[Bender2]

When they were filming Hellfighters in the Houston area back in 1967 I got to watch them shoot the scenes where they put out a fire near a bayou and John Wayne's character get his chest crushed by a bulldozer. I didn't get to meet the Duke or any of the actors but I was introduced to "Andy" McLaglen as John Wayne called him on the set.

And about 10 years later I was up for a small part in Don Meredith's "Banjo Hackett: Roamin' Free" TV movie that McLaglen directed. Didn't get the part and didn't get to meet him again.

Always enjoyed anything he directed. My personal favorite ones were: The Devil's Brigade, Hellfighters, The Wild Geese, The Sea Wolves and The Shadow Riders

[SevenofNine]

WOW that good story Bender

Did you know his daddy Victor

I hear he was something on movie sets

There is story that TCM did interview one of the actor of the Quiet Man both Victor, John Wayne John Ford shut down Irish pub they ran out of booze

[greene66]

Wasn’t that (Hellfighters) shot somewhere around Baytown or LaPorte? I had kin in the vicinity, who’d always get a big kick out of nostalgically reminiscing when Wayne and crew came around to film those scenes. Just seemed to bring up a lot of warm memories with them, bringing up the topic.

As for “Horse Soldiers,” I was always looking around for that area sort of between Natchitoches and Cloutierville where some scenes were supposedly shot. Met some locals who tried telling me, but I was invariably confused around those river roads.

[the scotsman]

I didn’t think many Americans knew of this classic film. In the UK, its a hugely popular and iconic film.