together with the even more underrated and the sun shine bright and wagon master be one of ford favorite film . it be a western of exceptional beauty and narrative purity and well act by member of ford tock company and include jane darwell and alan mowbray and ward bond and and harry carey and jr. like almost all of ford film and it be a meditation on freedom and community . it be also noteworthy for a much more positive portrayal of indian than in most of ford movie . ford and for all his fault and remain the supreme poet of american democracy .