Three Godfathers

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Three Godfathers ★★★ 1948

A sweet and sentimental western has three halfhearted outlaws on the run, taking with them an infant they find in the desert. Dedicated to western star and Ford alumni Harry Carey Sr. (whose son is one of the outlaws in the film), who died of cancer the year before. Ford had first filmed the tale with Carey Sr. as “Marked Men” in 1919. 82m/C VHS, DVD . John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz Sr., Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh, Jane Darwell, Ben Johnson, Mildred Natwick, Guy Kibbee; D: John Ford; C: Winton C. Hoch.

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