Ride, Vaquero!

Ride, Vaquero!
Original film poster
Directed by	John Farrow
Produced by	Stephen Ames
Written by	Frank Fenton
Starring	Robert Taylor Ava Gardner Howard Keel Anthony Quinn Kurt Kasznar Ted de Corsia
Music by	Bronislau Kaper
Cinematography	Robert Surtees
Edited by	Harold F. Kress
Distributed by	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Release dates	July 15, 1953 (1953-07-15)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,128,000^[1]
Box office	$3,427,000^[1]

Ride, Vaquero! is a 1953 western film made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM). It was directed by John Farrow and produced by Stephen Ames from a screenplay by Frank Fenton and John Farrow. The music score was by Bronislau Kaper and the cinematography by Robert Surtees.

The film stars Robert Taylor, Ava Gardner, Anthony Quinn, and Howard Keel with Kurt Kasznar, Ted de Corsia and Jack Elam. Movita appears uncredited in a small role.

Plot

Mexican bandit Jose Esqueda resents settlers in the Brownsville, Texas region, and conducts raids against them. He threatens to burn down homes, including the ranch house King Cameron has just built for his wife Cordelia.

Rio, raised like a brother to Esqueda, joins forces with him at first. But in time he forms a partnership with Cameron instead, and even saves his life, although Cordelia continues not to trust him.

Complications arise when Cordelia's distrust turns to desire. Cameron must save both his property and his marriage after Esqueda goes on a rampage, robbing Brownsville's bank and killing the sheriff.

Shot several times by Esqueda and close to death, Cameron is once again saved by Rio, who confronts Esqueda in a final gunfight. Cameron forgives Cordelia for her feelings toward Rio.

Cast

Robert Taylor as Rio
Ava Gardner as Cordelia
Howard Keel as Cameron
Anthony Quinn as Esqueda
Jack Elam as Barton
Kurt Kasznar as Father Antonio

Reception

According to MGM records the film earned $1,834,000 in the US and Canada and $1,593,000 elsewhere resulting in a profit of $895,000.^[1]

References

1 2 3 The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study .

External links

Ride, Vaquero! at the Internet Movie Database

Films directed by John Farrow

The Spectacle Maker (1934)
Tarzan Escapes (1936)
Men in Exile (1937)
West of Shanghai (1937)
She Loved a Fireman (1937)
Comet Over Broadway (1938)
Broadway Musketeers (1938)
Little Miss Thoroughbred (1938)
The Invisible Menace (1938)
My Bill (1938)
The Saint Strikes Back (1939)
Women in the Wind (1939)
Sorority House (1939)
Five Came Back (1939)
Full Confession (1939)
Reno (1939)
A Bill of Divorcement (1940)
Married and in Love (1940)
Wake Island (1942)
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
China (1943)
The Hitler Gang (1944)
You Came Along (1945)
Two Years Before the Mast (1946)
California (1947)
Blaze of Noon (1947)
Calcutta (1947)
Easy Come, Easy Go (1947)
Beyond Glory (1948)
The Big Clock (1948)
Night Has a Thousand Eyes (1948)
Red, Hot and Blue (1949)
Alias Nick Beal (1949)
Where Danger Lives (1950)
Copper Canyon (1950)
Submarine Command (1951)
His Kind of Woman (1951)
Ride, Vaquero! (1953)
Hondo (1953)
Plunder of the Sun (1953)
Botany Bay (1953)
A Bullet Is Waiting (1954)
The Sea Chase (1955)
Back from Eternity (1956)
The Unholy Wife (1957)
John Paul Jones (1959)

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