3 Godfathers
1948 · Movie · NR · 102 min · ★ 6.8 · 84% critics
Three fugitives fleeing a bank robbery are pushed to their limits by heat, thirst, and a relentless pursuit across the desert. When they come upon a dying mother and her newborn, they make a promise to deliver the baby to safety, turning their escape into a perilous test of decency and resolve.
Also known as Three Godfathers · The 3 Godfathers · The Three Godfathers
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Details
- Years
- 1948
- Release date
- 1948-12-31
- Language
- English
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Critic score
- 84/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (206 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want an unusual, heartfelt western that mixes pursuit, hardship, and humor with a redemption arc; Not for you if you dislike sentimentality or overt religious imagery, even in the vein of The Searchers.
Pros: touching redemption story; desert survival tension; strong trio chemistry | Cons: heavy-handed religious parallels; slow to get going; overly sentimental stretches
Themes
- baby
- marshal
- adoption
- promise
- outlaw
- survival
- fugitive
- train
- prison sentence
- bank robbery
- birth
- desert
- +9 more
Cast & crew
John Wayne
as Robert Marmaduke Sangster Hightower
Pedro Armendáriz
as Pedro 'Pete' Roca Fuerte
Harry Carey, Jr.
as William Kearney ('The Abilene Kid')
Ward Bond
as Perley 'Buck' Sweet
Mae Marsh
as Mrs. Perley Sweet
Mildred Natwick
as The Mother
Jane Darwell
as Miss Florie
Guy Kibbee
as Judge
Dorothy Ford
as Ruby Latham
Ben Johnson
as Posse man #1
Directed by John Ford