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Like an earlier post, I appreciate the 1939 Stagecoach. It was the Duke's breakout film, and may have started a long relationship with John Ford.
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The problem with picking the favorite John Wayne movie, is that he left such a hugh body of work. Dam few stinkers, but If I had to take just one, it would Be The Searchers. The Duke is still well up there on the top 10 actors list and considering that ha whole generation has been born and come of age since his passing says a lot. Then again when there were Directors like John Ford, Henry Hathaway around, its was easy, and easier still they loved the country and it showed in the movies they made. The Dukes last movie "The Shootist" is a fine film, but that was in theaters in 1976 so it was shot in 1974 - 1975 time frame, he may have gotten the script earlier than that. Its dam near 40 years ago! Old guys like me who grew up on the Dukes movies remember how it was to go to the movies and what the country was, hell I don't even recognize the country these days.
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Probably John Ford's trilogy of the cavalry.
And "The Searchers", of course.
John Wayne (along with Dizzy Dean) used to hunt birds on my uncle's property in AZ. They were quite a pair I gather. Unfortunately I never met either of them.
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I believe he became a better actor as he aged. Some of the earlier movies had great plots, but for good performances by the Duke I'll nominate The Shootist and True Grit.
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Big Jake
El Dorado/Rio Bravo
Sands of Iwo Jima
The Cowboys
The Green Berets
Have you guys watched his really early stuff? I remember one called The Star Packer that was pretty bad...
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The early John Wayne movies were "B" movies.
Quick, and cheap. Still the "Duke."
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The Shootist - forever a classic
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The problem with picking the favorite John Wayne movie, is that he left such a hugh body of work. Dam few stinkers, but If I had to take just one, it would Be The Searchers. The Duke is still well up there on the top 10 actors list and considering that ha whole generation has been born and come of age since his passing says a lot. Then again when there were Directors like John Ford, Henry Hathaway around, its was easy, and easier still they loved the country and it showed in the movies they made. The Dukes last movie "The Shootist" is a fine film, but that was in theaters in 1976 so it was shot in 1974 - 1975 time frame, he may have gotten the script earlier than that. Its dam near 40 years ago! Old guys like me who grew up on the Dukes movies remember how it was to go to the movies and what the country was, hell I don't even recognize the country these days. is based on the novel of the same name by Glendon Swarthout, perhaps one of the best writers to ever pen a novel set in the West. He also wrote They Came to Cordura, later filmed with Gary Cooper, and one of my favorites, The Homesman which I rate right up there with his Mexican War novel, The Tin Lizzie Troop.
Life is hard. It's even harder when you're stupid. --John Wayne
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So many memorable John Wayne movies. For me however, I still favor The Searchers, followed in tandem by Fort Apache and The Quiet Man.
EDIT: Around Hollywood these days, The Searchers is considered by many top flight directors and film historians to be the greatest western ever filmed.
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The Quiet Man
The Searchers
...and if you haven't read "The Searchers" do yourself a huge favor and get it. Awesome movie and even better book.
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"The Horse Soldiers", with John Wayne & William Holden (ding dong, ding dong)......my other favorite is "The Cowboys"...find myself humming that tune when shooting my Ruger Vaquero.
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"The Horse Soldiers", with John Wayne & William Holden (ding dong, ding dong)......my other favorite is "The Cowboys"...find myself humming that tune when shooting my Ruger Vaquero. Two words. Constance Towers...
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Big Jake
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The War Wagon
My top three favorites.
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I would have to list at least 5
Big Jake
True Grit
The Cowboys
Rio Bravo
The Searchers
That's just westerns. He had some Great War flicks too like The Green Berets, Sands of Iwo Jima, and They Were Expendable. This country really needs another John Wayne right about now
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the cowboys,i still hate bruce dern to this day .
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