John Ford directs John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz and Harry Carey Jr. in this western where three bank robbers trapped in the desert find a baby that needs ferrying to civilisation.

Starts out like a light hearted lark but lunges into religious epic. The final act when it is the Duke, a baby and a bible against the desert really feels like a Sunday school parable. Yet it looks stunning, clean Technicolor location shoot majesty. An uneven flick but both halves have value.

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Perfect Double Bill: Wagon Master (1950)

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