3 Godfathers
1948 film directed by John Ford / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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3 Godfathers is a 1948 American western film directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, and Harry Carey Jr.. The screenplay was written by Frank S. Nugent and Laurence Stallings, based on the 1913 novelette The Three Godfathers by Peter B. Kyne. The story is something of a retelling of the parable of the Biblical Three Wise Men in an American Western context.[2]
3 Godfathers | |
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Directed by | John Ford |
Screenplay by | Laurence Stallings Frank S. Nugent |
Based on | The Three Godfathers 1913 novelette by Peter B. Kyne |
Produced by | John Ford Merian C. Cooper |
Starring | John Wayne Pedro Armendáriz Harry Carey Jr. |
Cinematography | Winton Hoch |
Edited by | Jack Murray |
Music by | Richard Hageman |
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Distributed by | Loew's Inc. |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $1,243,000[1] |
Box office | $2,841,000[1] |
Ford had already adapted the novelette once before in Marked Men (1919)—a silent film thought to be lost today. He decided to remake the story in Technicolor and dedicate the film to the memory of long-time friend Harry Carey, who starred in the previous version. Carey's son, Harry Carey, Jr., plays one of the title roles in this 1948 film, which was shot primarily (but not set) in Death Valley, California.