John Wayne’s The Cowboys has been praised for its authenticity and also provided its star with one of his best moviemaking experiences. Despite fronting romantic dramas, war epics or cop movies, Wayne will forever be remembered for his Western roles. John Wayne fronted 80 Westerns during his long career, ranging from evergreen greats like The […]
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John Wayne’s Rio Bravo released 65 years ago this week and his much younger leading lady co-star Angie Dickinson shared how “adorable” Duke was on set. Back in 1959, John Wayne made a patriotic comeback to Westerns in Rio Bravo. After John Ford’s The Searchers, Duke had made an effort to move away from the […]
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A 1963 John Wayne movie that’s loosely based on William Shakespeare’s “The Taming of the Shrew” will be on the big screen at the next benefit event from Omaha film historian Bruce Crawford. “McLintock!” will be shown at 7 p.m. Oct. 20 at the Omaha Community Playhouse, 6915 Cass St. It also stars Maureen O’Hara […]
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“Big Jake” is a western film released in 1971, directed by George Sherman and starring John Wayne in the title role. The film is about an aging patriarch, Jake McCandles (John Wayne), who sets out to rescue his kidnapped grandson from a band of ruthless outlaws. In the film, Jake receives a ransom demand from […]
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“The Train Robbers” is a Western movie released in 1973, directed by Burt Kennedy and starring John Wayne in the lead role. The movie tells the story of a group of outlaws who team up with a widow, played by Ann-Margret, to recover a stolen fortune from a train robbery. John Wayne plays Lane, a […]
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“Rooster Cogburn” is a Western movie released in 1975, directed by Stuart Millar and starring John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn, a US Marshal with a reputation for being tough, cantankerous, and fearless. The movie follows Rooster as he reluctantly teams up with a headstrong young woman named Eula Goodnight, played by Katharine Hepburn, to track […]
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“The Shootist” is a Western movie released in 1976, directed by Don Siegel and starring John Wayne in his final film role. The movie tells the story of J.B. Books, a famous gunslinger who comes to the town of Carson City, Nevada, in 1901, to seek medical treatment for his terminal cancer. While there, he […]
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“Chisum” is a Western movie released in 1970, directed by Andrew V. McLaglen and starring John Wayne as John Chisum, a wealthy cattle baron who is in conflict with a corrupt sheriff and a rival rancher named Lawrence Murphy, played by Forrest Tucker. The movie is loosely based on the real-life events of the Lincoln […]
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“McQ” is a 1974 crime thriller film directed by John Sturges and starring John Wayne in the title role of Detective Lon McQ. The film is notable for being one of the few times that Wayne played a contemporary police officer rather than a cowboy or a soldier. In the movie, McQ is a tough […]
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“Rooster Cogburn” is a 1975 Western film directed by Stuart Millar and starring John Wayne in his second portrayal of the character Rooster Cogburn, whom he played previously in the 1969 film “True Grit.” The movie also stars Katharine Hepburn as Eula Goodnight, a prim and proper missionary who reluctantly teams up with Cogburn to […]
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