3 Godfathers [Commemorative Packaging]

Director: John Ford John Ford

Overview

This film is John Ford's second version of Peter B. Kyne's western about three outlaws who adopt and care for a baby they find in the desert. The three outlaws are on the run from the law, yet they risk their lives to bring the baby to the nearest town.

Product Details

Release Date:	05/22/2007
UPC:	0012569798595
Original Release:	1948
Rating:	NR
Source:	STUDIO DISTRIBUTION SERVS LLC
Region Code:	1
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Mono]
Language:	English
Time:	1:46:00
Sales rank:	783

Special Features

Theatrical trailer; Languages: English & Français; Subtitles: English, Français & Español; (Feature film only)

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

John Wayne	Bob
Harry Carey Jr.	Enfant
Ward Bond	Shériff
Charles Halton	Mr. Latham
Jane Darwell	Miss Florie
Mildred Natwick	La Mère
Mae Marsh	Mrs. Perley Sweet
Guy Kibbee	Juge
Dorothy Ford	Ruby Latham,Vieil homme saoûl au bar
Ben Johnson	Membre du Posse
Michael Dugan	Membre du Posse
Don Summers	Membre du Posse
Fred Libby	Shériff adjoint 'Curly'
Hank Worden	Shériff adfoint
Jack Pennick	Luke
Richard Hageman	Pianiste du saloon,Composer
Cliff Lyons	Garde
Pedro Armendáriz	Pedro Fuerte
Jack Curtis	Actor
Amelia Yelda	Robert William Pedro Hightower
Gertrude Astor	Actor
Nora Bush	Actor
Ruth Clifford	Actor
Tex Driscoll	Actor
Jack Kenny	Actor
Jack Mower	Actor
Eva Novak	Actor
Charles Soldani	Actor
Harry Tenbrook	Actor
Harry Carey	Actor

Technical Credits

Laurence Stallings

Frank S. Nugent

Peter B. Kyne

Robert Nathan

John Ford	Director,Producer
Laurence Stallings	Screenwriter
Frank S. Nugent	Screenwriter
Merian C. Cooper	Producer
Peter B. Kyne	Screenwriter
Robert Nathan	Screenwriter
Joseph I. Kane	Sound Effects
Patrick Kelley	Sound Effects
Frank Moran	Sound Effects
Jack Caffee	Special Effects
Michael Dugan	Stunts

Editorial Reviews

Wim Wenders once described the films of John Ford with a phrase to the effect that he gives all of his characters their dignity. It's a description that applies to this allegory of redemption, in which the majesty of the director's familiar landscapes becomes the backdrop for an enactment of Christian ritual. Given this structure, Ford minimizes the individuality of the characters and relies more heavily on the mise-en-scéne to achieve his ends. Although the director naturally imputes a religious significance to the birth of the child, the event also functions as it does in Stagecoach (1939) and elsewhere in the director's work: as a symbol of hope and a harbinger of peace in the midst of conflict. Wayne draws on the avuncular side of his nature, but Ford uses him as essentially an icon here, and the image of the craggy cowboy bearing the infant across the pitiless desert is one that lingers in the mind.