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Joining director John Ford’s raucous opening of his bio-pic about his Navy flier-turned-writer friend Frank “Spig” Wead, John Wayne in the lead, Kenneth Tobey co-piloting an unauthorized flight, Maureen O’Hara his furious wife leading pursuit, Penascola ca. 1920, in The Wings Of Eagles, 1957.
- Ringo Kid introduction — Stagecoach (1939) John Wayne suffered through countless obscure Westerns for over a decade before John Ford changed his fortunes and cast him as the Ringo Kid in the 1939 classic "Stagecoach."
- Ethan saves Debbie — The Searchers (1956) John Ford's "The Searchers" remains one of the all-time great motion pictures, a superbly directed, wonderfully acted, beautifully filmed story about revenge, love, prejudice, and violence featuring John Wayne's best performance.
- The charge — True Grit (1969) John Wayne earned a well-deserved Oscar for his portrayal of one-eyed, drunken U.S. Marshal Reuben "Rooster" J. Cogburn in 1969's "True Grit."
- Wil fights Asa - The Cowboys (1972) The Duke didn't die too often in his films, but you certainly felt the impact when he did. Case in point: Mark Rydell's excellent 1972 feature "The Cowboys" in which Wayne's tough-talking rancher, Wil Andersen, leads a group of schoolboys on a cattle drive and is gunned down by none other than Bruce Dern.
Mar 8, 2024 · Watch on. If the 1960s was the era of spy movie mania, the 1970s was an era of "rogue cop" movies. Seemingly everyone was in on the act and that included John Wayne, who teamed with director John Sturges for the first and only time for "McQ". The Duke played a Seattle detective who is combating corruption in the police department.
Box office. $3.75 million (US/ Canada rentals) [ 1 ] Hellfighters is a 1968 American adventure film directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton and Vera Miles. The movie depicts a group of oil well firefighters and is based loosely on the life of Red Adair. Adair, "Boots" Hansen, and "Coots" Matthews ...
The Telegraph Trail. 1933 54m Passed. 5.8 (695) Rate. A greedy businessman-turned-renegade foments an Indian uprising against the coming telegraph to perpetuate his economic stranglehold on the territory. Director Tenny Wright Stars John Wayne Duke Frank McHugh. 13. The Three Musketeers. 1933 3h 30m Passed.
Jul 3, 2020 · The Wrong Box (1966)***. Somewhere between SBIG (So Bad It’s Good) and WAL (Worth a Look), The Wrong Box is a black comedy in the wrong directorial hands. Better known for thriller Seance on a Wet Afternoon (1964) and POW drama King Rat (1965) Bryan Forbes struggles to bring enough comedy into the proceedings or to wring sufficient laughs out ...
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May 18, 2024 · Tour our photo gallery of Wayne’s 25 greatest films, including some of the titles listed above, as well as “Red River” (1948), “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon” (1949), “Rio Bravo” (1959 ...
