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3 Godfathers (1948)

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John Ford had already directed one of the three previous film versions of Peter Kyne's novel under the title Marked Men (1919) with his mentor Harry Carey, a great cowboy star of the silent era who had recently died. It's not difficult to see how the story's sentimentality and Christian symbolism might have appealed to the director's sensibility. John Wayne stars as Bob Hightower, the leader of a trio of thieves who rob a bank in Arizona and take off with the posse of Sheriff Buck Sweet (Ward

Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.

Western, Drama, Classics

Laurence Stallings, Frank S. Nugent

Jun 6, 2006

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All Critics (10) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (2) | DVD (4)

There are humor and honest tear-jerking in this visually beautiful film.

March 25, 2006 Full Review Source: New York Times | Comment
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A wonderful, sentimental western.

November 27, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | Comment
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he last reel, with Wayne explicitly identified as the Prodigal Son and a general collapse into mawkishness, might almost have strayed in from another movie.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment

Reworking of the 3 wise men story out west is very good Ford.

October 16, 2004 Comment

Wayne as the Prodigal Son delivering the Christ child seemed a bit of a stretch.

June 25, 2004 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
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Gorgeously photographed Ford version of the often filmed story.

August 13, 2003 Comment
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

It's phoney, it's bunk -- and it might just persuade you of a beautiful lie.

May 24, 2003 Full Review Source: Film4 | Comment
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Number 3 in the quest of 30 by Christmas. This one talks about Christmas but doesn't have a overall theme of Christmas till its end. The Duke John Wayne plays a bad guy in this film, something that was rare, after robbing a bank The Duke and his partners go across the desert to avoid the law, when they happen upon a

November 16, 2010
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This is just a great movie that's both fun and well made. It must be the first John Wayne/John Ford movie in color and it's truly beautiful to look at. While it's a premise that certainly could have become corny, it doesn't and manages to have a great message. The chemistry between the three bank robbers is one of the

July 27, 2010
ythelastman89

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