3 Godfathers

3 Godfathers
3 Godfathers
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	John Ford
Screenplay by	Laurence Stallings; Frank S. Nugent;
Based on	The Three Godfathers; 1913 novelette; by Peter B. Kyne
Produced by	John Ford; Merian C. Cooper
Starring	John Wayne; Pedro Armendáriz; Harry Carey Jr.
Cinematography	Winton Hoch
Edited by	Jack Murray
Music by	Richard Hageman
Production; companies	Argosy Pictures; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer;
Distributed by	Loew's Inc.
Release date	December 1, 1948;
Running time	106 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$1,243,000
Box office	$2,841,000

3 Godfathers is a 1948 American Western film in Technicolor directed by John Ford and starring John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz and Harry Carey Jr.. The screenplay was written by Frank S. Nugent and Laurence Stallings based on the 1913 novelette The Three Godfathers by Peter B. Kyne. The story is a loose retelling of the biblical Three Wise Men in an American Western context.^[2]

It is a remake of the Black and White 1929 movie Hell's Heroes, starring Charles Bickman, Raymond Hatton, and Fred Kohler, directed by William Wyler.

^ ^a ^b The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.
^ Higham, Charles; Greenberg, Joel (1968). Hollywood in the Forties. London: A. Zwemmer Limited. p. 112.

[Mannix-1] The Eddie Mannix Ledger, Los Angeles: Margaret Herrick Library, Center for Motion Picture Study.

[2] Higham, Charles; Greenberg, Joel (1968). Hollywood in the Forties. London: A. Zwemmer Limited. p. 112.

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