Rio Grande (1950) + Bonus

Lieutenant Colonel Kirby Yorke (John Wayne) heads a cavalry post on the Texas side of the Rio Grande, defending settlers against Apaches launching raids from the Mexican side of the river. When Yorke's 16-year-old son, Jeff (Claude Jarman Jr.) –- who he has not seen since he was a baby – shows up at the post as one of the new recruits, he treats him more harshly than the others. Things are further complicated when Yorke's estranged wife, Kathleen (Maureen O'Hara), returns to take her son home.



Bonus included: The Making of Rio Grande (21:15). This is another Leonard Maltin hosted outing (like the High Noon enterprise, in fact) and is a great piece of background information for fans of the film. Interview subjects include Harry Carey, Jr. and Michael Wayne. What's up with that weird kinescope-esque masking of the upper corners of the image in Maltin's hosting segments?