---
title: '3 Godfathers (1948)'
type: 'film'
director: 'John Ford'
released: '1948-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 107
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/3-godfathers-1948'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040064/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# 3 Godfathers (1948)

1948 · 107 min · Drama, Western · United States


## Synopsis

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 short story The Three Godfathers by Peter B. Kyne. The story is a loose retelling of the biblical Three Wise Men in an American Western context.

## Credits

- **Original Music Composer:** [Richard Hageman](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hageman)
- **Director:** [John Ford](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ford)
- **Screenplay:** [Frank S. Nugent](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-s-nugent), [Laurence Stallings](https://cinepixo.com/people/laurence-stallings)
- **Producer:** [Merian C. Cooper](https://cinepixo.com/people/merian-c-cooper)
- **Director of Photography:** [Winton Hoch](https://cinepixo.com/people/winton-hoch)
- **Editor:** [Jack Murray](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-murray)

## Cast

- [Ben Johnson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ben-johnson)
- [John Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wayne)
- [Guy Kibbee](https://cinepixo.com/people/guy-kibbee)
- [Pedro Armendáriz](https://cinepixo.com/people/pedro-armendariz)
- [Mildred Natwick](https://cinepixo.com/people/mildred-natwick)
- [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond)
- [Hank Worden](https://cinepixo.com/people/hank-worden)
- [Michael Dugan](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-dugan)
- [Charles Halton](https://cinepixo.com/people/charles-halton)
- [Richard Hageman](https://cinepixo.com/people/richard-hageman)
- [Harry Carey](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-carey)
- [Jack Pennick](https://cinepixo.com/people/jack-pennick)
- [Mae Marsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-marsh)
- [Jane Darwell](https://cinepixo.com/people/jane-darwell)
- [Harry Tenbrook](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-tenbrook)

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