Didn't remember it at all but found the usual cheapie dvd. I don't like Donald Crisp and his son is a bit too old for the part. Stewart is great as usual: I like the voice and his delivery. Arthur Kennedy is a great actor, I'd say perfect. But I don't like his physical appearance: that great forehead doesn't appeal to me at all.
The movie could have been a bit shorter and without some sentimental twist that dates it. Still, for a movie with Indian and women doesn't fare bad. Not as good as Winchester 73 but a must-see anyway. And a movie which makes me keep wondering whether the real poet of the big spaces was Ford.
Having read the novel I watched it again. I didn't remember a thing about it. Anyway, the movie takes from the literary source the general idea but takes liberty with the story (making it more linear). I think that Crisp is not imposing as it is in the novel and I confirm my opinion on Nicol and I add that is too big: usually the idiot son is small, at least smaller than the hero and his ward. Miscast. And O'Donnell: how she ended up in movies? I mean, I can understand Stewart leaving her in Coronado. But in the end is 8-9/10
