Posted on 01/10/2010 11:19:14 AM PST by JoeProBono
1 The Searchers
This John Ford Western chronicles the efforts of a Confederate veteran (Wayne) to track down the daughter of his murdered brother.
2 Rio Bravo
The Duke and Dean Martin are the pair of old friends at the heart of this Howard Hawks hit, in which the pair tussles with a local lawbreaker.
3 The Quiet Man
Wayne shows his softer side with this drama about the tempestuous affair between an Irish-American expat and an Irish woman.
4 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
In this John Ford Western, Wayne stars as a rancher who pairs up with a law school grad (James Stewart) to take down the bad guy.
5 The Shootist
The actor's last movie ever finds Wayne starring opposite Lauren Bacall and James Stewart as a gunslinger dying of cancer.
6 True Grit
Wayne's Oscar-winning turn as aging sheriff Rooster Cogburn finds him trekking into Indian territory to avenge a man's death.
7 Stagecoach
For Wayne's breakout performance, he plays good-at-heart outlaw Ringo, who wins over a group of lawmen defending an east-bound train.
8 She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
This vivid, meditative Western finds Wayne portraying an aging war hero struggling with his impending retirement.
9 Red River
This early Howard Hawks Western stars Wayne as a rancher who battles mutiny among his men as he drives his cattle up the Chisholm Trail.
10 Sands of Iwo Jima
This 1949 war flick finds Wayne starring as John Stryker, a marine sergeant charged with leading his men to war.
He was obivioulsy a man that liked a LOT of fire in his women... but that came become dangerous, part of the attraction. oh, by the way, your lady handles a gun pretty good also.....:O)
He is great in that.
That's One, Two, Three (if anyone's wondering).
Ned Pepper: What's your intention? Do you think one on four is a dogfall?
Rooster Cogburn: I mean to kill you in one minute, Ned. Or see you hanged in Fort Smith at Judge Parker's convenience. Which’ll it be?
Ned Pepper: I call that bold talk for a one-eyed fat man.
Rooster Cogburn: Fill your hands, you son of a b**ch.
Only Oscar The Duke ever won.
Bookmark for later viewing (DEF-IN-ITE-LY!) :-)
Heh, I see this is a very old thread, but in case I didn’t comment back then I will do so now: ‘The Sons of Katie Elder’ has to be in there somewhere. Don’t ask me what to eliminate, but it has to be in there.
FRegards,
LH
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It’s one of those movies I’ve seen 20 times and if I turn on my TV right now and it’s in progress, I’m there until it’s over. (shrug)
Here's an interesting list I stumbled upon: Top non-western John Wayne films.
The films listed in the above link has no particular order so here are the films ordered from highest IMDb score to lowest IMDb score:
• The Quiet Man 8.0
• The Longest Day 7.8
• They Were Expendable 7.3
• Hatari 7.2
• In Harm’s Way 7.1
• The Sands Of Iwo Jima 7.1
• The Long Voyage Home 7.1
• Island In The Sky 6.9
• The High And The Mighty 6.9
• The Wings Of Eagles 6.7
• Operation Pacific 6.5
• Back To Bataan 6.5
• Cast a Giant Shadow 6.3
• The Sea Chase 6.3
• Blood Alley 6.1
• McQ 5.9
• Jet Pilot 5.4
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