How accurate is the 1948 film RED RIVER with John Wayne? How can I get a copy of it?
Well, those aren’t longhorns on the silver screen. To the best of my recollection (it’s been years since I saw Red River), they were mostly Herefords. The rest of the story is Hollywood’s idea of a cattle drive. Some of it is realistic, a lot of it is romanticized. As for where you can get a copy, just click on this link for the DVD release: Red River, or this one for the VHS release: Red River. I’m doing a report on the Oregon Trail, and I was wondering where I could find a map that shows the migration route. I hadn’t looked for it myself until you asked. Here is a link to the Google images search page, which called up plenty of maps for me: Google search.
