Wagon Master

John Ford's lusty successor to "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon"

Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

Adventure Western

Ben Johnson

(Travis Blue)

Joanne Dru

(Denver)

Harry Carey, Jr.

(Sandy)

Ward Bond

(Elder Wiggs)

Charles Kemper

(Uncle Shiloh Clegg)

Alan Mowbray

(Dr. A. Locksley Hall)

Jane Darwell

(Sister Ledyard)

Ruth Clifford

(Fleuretty Phyffe)

Russell Simpson

(Adam Perkins)

Kathleen O'Malley

(Prudence Perkins)

James Arness

(Floyd Clegg)

Francis Ford

(Mr. Peachtree)

Fred Libby

(Reese Clegg)

Jim Thorpe

(Navajo Indian)

Mickey Simpson

(Jesse Clegg)

Cliff Lyons

(Marshal of Crystal City)

Don Summers

(Sam Jenkins)

Movita

(Young Navajo Indian)

Hank Worden

(Luke Clegg)

Chuck Hayward

(Jackson (uncredited))

Danny Borzage

(Accordionist (uncredited))

Lee Bradley

(Leader of the Navajo Band (uncredited))

Nora Bush

(Settler (uncredited))

Jane Crowley

(Settler (uncredited))

Tex Holden

(Settler (uncredited))

George Huggins

(Settler (uncredited))

Fred Kennedy

(Settler (uncredited))

Al Kunde

(Fiddler (uncredited))

Ann Kunde

(Settler (uncredited))

Frank McGrath

(Posse Member (uncredited))

Evelyn Moriarty

(Settler (uncredited))

Eleanore Vogel

(Settler (uncredited))