Wagon Master
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Wagon Master is a 1950 American Western film directed by John Ford. The film stars Ben Johnson and Harry Carey, Jr. as two cowpokes who become involved with a Mormon family and a fugitive bank robber.
The movie is noted for its portrayal of frontier values and common men facing morally clear situations. It was made during a period when the traditional, comforting vision of the West was becoming less viable in American society. Ford's westerns, including Wagon Master, explored archetypal masculine ethics and behavior that significantly influenced the American psyche.1
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