of film history and criticism. E. P. Dutton. p. 30.
- ^ 'The Top Box Office Hits of 1950', Variety, January 3, 1951
- ^ Variety film review; November 8, 1950, page 6.
- ^ Harrison's Reports film review; November 4, 1950, page 176.