Headstrong Thomas Dunson starts a thriving Texas cattle ranch with the help of his faithful trail hand, Groot, and his protégé, Matthew Garth, an orphan Dunson took under his wing when Matt was a boy. In need of money following the Civil War, Dunson and Matt lead a cattle drive to Missouri, where they will get a better price than locally, but the crotchety older man and his willful young partner begin to butt heads on the exhausting journey.
Elenco: John Wayne , Montgomery Clift , Joanne Dru , Walter Brennan , Coleen Gray , Harry Carey , John Ireland , Noah Beery Jr. , Harry Carey , Jr. , Chief Yowlachie , Paul Fix , Hank Worden , Mickey Kuhn , Ray Hyke , Hal Taliaferro , Shelley Winters , Lane Chandler , Davison Clark , Harry Cording , Richard Farnsworth , Paul Fierro , George Lloyd , Pierce Lyden , Frank Meredith , John Merton , Jack Montgomery , Ivan Parry , Lee Phelps , John Rice , William Self , Carl Sepulveda , Ray Spiker , Glenn Strange , Tom Tyler , Dan White , Guy Wilkerson .