wagon master be a very unique film amongst john ford work . mainly because it the only one that be base on a story write by john ford himself and the story that be elaborate by frank nugent and director son patrick ford and turn into a screenplay and and because of director personal opinion regard it and wagon master be the film john ford call the one which ` come close to be what i have want to achieve and to say so be not to say a little and but a ford confess once to lindsay anderson and his favourite be nonetheless my darling clementine and not any other . wagon master have all ingredient one might expect to find in a john ford film . wonderful cast deliver his best and thou not feature any major star and except the most ` fordian of all actor ben johnson . very peculiar small character and who provide an obligatory comic relief and and wagon master have quite a few of them such a horn blow sister ledyard ( jane darwell ) in her shot but very inspired gig . and last but not least legendary monument valley with john ford fifth passage through it after stagecoach and my darling clementine and fort apache and she wear a yellow ribbon . the film start with two friend cowboys travis blue ( ben johnson ) and sandy owen ( harry carey jr ) be hire to be wagon master or guide for a caravan of mormon settler who be head to silver valley and a place that for them like a promised land . on their way they be join by a very peculiar dr. locksley hall ( alan mowbray ) with two beautiful woman and who be supposedly his wife and daughter and who call themselves actor . they be head in the same direction simply because they be recently drive out of the near town and have no other place to go . nothing particularly unpleasant happens till they bump into clegg and a dangerous family gang consist of father and his three son who be on the run from the marshal of the town where they recently commit murder and bank robbery . overall wagon master be no more nor less than one more precious pearl in a necklace of john ford wonderful western . a must see . positive .