Wagon Master

Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

Cast

Ben Johnson

as Travis Blue

Joanne Dru

as Denver

Harry Carey, Jr.

as Sandy

Ward Bond

as Elder Wiggs

Charles Kemper

as Uncle Shiloh Clegg

Alan Mowbray

as Dr. A. Locksley Hall

Jane Darwell

as Sister Ledyard

Ruth Clifford

as Fleuretty Phyffe

Russell Simpson

as Adam Perkins

Kathleen O'Malley

as Prudence Perkins

Reviews

CinemaSerf

This is quite an unremarkable little pioneering yarn that sees two cowboys - Ben Johnson and Harry Carey Jr. guiding a Mormon caravan across the Wild West. En route they encounter a motley collection of folks with a medicine show - and the sultry Joanne Dru ("Miss Denver"); then a bunch of less savo...

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