3 Godfathers (1948)

USA, 106 min
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Original title 3 Godfathers
Film type Feature
Category Fiction
Director
Producer
Screenplay
Original work
Production country
  • USA
Production company
Classification Allowed from age 15
Dialogue
  • English
  • Spanish
Swedish release 1949-09-05

Cast

John Wayne
Robert Marmaduke Hightower

Pedro Armendáriz
Pedro "Pete" Roca Fuerte

Harry Carey Jr.
William Kearney, "The Abilene Kid"

Ward Bond
Perley "Buck" Sweet, sheriff

Mae Marsh
Mr. Perley Sweet

Mildred Natwick
modern

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Titles

Original title
  • 3 Godfathers
Swedish release title
  • Flykt genom öknen
Distribution title
  • Tres hijos del diablo (Argentina)
  • Tres padrinos (Spanien)
  • Çöl yavrusu (Turkiet)
  • Trzej ojcowie chrzestni (Polen)
  • Pako yli aavikon (Finland)
  • 3 Keresztapa (Ungern)
  • Fredløse helter (Norge)
  • Tre liv for ét (Danmark)
  • 3 nasi (Rumänien)
  • Οι τρεις δραπέτες (Grekland)
Alternative title
  • Tre desperados
  • Three Godfathers

Crew

Director
Screenplay
Producer
Director of Photography
Music
Production Designer
Film Editor
Production Mixer
Assistant Director
Assistant to the Director
Technical Advisor
Script Supervisor
Special Effects
Camera Operator
Still Photographer
Second Unit Director of Photography
Key Grip
Musical Arrangement
Conductor
Set Decorator
Propman
Costume Designer
Make-up Supervisor
Hair Stylist
Wardrobe
Sound Effects

Cast

John Wayne Robert Marmaduke Hightower
Pedro Armendáriz Pedro "Pete" Roca Fuerte
Harry Carey Jr. William Kearney, "The Abilene Kid"
Ward Bond Perley "Buck" Sweet, sheriff
Mae Marsh Mr. Perley Sweet
Mildred Natwick modern
Jane Darwell Miss Florie
Guy Kibbee domaren
Dorothy Ford Ruby Latham
Ben Johnson medlem av sheriffens styrka
Charles Halton Oliver Latham
Hank Worden Curly, vicesheriff
Jack Pennick Luke, tågkonduktör
Fred Libby vicesheriff
Michael Dugan medlem av sheriffens styrka
Don Summers medlem av sheriffens styrka
- Ej krediterade:
Francis Ford gammal fyllbult på baren
Jack Curtis bartender
Ruth Clifford kvinna på baren
Harry Tenbrook bartender
Gertrude Astor stadsbo
Richard Hageman pianisten på saloonen
Eva Novak stadsbo
Cliff Lyons vakt vid Mojave Tanks
Amelia Yelda Robert William Pedro Hightower, babyn

Companies

Production Company Argosy Pictures Corporation
Copyright Argosy Pictures Corporation 1948-11-17 (LP1958)
Co-Production Company Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Corp. controlled by Loew's Inc.
Distributor in Sweden (35 mm) AB Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer 1949
Minerva Film AB 1963

Swedish censorship / rating

Censorship number 75246
Date 1949-05-11
Classification Allowed from age 15
Original length 2905 meters


Technical specifications

Aspect ratio 1.37:1
Sound type Sound
Sound system Western Electric Recording
Colour type Colour
Colour system Technicolor
Carrier type 35 mm
Frames per second 24
Length in metres 2911 meter
Length in minutes 106 min


Original work

Original title The Three Godfathers (Novel)
Author Peter B. Kyne


Production location

1948-05 1948-06
RKO Studios Culver City, Kalifornien USA
Zabriskie Point Death Valley National Park, Kalifornien USA
Alabama Hills Lone Pine, Kalifornien USA
Keeler, Kalifornien USA
Mojave Desert, Kalifornien USA
RKO Encino Ranch, Encino Los Angeles, Kalifornien USA
Carson & Colorado Railroad Owens Valley, Kalifornien USA

Release dates

First showing 1948-11-25 Washington, District of Columbia USA 106 min
Release in Sweden 1949-09-05 Palladium Stockholm Sweden 106 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title Shall We Gather at the River
Composer Robert Lowry (1864)
Lyrics Robert Lowry (engelsk text 1864)
Joël Blomqvist (svensk text "O hur saligt ... 1876)
Jonas Stadling (svensk text "Få vi mötas ..." 1880)
Per Ollén (svensk text "O hur saligt ... 1876)
Performed by Harry Carey Jr.


Original title Steets of Laredo
Performed by Harry Carey Jr.


Original title Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht!
Composer Franz Gruber (1818)
Lyrics Joseph Mohr (1818)
Oscar Mannström (svensk text 1915)
Musical Arrangement Mats Bergström


Original title Bringing in the Sheaves
Composer George A. Minor (1880)
Lyrics Knowles Shaw (engelsk text 1874)


Holdings Posters

Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Size About 70 x 100 cm
Quantity 2


Size Smaller than 40 x 75 cm
Quantity 2


Holdings Scripts

Script type Cutting continuity
Language English


Holdings Stills

Black and white print SET
Album No


Holdings Promotion materials

Type Program/Reklamtryck


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