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3 Godfathers

Year:

1948

Duration:

106 min

Genres:

Drama | Western

IMDB rate:

7.2

Director:

John Ford

Details

Country: USA

Release Date: 1948-12-01

Filming Locations: Alabama Hills, Lone Pine, California, USA

Earnings

Budget: $1,243,000

Gross: $2,078,000 (USA) ( 1948)

Cast

Actor

Character

Gertrude Astor

John Wayne

Robert Marmaduke Hightower

Pedro Armendáriz

Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte

Harry Carey Jr.

William Kearney ('The Abilene Kid')

Ward Bond

Perley 'Buck' Sweet

Mae Marsh

Mrs. Perley Sweet

Mildred Natwick

The Mother

Jane Darwell

Miss Florie

Guy Kibbee

Judge

Dorothy Ford

Ruby Latham

Ben Johnson

Posse Man #1

Charles Halton

Oliver Latham

Hank Worden

Deputy Curly

Jack Pennick

Luke

Fred Libby

Deputy

Michael Dugan

Posse Man #2

Don Summers

Posse Man #3

Ruth Clifford

Woman in Bar (uncredited)

Jack Curtis

Bartender (uncredited)

Francis Ford

Drunken Old-Timer at Bar (uncredited)

Richard Hageman

Saloon Pianist (uncredited)

Cliff Lyons

Guard at Mojave Tanks (uncredited)

Eva Novak

Townswoman (uncredited)

Harry Tenbrook

Bartender #2 (uncredited)

Amelia Yelda

Robert William Pedro Hightower (the Baby)

Did you know?

Trivia

John Ford had a greensman water a cactus overnight to allow it to be squeezed for water.

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For the scene where Deputy Curly (Hank Worden) has trouble pulling a mule about a train, director John Ford rigged the reins to pull backwards whenever Worden pulled forward.

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Ford had previously directed a silent film version of the same story, called 'Marked Men (1919)'. No prints of this is known to be in existence.

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Goofs

When Pedro first skips the saddle the horse without the saddle is black. Later when the horses are pulled behind a dune, it is brown.

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The coach car on the train in Welcome has 7 windows, no roof-walk, and the number under the windows. The car at Mojave Tanks, which is supposed to be the same, has 5 windows, a roof-walk, and the number in front of the windows. The 5-window car also has no interior, as seen through the rear door.

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When Hightower is greasing the baby, who is referred to as a boy, is played by a girl.

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Quotes

Posse Member #1: A lot of boys stick up stagecoaches and banks and one thing and another. But a man who would dynamite a water hole in this kind of country is downright criminal.

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Judge: [during sentencing] Robert Marmaduke Hightower...

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Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower: ...little Robert...

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