With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail.
Publisher:Santa Monica, Calif. :MGM Home Entertainment,c1998.
General Note:
Program content : Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc., 1948.
Special features: Scene selections.
Screen format: Standard version. Theatrical release format.
In classic black & white.
Home use only.
Based on the Saturday Evening Post story, "The Chisholm Trail", by Borden Chase.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Screenplay by Borden Chase and Charles Schnee ; directed and produced by Howard Hawks.
Participant or Performer Note:
John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Walter Brennan and Joanne Dru with Harry Carey, Sr., Coleen Gray, John Ireland, Noah Berry, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr. and Paul Fix.