John Wayne

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Big Trail, The (1930): Dir. Raoul Walsh
Feat. John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel…; The film that elevated a young John Wayne from bit–part actor to leading man is this grand saga of a wagon trail, shot in an early form of 70mm.
Range Feud, The (1931): Dir. D.Ross Lederman
Feat. John Wayne, Buck Jones; A better than B–Western with a young, gangly John Wayne as a ten–galloned Romeo framed for murder while entangled in a feud with his…
Three Musketeers, The (1933): Dir. Colbert Clark
Feat. Jack Mulhall, Raymond Hatton, Francis Bushman…; An early John Wayne movie serial set in distant Arabia, where he rescues three French Legionaires (Hatton, Mulhall and Bushman) from Arab attacks and…
Stagecoach (1939): Dir. John Ford
Feat. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, John Carradine; As the first fully realised Western, this blazed the trail for all subsequent efforts, as well as carrying John Wayne to stardom. Panoramic…
Long Voyage Home, The (1940): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter…; John Wayne is a Swedish sailor aboard a doom–ridden tramp steamer circa. WWII, in this portmanteau of four stories by Eugene O'Neill. An…
Seven Sinners (1940): Dir. Tay Garnett
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, John Wayne, Albert Dekker…; Tropical romance ensues for Marlene Dietrich's quick–witted, sultry saloon singer whose bad behaviour washes her up at the Seven Sinners Cafe,…
Reap the Wild Wind (1942): Dir. Cecil B. DeMille
Feat. John Wayne, Raymond Massey, Paulette Goddard; Rugged ships captain John Wayne conducts hair–raising salvages off the 19th century Florida coast, in this spectacular sea–adventure,…
Pittsburgh (1942): Dir. Lewis Seiler
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne; Marlene Dietrich – striking as always – is courted by John Wayne and Randolph Scott as coalminers–turned–millionaires. A…
Reunion in France (1942): Dir. Jules Dassin
Feat. Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn; Joan Crawford plays a pampered wife in war torn Paris and Wayne the downed fighter pilot who she helps evade capture. Look sharp for an uncredited…
Spoilers, The (1942): Dir. Ray Enright
Feat. Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne; A gold–rush Western set in Alaska in which gold–miner John Wayne tussles it out with corrupt commissioner Randolph Scott over his claims…
Tall in the Saddle (1944): Dir. Edwin L. Marin
Feat. John Wayne, Ella Raines, Ward Bond; An action–packed John Wayne Oater in which he plays a tough, quiet cowboy who arrives at an Arizona town to find his boss has been murdered and…
They Were Expendable (1945): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Robert Montgomery; Fine tribute to the US Torpedo–boat troops who were last to retreat from the Philippines after Pearl Harbour. John Wayne and Robert Montgomery…
Angel and the Badman (1947): Dir. James Edward Grant
Feat. John Wayne, Gail Russell; Classic model Western with big John Wayne as a gunfighter tamed by the love of a good woman.
Fort Apache (1948): Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Shirley Temple; The first film of Ford's cavalry trilogy tells of a maverick martinet (Henry Fonda) at odds with his peers and the Injuns. Followed by SHE WORE A…
Red River (1948): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru; Another contender for the best of the west. John Wayne is in prime mode as a tyrannical rancher whose adopted son is determined to prove his…
Three Godfathers (3 Godfathers) (1948): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne; Sentimental, exquisitely–shot Western parable of the Three Wise Men with John Wayne leading the outlaws who adopt a newborn baby.
Sands of Iwo Jima (1949): Dir. Allan Dwan
Feat. John Wayne; Popular WWII saga with John Wayne as a tough Sarg, spurring his troops on in the Pacific.
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar…; Cavalry officer John Wayne is about to retire on the eve of impending war with Indians. Followed by RIO GRANDE.
Rio Grande (1950): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson; Concluding instalment of John Ford's cavalry trilogy has John Wayne in more trouble with Indians on the Mexican border. Even minor Ford stands tall.
Quiet Man, The (1952): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara; Ex–boxer John Wayne retires to his Irish homeland in search of tranquillity and maybe the hand of Maureen O'Hara. This romantic comedy was a…
Hondo (1953): Dir. John Farrow
Feat. John Wayne, Geraldine Page; A Louis L'Amour story gives John Wayne a chance to swagger his stuff as a wily half–Apache cavalry scout who finds and assists Geraldine Page,…
Island in the Sky (1953): Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. John Wayne, Lloyd Nolan, James Arness; Decent action vehicle for John Wayne, who plays a pilot whose transport plane makes a forced landing in the frozen wastes of Labrador, Canada, where…
High and the Mighty, The (1954): Dir. William A. Wellman
Feat. John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Laraine Day…; John Wayne undercuts his bravura persona as the reluctant hero piloting a stricken passenger flight over the Atlantic. Solid disaster clichés and a…
Searchers, The (1956): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles…; A grand example of what made this such a popular genre. A disturbed John Wayne treks the untamed wilderness in a five–year odyssey to kill the…
Conqueror, The (1956): Dir. Dick Powell
Feat. John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendariz…; Notorious Howard Hughes produced flop with John Wayne woefully miscast as Mongol ruler Genghis Khan. Filmed downwind from a nuclear test site many of…
Barbarian and the Geisha, The (1958): Dir. John Huston
Feat. John Wayne, Sam Jaffe, Eiko Ando; Uncharacteristic John Wayne vehicle has the big lug play an ambassador to Japan following the US intervention in 1863. Eiko Ando plays the titular…
Rio Bravo (1959): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson…; John Wayne plays a sheriff who has captured a high profile bandit. With the state Marshall many days away and a gang of thugs planning a raid from…
Horse Soldiers, The (1959): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers; Set around a Yankee incursion into Rebel territory during the American Civil War, this rates about average against Dir. Ford's other action films. …
Alamo, The (1960): Dir. John Wayne
Feat. John Wayne; Duke's sprawling historical epic centres around a small fort where Texas fought for its independence. Slow pace builds to an exciting climax.
Comancheros, The (1961): Dir. Michael Curtiz
Feat. John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin…; John Wayne stars (and served as an uncredited director when Michael Curtiz fell ill) in this Western set in Texas in 1843. A Texas ranger arrests a…
Hatari (1962): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne; Tremendous, good–natured adventure with John Wayne on safari in the great African wilderness. Memorable score by Henri Mancini.
Longest Day, The (1962): Dir. Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
Feat. John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum…; One the great WW2 films, with over 40 international stars. The large scale battle scenes have taken some outdoing.
How the West Was Won (1962): Dir. Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall
Feat. James Stewart, Debbie Reynolds, Henry Fonda…; The history of the West through three generations, with three directors each contributing an instalment. Headed by a cast to match its ambitions and…
Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, The (1962): Dir. John Ford
Feat. James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles…; A dream cast and director deliver the classic that one would expect. Jimmy Stewart and John Wayne compete for Vera Miles but unite against Lee Marvin…
Donovan's Reef (1963): Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Jack Warden…; One of dir. Ford’s more comically inclined efforts with ex–Navy buddies John Wayne, Lee Marvin and Jack Warden raising hell on the remote…
McLintock! (1963): Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Yvonne De Carlo…; TAMING OF THE SHREW goes West in this rambunctious battle of wits between cattle rancher (Wayne) and his firebrand wife (O’Hara), in search of a…
Magnificent Showman, The (Circus World) (1964): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. John Wayne, Claudia Cardinale, Rita Hayworth; Grandiose "Cinerama" spectacle (that flopped at the box office) starring John Wayne as a circus proprietor who decides to take his show on a…
In Harm's Way (1965): Dir. Otto Preminger
Feat. John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Patricia Neal…; Epic and stately treatment of the aftermath of Japan's WW2 attack on Pearl Harbour, with Wayne playing a sidelined Admiral who tries to claw back…
Cast a Giant Shadow (1965): Dir. Melville Shavelson
Feat. Kirk Douglas, Senta Berger, Angie Dickinson…; Spectacular epic concerning the Israeli War of Independence in 1947–8, that like EXODUS somewhat romanticises events. Weaves a romance around…
Sons of Katie Elder, The (1965): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer…; Big screen return for John Wayne after his cancer scare that tells the tale of the four unruly sons of frontier woman Katie Elder who set out to…
El Dorado (1966): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Edward Asner, James Caan…; A poignant portrait of cowboys past their prime has boozy sherriff Robert Mitchum and aging gunman John Wayne team up to rid their town of cattle…
War Wagon, The (1967): Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel…; A light–hearted western with John Wayne playing a rancher who returns to his home town after being wrongfully imprisoned, to take revenge on…
Green Berets, The (1968): Dir. Ray Kellogg, John Wayne
Feat. John Wayne, David Janssen, Jim Hutton…; Notoriously jingoistic blockbuster designed to drum up support for America's invasion of Vietnam. The Duke leads two ace fighting teams into battle…
Hellfighters (1968): Dir. Andrew McLagen
Feat. John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Bruce Cabot…; A John Wayne–led action melodrama about a group of Houston–based oil well firefighters who are sent down to Venezuela to deal with a…
True Grit (1969): Dir. Henry Hathaway
Feat. John Wayne, Kim Darby, Jeremy Slate…; John Wayne subtly sends–up his hardcase persona, playing an over–the–hill marshall who drags himself out of semi–retirement…
Undefeated, The (1969): Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. John Wayne, Rock Hudson, Lee Meriwether; Amiable post–Civil War Western starring John Wayne and Rock Hudson as ex–Union and ex–Confederate Colonels who lead two disparate…
Rio Lobo (1970): Dir. Howard Hawks
Feat. John Wayne, Jack Elam, Victor French…; The third and final Western collaboration between John Wayne, dir. Hawks and screenwriter Leigh Brackett (after RIO BRAVO and EL DORADO), this…
Chisum (1970): Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George…; A western starring John Wayne, very loosely based around events from the Lincoln County War in 1878, when a conflict arose over the control of goods…
Cowboys, The (1972): Dir. Mark Rydell
Feat. John Wayne, Bruce Dern; John Wayne loses his cattle ranchers to the gold–rush, so is forced to recruit 11 children, much to the delight of cowboy nasty, Bruce Dern.…
Train Robbers, The (1973): Dir. Burt Kennedy
Feat. John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor; Light, traditional–style John Wayne Western following a gun hand who is hired by a widow to find the gold that was stolen by her late husband…
McQ (1974): Dir. John Sturges
Feat. John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur…; John Wayne plays it tough in this neo–noir as a grizzled Seattle cop investigating the murder of his best friend and the corruption within the…
Brannigan (1975): Dir. Douglas Hickox
Feat. John Wayne, Richard Attenborough, Judy Geeson…; Effective late–career casting for Wayne, playing a Chicago cop who pursues a criminal across the Atlantic to London. Although featuring a…
Rooster Cogburn (1975): Dir. Stuart Millar
Feat. John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn; John Wayne saddles up for another round of boozing and revenging in this follow–up to TRUE GRIT. Reigning in the one–eyed Marshall this…
Shootist, The (1976): Dir. Don Siegel
Feat. John Wayne, Ron Howard, Lauren Bacall; Celebrated finale to John Wayne's career playing an aging gunfighter seeking obscurity but assailed by cancer and various 'young guns', out to prove…

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