Three Godfathers.

Duration: 105 min

Year Published: 1948

Format: 35mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Description: Three robbers, fleeing from justice, find a dying mother in a covered wagon which has been abandoned in the desert. They become godfathers to her baby, and promise to return to the town from which they are fugitives. Setting, Arizona, in the late 19th century.

Complete Record: THREE GODFATHERS. Argosy Pictures Corp., c1948. 105 min., sd., color, 35mm. An MGM picture. Based on the story by Peter B. Kyne. Summary: Three robbers, fleeing from justice, find a dying mother in a covered wagon which has been abandoned in the desert. They become godfathers to her baby, and promise to return to the town from which they are fugitives. Setting, Arizona, in the late 19th century. Credits: Producer, Merian C. Cooper; director, John Ford; screenplay, Laurence Stallings, Frank S. Nugent; music score, Richard Hageman; music arranger, Lucien Cailliet; film editor, Jack Murray. Cast: John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, Harry Carey, Jr., Ward Bond, Ben Johnson. © Loew's Inc.; 17Nov48; LP1958.