Director Howard Hawks was known for his confident, straight-forward westerns like Rio Bravo, El Dorado and Red River which is perhaps his finest. Selected and reviewed as one of the Top Ten (#6) westerns here http://thecinemacafe.com/the-cinema-treasure-hunter/2014/1/10/top-ten-westerns#Red-River the story concerns the opening of the Chisholm Trail, used after the Civil War to drive cattle from Texas to Kansas. John Wayne plays one of his darker, least heroic characters most earnestly. The "drive" will begin on TCM Saturday, November 3 at 5pm PST.