3 Godfathers
John Ford's Legend of the Southwest!
Overview
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
- Budget
- $1,243,000
- Revenue
- $2,841,000
- Production
- Argosy Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
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Cast
John Wayne
Robert Marmaduke Sangster 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
Gertrude Astor
Saloon Girl (uncredited)
Richard Hageman
Saloon Pianist (uncredited)
Nora Bush
Townswoman (uncredited)
Eva Novak
Townswoman (uncredited)
Ruth Clifford
Woman in Bar (uncredited)
Harry Tenbrook
Bartender (uncredited)
Crew
- Director
- John Ford
- Producers
- Merian C. Cooper,John Ford
- Cinematography
- Winton C. Hoch
- Composer
- Richard Hageman
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John Chard
February 9, 2017
Sentimental and affecting piece from Ford. Having already made a version of the story in 1919 as Marked Men with Harry Carey, John Ford clearly had a kink for this delightful redemption parable. Opening with a touching tribute to his friend and mentor Carey, who had sadly passed away the previous year (and who also starred in the 1916 version of The Three Godfathers), it was also the first out and out Ford Western to be made in colour. The story tells of three outlaws - Robert Hightower (J…
CinemaSerf
November 8, 2023
It's interesting that Harry Carey was in the first version of this film made in 1916 and now his son takes on the role as the injured "kid" alongside John Wayne's "Robert" and Pedro Armendàriz as "Pedro". These three are outlaws whose one last hit goes a bit awry. Now with the shrewd sheriff "Buck" (Ward Bond) in hot pursuit, they must try to outwit their pursuers before they run out of water. They do manage to steal a bit of a march and make it to a well, but the only water they discover is com…