(Montana and due south; 1878)
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When his cattlemen abandon him to join a nearby gold rush, rancher John Wayne hires a bunch of school kids to lead his heard down south to market. On their journey the boys learn some life lessons, grow up a little, and are menaced by Bruce Dern and his band of outlaws. Directed in 'King of the Slow Film' director Mark Rydall's trademark style, nature is at the forefront and familial type tensions burn lightly below the surface. Good supporting part for Roscoe Lee Brown, also enjoyed the scene with the prostitutes. One of the few films in which John Wayne dies, and even more rarely, plays a married man.
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