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Red River (Harold Hawks 1948) is an early western film starting John Wayne, ostensibly the most known cowboy figure in classic western depictions. It is a movie about everything from cattle drives to the importance of family. Red River is a classic Western film with a bit of a twist. You have the bad Indians, the classic hard-ass cowboy, the search for money, the treacherous adventure, and the ignorant "injun". The Western genre of film is one of understood stereotypes and plot structure, and without these things, I don't believe that a movie can truly call itself a Western. What Red River does is achieve these stereotypes and fulfills this plot structure, while maintaining the all-important "myth" of the West.
Made in 1948, Red River was made at a time when American pride and heritage was at an all-time high with the close of World War II and the United States victory. This may have had an impact on the film industry, resulting in a surge of Western films. These films......

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