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Can you really only have "one" favorite of all his movies ? I have been watching Cahill: United States Marshall, previous to that on another channel The Sons Of Katie Elder was on, watched that one too, enjoy them both, I enjoy them all, not a one more than the other. He was amazing, and some of his costars were excellent actors and actresses.

Do you have an absolute favorite of his movies ?

The one that comes to mind is Rio Bravo (in which Dean Martin played an alcoholic -- quite well, I have to say!.



However, I make no claim my liking this movie being an objective choice -- I have fond memories of watching this movie with my father when I was a youngster.

John

The Searchers.

Like the music more than anything else. Well ol Mose too!

The Shootist, Man who shot Liberty Valance. Anyone remember "Island in the sky"? Not a western, but, pretty good. I can't choose just one. Miss Lynn, have you ever watched "Donovan's Reef"? Awesome and funny.

I really enjoyed The Shootist, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and True Grit. I haven't seen one I did not like, yet.

This one ?



No, I have never seen it, but I plan to look for it now that you have brought it to my attention. Thank you very much

I don't have one favourite but a couple of my favourites are Rio Bravo and Hatari.
Truth in fact I can't think of one I don't enjoy watching. Some of his earlier stuff was pretty "basic" but they weren't represented as big production stuff.

jpb,
I remember one time when I was watching Rio Bravo, my daughter who was young then & didn't usually watch westerns to much at the time walked thru the room when Dean Martin & Ricky Nelson were singing a duet in the jailhouse ; she stopped and stood there until they had finished the song then looked at me and said "man Dad, those guys can really sing".
She had no idea at the time who they were ; still makes me chuckle...

He was never better than in The Searchers.

Although the Shootist is a much more polished, human, acting job.

But Ill take The Searchers, and the two Johns, Wayne and Ford.

Ha,..just watched War Wagon that was on before Cahill U.S. Marshall this morn..


I have 2 favorites, 1 Western, 1 Not so much Western.

Big Jake...



and

Quiet Man...



(IMO, there's not a finer example of the Female species than Maureen O'Hara in The Quiet Man...)

Didn't care much for the movie, but IMO, Robert Mitchum plays a much more convincing drunk in El Dorado..

You can just see the stink on Mitchum..

The Quiet Man. Somehow forgot that one. Lot of characters in that movie!

I like all of his westerns, especially the later ones, but my all time favorite is Big Jake. I watch that one a couple of times a year, at least. The repeating line of "Mr. McCandles, I thought you was dead", and his ensuing reaction, always cracks me up. Cahill would probably be my 2nd choice.

Mitchum was an actor's actor.

John Wayne favorite list are the Shootist, The Cowboys, Big Jake.

Ms. Lynn
There are some great stories about wayne and his coactor's/friends.
I have a client that as a little girl use to bounce on wayne's knee when he was envolved with some feedlots around maricopa. There are a couple places around phx and maricopa filled with stuff from when he was around here.
I have always said john wayne never acted, he just emoted.

for what it's worth, down by duesqne(spelling) which is south and west of nogales is the old green ranch where wayne filmed by way of reference the film where he would get drunk and throw his hat up on the weathervane. The house is still there, all of it as i understand it now owned by the U.S. Government. He used to drive cattle across from mexico at palominas. I don't know if it's quite accurate to say it, but wayne did have a connection to ranching and cattle, and it all wasn't playacting.

Horse Soldiers,Undefeated,Hatari,The Alamo,The Sands Of Iwo Jima,They Were Expendable.

The Quiet Man and Rio Lobo are other favourites of ours and I agree with you on Maureen O'Hara, she was a knockout for a long time and always came across as a lady!
Mitchum was a great actor, somewhat underappreciated, and was great in Rio Lobo.

Flying Tigers,The Train Robbers,The Cowboys,Rio Lobo,Chisum,The Green Berets,Hellfighters,Hondo,She Wore A Yellow Ribbon.

Besides all those mentioned, "Reap the Wild Wind" was a good movie.

MM