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John Wayne's Best Movies - Top Ten?
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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.



TOPICS: TV/Movies
KEYWORDS: hollywood; johnwayne; jpb; topten; westerns
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To: mware

41 posted on 01/10/2010 11:56:52 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono
Thank you. My favorite line from that movie, and there was plenty of them, is:

'You follow them and I'll hunt you down and kill you. Every mother's son one of you.'

42 posted on 01/10/2010 11:58:03 AM PST by 11Bush
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To: MNJohnnie

It is said that, that movie lead to the death of just about everyone in the case and crew. Almost all died of cancer. Seems they filmed in an area where nuclear wastes were bumped.


43 posted on 01/10/2010 11:58:48 AM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: JoeProBono

How about The Big Trail?


44 posted on 01/10/2010 11:59:30 AM PST by racing fan
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To: 11Bush

45 posted on 01/10/2010 11:59:40 AM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: JoeProBono

Didn’t see it listed but I have a soft spot for El Dorado. Plus Wake of the Red Witch, Hondo, Chisum, Angel and the Badman, The Comancheros... could go on and on. Even liked Hatari!


46 posted on 01/10/2010 12:00:06 PM PST by Tuxedo (The seeds of the next Revolution are sown....)
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47 posted on 01/10/2010 12:02:01 PM PST by BenLurkin
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To: JoeProBono

‘In Harm’s Way’, ‘True Grit’, “The Shootist’ and ‘The Searchers’.


48 posted on 01/10/2010 12:02:20 PM PST by afnamvet
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To: JoeProBono
I know I'm gonna catch hell for this, but here goes...

Randolph Scott was much better than John Wayne.

49 posted on 01/10/2010 12:02:20 PM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: JoeProBono

Director Dick Powell, many of the actors (John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Pedro Armendariz, Thomas Gomez, Agnes Moorehead), and several of the crew members later fell victim to cancer, allegedly the result of producer Howard Hughes’ decision to lens the film on location near the atomic testing grounds in the Utah desert. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide


50 posted on 01/10/2010 12:03:58 PM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: mware

My favorite co stars on Wayne films were Ward Bond, Pedro Armendariz, and Victor McLaughlin.


51 posted on 01/10/2010 12:06:58 PM PST by mware (F-R-E-E, that spells free. Free Republic.com baby.)
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To: JoeProBono
One of my favorite scenes that proved The Duke could act, was in the saloon after the battle at the railroad siding in 'The Horse Soldiers'. Drunk, angry, bitter all at the same time....well done and a poke in the eye for anyone that said he couldn't do it.
52 posted on 01/10/2010 12:08:09 PM PST by thescourged1
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To: mware

there is a b & w movie where the Duke plays a pharmicist from Boston visiting San Francisco to open a business.

The rich dude that ownes the town and his soon to be wed troph wife watch as the Duke makes his rounds in social parties......

.. after a while, the woman approaches the Duke and says

” I’ve been watchin you from afar, do you have ANY flaws ?”

the Duke looks, pauses, smiles and says “ Yes Ma’am, I tell the truth”

best line ever uttered


53 posted on 01/10/2010 12:11:26 PM PST by advertising guy (Consumer Of Confiscated Liquers Czar)
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To: JoeProBono

“Hondo” needs to be in there.

And “El Dorado” instead of “Rio Bravo”. Although the two movies had the same plot, Robert Mitchum playing the Dean Martin part in “El Dorado” made it a much better movie because the very talented Mitchum, unlike the over rated Martin, had to do some acting to play a drunk.


54 posted on 01/10/2010 12:11:42 PM PST by Let's Roll (Stop paying ACORN to destroy America! Cut off their government funding!)
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To: circlecity

What were those lines at the start of the movie?

“That’s highway robbery!”

“I don’t think you’ll get a better offer today.”

And then a bit later and a few more times in the movie -

“Who are you?”

Great movie for the one liners.


55 posted on 01/10/2010 12:12:19 PM PST by PeteB570 (NRA - Life member and Black Rifle owner)
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To: JoeProBono

I loved “El Dorado”, too bad it’s not in the list.


56 posted on 01/10/2010 12:12:31 PM PST by quesera (We are so screwed!!)
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To: 11Bush

I’ve always enjoyed a good John Wayne movie and our son is a huge fan, with quite the collection. I don’t see “The sons of Katie Elder” listed, which is another of my favorites.


57 posted on 01/10/2010 12:14:15 PM PST by Marmolade
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To: JoeProBono

It wasn’t a top 10 movies but the only one I don’t see even mentioned is The Sons of Katie Elder. I used to enjoy watching that one wth my dad.


58 posted on 01/10/2010 12:14:26 PM PST by CAluvdubya (Palin 2012...YOU BETCHA!.)
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59 posted on 01/10/2010 12:15:42 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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To: All
To all those who can't think of a bad movie he made, I submit "The Conquerers", from 1956, in which he played Gengis Kahn. If you haven't seen it, there's a reason.


60 posted on 01/10/2010 12:16:01 PM PST by KrisKrinkle (Blessed be those who know the depth and breadth of their ignorance. Cursed be those who don't.)
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