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  • Damon & Brolin in talks to ride John Wayne remake - 27 October 2009
    -Matt Damon and Josh Brolin are in talks to join the cast of the Coen Brothers' remake of John Waynes classic western True Grit.- -Jeff Bridges has already signed on to play Rooster Cogburn - the role that won Wayne an Oscar - in the new version of the 1969 movie.-


  • Coen brothers revive John Wayne film - 24 March 2009
    -Oscar-winning moviemakers Joel and Ethan Coen are to remake John Wayne's iconic western True Grit.- -The brothers will direct their own version of the movie, which earned Wayne his only Best Actor Oscar in 1970.- - However, the Coens' project will be a departure f

John Wayne - what members say


  • The Searchers
  • The Searchers review by from England
    Rated - 3.0 stars Worthy of classic status? 3 June 2004
    ...th rather than enhance character and narrative. For me the real flaw is with John Wayne - film star sure - but not character actor and the central performance lets the...   Read customer review
  • The Quiet Man
  • The Quiet Man review by A customer from Edinburgh
    Rated - 5.0 stars A Classic 23 February 2005
    ...Another great movie from the team of John Ford and John Wayne. This time not a western but a great story about an American returning to Ireland. Very Funny, well filmed...   Read customer review

John Wayne - filmography


  • John Wayne Anthology on DVD (1991)
    Starring: John Wayne
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    A look at the "Duke's" 40 year film career featuring many clips from his best known roles, plus two movie features, "The Star Packer" and "Lawless Range." A career that spanned over 200 films condensed into 40 minutes.
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 92 members
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  • Memories Of Hollywood (1990)
    Starring: Gene Autry,  John Wayne,  Shirley Temple
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    Clips from fifty famous films from Hollywood's golden age set to music of master film composers such as Elmer Bernstein, Henry Mancini, Glenn Miller, Miklos Rozsa, John Morris and more.
    2.5 stars out of 5 43% from 9 members
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  • The Shootist on DVD (1976)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Lauren Bacall,  Ron Howard
    Director: Don Siegel
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    John Wayne, in his last film appearance, stars as famed gunfighter J.J. Brooks. After learning from Dr. Hostetler (James Stewart) that he's dying of stomach cancer and has no more than two months to live, he moves into a boarding house in Carson City run by Bond Rogers (Lauren Bacall) and her son, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,952 member
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  • CBS Salutes Lucy - The First 25 Years (1976)
    Starring: Lucille Ball,  Jack Benny,  Milton Berle
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    The Funniest Woman on Television, Lucille Ball, first received her due at this 1976 celebration of her first 25 years on television. CBS TV wanted to show their appreciation for the legendary comedienne, so this tribute was organized featuring cast members and other favorites of early television, ..read more »
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  • Brannigan on DVD (1975)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Richard Attenborough,  Judy Geeson
    Director: Douglas Hickox
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
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    BRANNIGAN is an Irish Chicago cop (John Wayne) who goes to London in search of an American racketeer who fled the United States to avoid a grand jury. As the search develops, so does an interesting conflict between the Chicago detective and his Scotland Yard counterpart. This action-packed search ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 687 members
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  • The Cowboys - HD (1972)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Roscoe Lee Browne,  Bruce Dern
    Director: Mark Rydell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    After his cowhands desert him for a nearby gold rush, aging, leather-tough rancher Will Anderson (John Wayne) resorts to hiring 11 schoolboys to help him on a 400-mile cattle run. Setting off with the boys and an eloquent but equally tough black cook (Roscoe Lee Browne), Anderson must get his ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 22 members
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  • The Cowboys on DVD (1972)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Roscoe Lee Browne,  Bruce Dern
    Director: Mark Rydell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    John Wayne had brawled bare-knuckle gunned down desperadoes, fought jungle wars and piloted the skies. But The Cowboys gave him one of the most juiciest as a leather-tough rancher who, deserted by his regular help, hires 11 greenhorn schoolboys for a cattle drive across 400 treacherous miles. When ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 992 members
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  • The Cowboys - Blu-ray (1972)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Roscoe Lee Browne,  Bruce Dern
    Director: Mark Rydell
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    After his cowhands desert him for a nearby gold rush, aging, leather-tough rancher Will Anderson (John Wayne) resorts to hiring 11 schoolboys to help him on a 400-mile cattle run. Setting off with the boys and an eloquent but equally tough black cook (Roscoe Lee Browne), Anderson must get his ..read more »
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  • The American West Of John Ford on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Tony Curtis,  Henry Fonda,  John Wayne
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A documentary which focuses on the director John Ford and his interest in the western film. Featuring insights from the actors who so often starred in his westerns; James Stewart, John Wayne and Henry Fonda. Introduced by Tony Curtis and featuring the original theatrical trailer for the film Vertigo.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 110 members
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  • Big Jake - Blu-ray (1971)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Richard Boone,  Maureen O'Hara
    Director: George Sherman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Wayne is Jacob McCandles, an aging cowboy in an Old West that is on the verge of modernization. When his eight-year-old grandson is kidnapped by a violent gang led by the evil John Fain (Richard Boone), Jacob's estranged wife (Maureen O' Hara) enlists his help to rescue the boy. Jacob and his ..read more »
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  • Big Jake on DVD (1971)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Richard Boone,  Maureen O'Hara
    Director: George Sherman
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    John Wayne is Jacob McCandles, an aging cowboy in an Old West that is on the verge of modernization. When his eight-year-old grandson is kidnapped by a violent gang led by the evil John Fain (Richard Boone), Jacob's estranged wife (Maureen O' Hara) enlists his help to rescue the boy. Jacob and his ..read more »
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  • Rio Lobo on DVD (1970)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Jennifer O'Neill,  Jorge Rivero
    Director: Howard Hawks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    John Wayne, in the last of his Civil War characterizations, portrays Cord McNally, a Union Army colonel who loses a gold shipment in a Confederate raid, during which a devoted young officer is also killed. After the end of the war, McNally bears no ill-will toward the leaders of the raid, Pierre ..read more »
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  • Chisum on DVD (1970)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Forrest Tucker,  Glenn Corbett
    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A tough cattle baron fights con artists, corrupt officials--even Billy the Kid--in order to keep his ranch. It comes down to the town founder John Chisum (John Wayne) against the immoral Lawrence Murphy (Forrest Tucker) and the town isn't going to be big enough for both of them. Wayne's been here ..read more »
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  • Rio Lobo - Blu-ray (1970)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Jennifer O'Neill,  Jorge Rivero
    Director: Howard Hawks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Howard Hawks's final film once again teams him with John Wayne, with a script by Leigh Brackett (who also wrote his EL DORADO and RIO BRAVO). The time is just after the end of the Civil War. Wayne is Union Colonel Cord McNally, who is teamed with two Confederate soldiers he captured during the war ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 32 members
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  • True Grit - Blu-ray (1969)
    Starring: John Wayne,  John Wayne,  Glen Campbell
    Director: Henry Hathaway
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A pure Western in which a lawman tracks a criminal, TRUE GRIT, based on Charles Portis's novel, reunited John Wayne with director Henry Hathaway (THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER). Wayne is crotchety U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, who would rather stay home than chase criminals. He heeds the call, though, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 550 members
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  • True Grit on DVD (1969)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Glen Campbell,  Kim Darby
    Director: Henry Hathaway
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A pure Western in which a lawman tracks a criminal, TRUE GRIT, based on Charles Portis's novel, reunited John Wayne with director Henry Hathaway (THE SONS OF KATIE ELDER). Wayne is crotchety U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, who would rather stay home than chase criminals. He heeds the call, though, ..read more »
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  • The Green Berets - Blu-ray (1968)
    Starring: John Wayne,  David Janssen,  Aldo Ray
    Director: John Wayne,  Ray Kellogg
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    One of the first American films specifically about the Vietnam War was also one of the most hawkish, offering a pro-intervention perspective at the height of the conflict. Filmed along the conventions of a World War II action drama, a gung-ho colonel battles the vicious Viet Cong while protecting ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 100 members
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  • Hellfighters on DVD (1968)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Katharine Ross,  Jim Hutton
    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Screen legend John Wayne pays tribute to oil field legend "Red" Adair, as Wayne plays Chance Buckman, a colourful Texan who tames out-of-control infernos in exotic locations around the world. He's joined by a crew that includes Jack Lomax, Joe Horn, and his assistant, Greg Parker. Between blazes ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 722 members
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  • The Green Berets on DVD (1968)
    Starring: John Wayne,  David Janssen,  Aldo Ray
    Director: John Wayne,  Ray Kellogg
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    One of the first American films specifically about the Vietnam War was also one of the most hawkish, offering a pro-intervention perspective at the height of the conflict. Filmed along the conventions of a World War II action drama, a gung-ho colonel battles the vicious Viet Cong while protecting ..read more »
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  • Cast A Giant Shadow on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Kirk Douglas,  John Wayne,  Frank Sinatra
    Director: Melville Shavelson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this story of Israel's difficult struggle for statehood, Kirk Douglas plays the role of colonel David Marcus, an American military officer who defied orders and led a faction of the Israeli Army in defense of its newly formed borders.
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 375 members
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  • The Lucy Show - Vol. 3 on DVD (1966)
    Starring: Lucille Ball,  Gale Gordon,  Mary Jane Croft
    Director: Maury Thompson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Features four episodes from the popular comedy show: Season 5 - Episode 7 'Lucy Gets A Room-Mate' When Lucy decides to take in a lodger, she takes the safe option and agrees to let a librarian move in. It is not long, however, before her room-mate is taking over. Season 5 - Episode 8 'Lucy And ..read more »
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  • El Dorado on DVD (1966)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Robert Mitchum,  James Caan
    Director: Howard Hawks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Having struck pay dirt with his 1958 western Rio Bravo, Howard Hawks more or less remade the picture twice in the 1960s. The first of these rehashes was El Dorado, with Rio Bravo star John Wayne back for more. Wayne plays a gunfighter who rides into El Dorado to link up with his old pal, sheriff ..read more »
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  • The Greatest Story Ever Told on DVD (1965)
    Starring: Charlton Heston,  Pat Boone,  John Wayne
    Director: George Stevens
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    George Stevens presents his monumental adaptation of the story of Jesus Christ starring Max von Sydow. The film concentrates on the most familiar episodes of the biblical story, including the birth of Christ in Bethlehem, Herod's (Jose Ferrer) decree of the execution of all male children in Judea, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 669 members
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  • In Harm's Way on DVD (1965)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Kirk Douglas,  Patricia Neal
    Director: Otto Preminger
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In Harm's Way, based on James Bassett's novel Harm's Way, has enough plot in it for four movies or a good miniseries (when it was shown on network television in prime time, it was broken into two very full nights). On the morning of December 7, 1941, a heavy cruiser, commanded by Captain Rockwell ..read more »
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  • The Sons Of Katie Elder on DVD (1965)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Dean Martin,  Martha Hyer
    Director: Henry Hathaway
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Henry Hathaway directs the 1965 psychological Western The Sons of Katie Elder. Four sons reunite in their Texas hometown to attend their mother's funeral. John (John Wayne) is the gunfighter, Tom (Dean Martin) is the gambler, Matt (Earl Holliman) is the quiet one, and Bud (Michael Anderson Jr.) is ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 1,658 member
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  • McLintock on DVD (1963)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Maureen O'Hara,  Patrick Wayne
    Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    The battle of the sexes goes into full throttle in this madcap Western take on THE TAMING OF THE SHREW. G,W. McLintock (John Wayne) is a successful, hard-drinking, rabble-rousing cattle baron whose town is named in his honour. When Katherine (Maureen O'Hara), his estranged wife, seeks a divorce, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 1,147 member
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  • Donovan's Reef on DVD (1963)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Lee Marvin,  Jack Warden
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The hilarious DONOVAN'S REEF, one of John Ford's rare but memorable forays into comedy, is set on the South Sea island of Haleakoloha, where two navy buddies have decided to stay after World War II. Michael "Guns" Donovan (John Wayne) and Aloysius "Boats" Gilhooley (Lee Marvin), who like to ..read more »
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  • The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance on DVD (1962)
    Starring: James Stewart,  John Wayne,  Vera Miles
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Like Pontius Pilate, director John Ford asks What is truth? in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance--but unlike Pilate, Ford waits for an answer. The film opens in 1910, with distinguished and influential U.S. senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) and his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) returning to the ..read more »
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  • Hatari! on DVD (1962)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Hardy Kruger,  Gerard Blain
    Director: Howard Hawks
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    John Wayne stars as Sean Mercer, a tough trapper who travels the world to capture animals and sell them to zoos. As he and his ragtag crew roam the plains of Africa searching for giraffes and zebras, they encounter Anna Maria "Dallas" D'Allesandro (Elsa Martinelli), a beautiful photographer who ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 519 members
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  • The Comancheros on DVD (1961)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Stuart Whitman,  Lee Marvin
    Director: Michael Curtiz,  Andrew V. McLaglen
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In this explosive and absorbing wild west adventure, John Wayne stars as Captain Cutter, a fearless Texas Ranger determined to crush a violent gang of gunrunners. Through unforeseen circumstances, he inlists two unlikely partners to accomplish his mission.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 874 members
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  • The Undefeated on DVD (1961)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Stuart Whitman,  Lee Marvin
    Director: Michael Curtiz,  Andrew V. McLaglen
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    In the tumultuous aftermath of the Civil War, Union Cavalry officer John Henry Thomas (Wayne) takes his heroic men west while Southerner James Langdon (Hudson) takes his soldiers to Mexico. When their paths cross, they forge an uneasy friendship that is quickyly tested as they get caught between ..read more »
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  • North To Alaska on DVD (1960)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Stewart Granger,  Ernie Kovacs
    Director: Henry Hathaway
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A tough Alaskan gold digger (John Wayne) agrees to pick up his partner's (Stewart Granger) fiancee, but when he finds her married to another man he brings back a beautiful substitute instead. With both men vying for her favor, trouble inevitably breaks out between the best friends, exacerbated by a ..read more »
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  • The Horse Soldiers on DVD (1959)
    Starring: John Wayne,  William Holden,  Constance Towers
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    THE HORSE SOLDIERS, John Ford's only attempt at tackling the subject of the Civil War, is based on Grierson's Raid, part of the Union's assault on Vicksburg in April 1863. After a number of failed efforts at taking the Southern stronghold, Union leaders assign Col. John Marlowe (John Wayne), a ..read more »
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  • Rio Bravo - Blu-ray (1959)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Dean Martin,  Ricky Nelson
    Director: Howard Hawks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    No-nonsense Texas border sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) fights off ruthless mercenary gunmen in order to keep a murderer in custody. A ragtag band of volunteers, consisting of a singing kid, a toothless old man, a recovering alcoholic, and a spunky woman, assists. Contains an interesting sing-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 350 members
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  • Rio Bravo on DVD (1959)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Dean Martin,  Ricky Nelson
    Director: Howard Hawks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in Texas during the late 1860s, Rio Bravo is a story of men (and women) and a town under siege. Presidio County Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) is holding Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), a worthless, drunken thug, for the murder of an unarmed man in a fight in a saloon -- the problem is that ..read more »
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  • Rio Bravo - HD (1959)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Dean Martin,  Ricky Nelson
    Director: Howard Hawks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    No-nonsense Texas border sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) fights off ruthless mercenary gunmen in order to keep a murderer in custody. A ragtag band of volunteers, consisting of a singing kid, a toothless old man, a recovering alcoholic, and a spunky woman, assists. Contains an interesting sing-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 46 members
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  • The Barbarian And The Geisha on DVD (1958)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Sam Jaffe
    Director: John Huston
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Set against the exotic backdrop of 19th Century Japan. John Wayne stars as a diplomat who visits Japan and discovers the pleasures of forbidden love with a beautiful young geisha.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 218 members
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  • Legend Of The Lost on DVD (1957)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Sophia Loren,  Rossano Brazzi
    Director: Henry Hathaway
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    When Joe January is hired to search for a man and a legendary, lost treasure in the Sahara Desert accompanied by his hirer and a prostitute he little realises how much each will have to fight for survival.
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 90 members
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  • The Searchers - HD (1956)
    Starring: Jeffrey Hunter,  Natalie Wood,  John Wayne
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A classic Western regarded by many as the best of the genre, John Ford's THE SEARCHERS has been acknowledged by several directors who came into their own in the 1970s, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Paul Schrader, and George Lucas, as a powerful influence on their work. The film stars ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 171 members
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  • The Conqueror on DVD (1956)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Susan Hayward,  Pedro Armendáriz
    Director: Dick Powell
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    John Wayne plays Mongol chieftain Temujin, better known as Genghis Khan. The Mongolian warlord must do battle against the rival tribe that killed his father, however the battle pales in comparison with Temujin's home life. He must attempt to woo the heart the heart of the red-haired Tartar prisoner ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 245 members
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  • The High And Mighty on DVD (1954)
    Starring: John Wayne
    Director: William A. Wellman
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    John Wayne delivered one of his most memorable performances in THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY, a suspenseful thrill ride that presaged the disaster films of the 1970s with the story of a commercial jetliner that suffers engine trouble on a transpacific flight from Honolulu to San Francisco. With pilot ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 145 members
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  • Hondo on DVD (1953)
    Starring: John Wayne
    Director: John Farrow
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    John Wayne takes the title role as half-Indian US Cavalry despatch rider Hondo Lane who must fight his own brethren when he goes to the aid of a young widow and her son living alone in Apache territory.
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 416 members
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  • The Quiet Man on DVD (1952)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Maureen O'Hara,  Victor McLaglen
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Returning to the Ireland of his birth, director John Ford fashions a irresistable valentine to the Auld Sod in The Quiet Man. Irish-American boxer John Wayne, recovering from the trauma of having accidentally killed a man in the ring, arrives in the Irish village where he was born. Hoping to bury ..read more »
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  • Operation Pacific on DVD (1951)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Patricia Neal,  Ward Bond
    Director: George Waggner
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    World War II serves as the backdrop for this undersea tale, which dramatises the adventures and crises encountered by seamen aboard a naval submarine. At the centre of this story is the continuing love affair between a naval officer (John Wayne) and a nurse (Patricia Neal) -- who are divorced from ..read more »
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  • Rio Grande (1950)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Maureen O'Hara,  Ben Johnson
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    John Wayne stars as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke, whose devotion to duty has cost him his marriage to his beloved Kathleen (Maureen O'Hara). Yorke gets word that his son, Jeff (Claude Jarman Jr.) -- whom he hasn't seen in 15 years -- has been dropped as a cadet from West Point, and that he lied about his ..read more »
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  • She Wore A Yellow Ribbon on DVD (1949)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Joanne Dru,  John Agar
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The second of John Ford's Cavalry Trilogy, She Wore a Yellow Ribbon is the only one of the three to be lensed in Technicolor. In an Oscar-calibre performance, 42-year old John Wayne plays sixtyish Cavalry Captain Nathan Brittles. In his last days before his compulsory retirement, Brittles must face ..read more »
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  • 3 Godfathers on DVD (1948)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Pedro Armendariz Jr.,  Harry Carey Jr.
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    John Ford had already directed one of the three previous film versions of Peter Kyne's novel under the title Marked Men (1919) with his mentor Harry Carey, a great cowboy star of the silent era who had recently died. It's not difficult to see how the story's sentimentality and Christian symbolism ..read more »
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  • Fort Apache on DVD (1948)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  John Wayne,  Shirley Temple
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A first of John Ford's trilogy of cavalry movies set during America's struggle against the Apache Indian. Henry Fonda plays the stubborn Colonel Thursday whose textbook methods of warfare appear as pure as suicide to everyone but him. John Wayne stars as Captain York, a soldier experienced in ..read more »
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  • Red River on DVD (1948)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Montgomery Clift,  Walter Brennan
    Director: Howard Hawks
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    RED RIVER, Howard Hawks's masterpiece, is one of the greatest Westerns ever filmed, a saga of obsession and rivalry between a man and his adoptive son amid an epic struggle for survival in the Old West. Tom Dunson (John Wayne) journeys west to Texas to build a cattle empire and adopts Matthew Garth,..read more »
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  • Angel and the Badman on DVD (1947)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Harry Carey,  Bruce Cabot
    Director: James Edward Grant
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    An old-fashioned Western with John Wayne at his best as rough womanising gunfighter Quirt Evans. He must choose between the Quaker girl he loves and the guns which always seem to attract the wrong kind of people. With beautiful landscape photography and a tender love story, this is a touching, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 306 members
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  • Tycoon on DVD (1947)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Laraine Day,  Cedric Hardwicke
    Director: Richard Wallace
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Tycoon stars John Wayne as Johnny Monroe, a contractor who becomes embroiled in a personal and professional battle with a powerful millionaire Frederick Alexander who plans to build a railroad in South America. The battle heightens when Monroe falls in love with Maura, Alexander's beautiful, ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 108 members
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  • They Were Expendable on DVD (1945)
    Starring: Robert Montgomery,  John Wayne,  Donna Reed
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    On the eve of war, Lt. John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) is assigned to take his Patrol Torpedo Boat Squadron to Manila Bay to defend against a possible Japanese attack in the Philippines. Once there, he finds that the top brass--amused by the idea that small crafts can be useful in combat--..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 350 members
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  • Lady for a Night on DVD (1942)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Joan Blondell
    Director: Leigh Jason
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society. When her husband is killed in an attempt on her life, she is charged with his murder.
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 10 members
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  • The Spoilers on DVD (1942)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Marlene Dietrich,  Randolph Scott
    Director: Ray Enright
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    John Wayne, Marlene Dietrich and Randolph Scott make up a potent love triangle in this Western. Wayne's gold miner and Scott's unscrupulous politician become entangled in rivalries in turn of the century America...
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 240 members
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  • Reap The Wild Wind on DVD (1942)
    Starring: Ray Milland,  John Wayne,  Paulette Goddard
    Director: Cecil B. DeMille
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    John Wayne, Ray Milland, and Paulette Goddard team up with the legendary producer-director Cecil B. DeMille to create one of the greatest swashbuckling epics of all time. Adventures on the panoramic high seas highlight this tale of two men competing for the same woman. Key West in the 1840s is ..read more »
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  • The Long Voyage Home (1940)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Thomas Mitchell,  Ian Hunter
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    The clouds of World War II are looming in this tense drama. John Wayne plays a young Swede aboard a cargo ship, where the threat of mortal danger evokes fear, loneliness and suspicion amongst the volatile crew.
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 302 members
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  • Dark Command on DVD (1940)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Claire Trevor,  Walter Pidgeon
    Director: Raoul Walsh
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    ased on a true story, Wayne plays Bob Seton, an illiterate cowboy from Texas who wins over the people of Lawrence, Kansas, in the dark days before the outbreak of the American Civil War. Walter Pidgeon co-stars as Will Cantrell, a merciless and ambitious ex-school teacher who bands together ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 182 members
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  • Winds Of The Wasteland on DVD (1936)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Phyllis Fraser,  Yakima Canutt
    Director: Mack V. Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In 'Winds Of The Wasteland' the boss of a stagecoach company competes for government contracts in the days of the Pony Express. 'His Private Secretary' finds Dick Wallace, who is the son of a millionaire, tending to chase rather dubious women causing his father to despair of him. When he really ..read more »
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  • Stagecoach Run on DVD (1936)
    Starring: Sam Flint,  Phyllis Fraser,  Lane Chandler
    Director: Mack V. Wright
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In STAGECOACH RUN (a.k.a. WINDS OF THE WASTELAND) Wayne plays a Pony Express rider who, after finding his days are numbered with the advent of the telegraph, buy a stagecoach line only to discover that it connects to a nearly abandoned mining town.
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  • The Dawn Rider on DVD (1935)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Marion Burns,  Yakima Canutt
    Director: Robert N. Bradbury
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    John Wayne seeks revenge on the gang responsible for killing his father whilst at the same time becoming embroiled in a love triangle with a nurse and his friend Ben in this action-packed western adventure film.
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  • Dawn Rider / Texas Terror on DVD (1935)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Marion Burns,  Yakima Canutt
    Director: Robert N. Bradbury
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This programme features two of John Wayne's early Westerns, offering a glimpse of the Duke on his rise to legendary superstardom. In TEXAS TERROR, Wayne battles a gang of outlaws after he finds out they were responsible for the death of his best friend. In THE DAWN RIDER, the Duke seeks revenge on ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 12 members
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  • Texas Terror on DVD (1935)
    Starring: John Wayne,  George Gabby Hayes,  Yakima Canutt
    Director: Robert N. Bradbury
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Believing himself responsible for the death of his best friend, Higgins (Wayne) resigns as Sheriff. A year on, he becomes a foreman at a ranch belonging to his dead friend's daughter, and waits anxiously for her to uncover his secret. However, Higgins himself discovers the truth of his friend's ..read more »
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  • Paradise Canyon on DVD (1935)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Marion Burns,  Reed Howes
    Director: Carl Pierson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    John Wayne plays the role of a government Secret Service agent who is assigned the task of smashing a counterfeiting ring operating near the Mexican border. When he catches the crooks, he discovers that their hideout is in a hidden underground cavern.
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 117 members
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  • Guns Along The Trail on DVD (1935)
    Starring: Marion Burns,  Reed Howes,  John Wayne
    Director: Carl Pierson
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In GUNS ALONG THE TRAIL (a.k.a. PARADISE CANYON) John Wayne plays the role of a government Secret Service agent who is assigned the task of smashing a counterfeiting ring operating near the Mexican border. When he catches the crooks, he discovers that their hideout is in a hidden underground cavern.
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 12 members
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  • Cold Vengeance on DVD (1935)
    Starring: Reed Howes,  Bert Dillard,  Yakima Canutt
    Director: Robert N. Bradbury
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In COLD VENGEANCE (a.k.a. THE DAWN RIDER) John Wayne seeks revenge on the gang responsible for killing his father, whilst at the same time becoming embroiled in a love triangle with a nurse (Marion Burns) and his friend Ben (Reed Howes).
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 11 members
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  • The Man From Utah on DVD (1934)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Polly Ann Young,  George Gabby Hayes
    Director: Robert N. Bradbury
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    West Of The Divide: A man searching for his brother pretends to be a killer to gather information more quickly... The Man From Utah: A John Wayne classic set at the rodeo where the Duke has to deal with the corrupt patron who has killed some of its performers.
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 78 members
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  • Stolen Goods on DVD (1934)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Yakima Canutt,  Eleanor Hunt
    Director: Robert N. Bradbury
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    John Wayne plays U.S. Marshall John Caruthers as he follows the trail of crooked speculators. When bandits terrorise a small town, Caruthers happens to be in the wrong place at the wrong time and the Sheriff accuses him of the crime. Meanwhile, unknown real estate moguls are buying up all the ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 14 members
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  • Randy Rides Alone on DVD (1934)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Alberta Vaughn,  George Gabby Hayes
    Director: Harry Fraser
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    After John Wayne enters a saloon filled with murdered patrons, he finds himself accused of being the killer. In a brave attempt to prove his innocence, he sets a trap for the real criminals and comes up against a hunchback known as "Matt the Mute."
    2.5 stars out of 5 46% from 117 members
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  • Star Packer / Blue Steel on DVD (1934)
    Starring: John Wayne,  George Gabby Hayes,  Eleanor Hunt
    Director: Robert N. Bradbury
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In 'Star Packer' a man who leads a crowd of trouble makers and calls himself 'The Shadow' gets elected as sheriff. 'Blue Steel' finds a band of ruthless outlaws trying to force out the townsfolk in a small community after gold is discovered there. But one brave man stands in their way.
    2.5 stars out of 5 50% from 66 members
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  • Gold Strike River on DVD (1934)
    Starring: George Gabby Hayes,  John Wayne,  Yakima Canutt
    Director: Robert N. Bradbury
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    GOLD STRIKE RIVER (a.k.a. THE LUCKY TEXAN) features Wayne as Jerry Mason, a young college graduate who, along with old family friend Jake Benson (George Hayes), locates a secret gold field. Returning to town with their gold, the two friends make the mistake of trusting the local assayer (Lloyd ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 12 members
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  • Neath The Arizona Skies on DVD (1934)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Shirley Ricketts,  George Gabby Hayes
    Director: Henry Frazer
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In 'The Star Packer' a man who leads a crowd of trouble makers and calls himself 'The Shadow' gets elected as sheriff. 'Neath The Arizona Skies' finds Nina, the daughter of a rich Indian, who is due to inherit her father's oil field but needs his signature to claim the land. 'Lawless Frontier' ..read more »
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  • An Innocent Man on DVD (1933)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Bob Burns,  Yakima Canutt
    Director: Armand Schaefer
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    AN INNOCENT MAN (a.k.a. SAGEBRUSH TRAIL) casts John Wayne as an accused killer in search of the real culprit. On the run from the law, Wayne teams up with gunslinger Lane Chandler, never suspecting that Chandler is the man he is looking for. The relationship between Wayne and Chandler, at first ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 9 members
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  • Riders Of Destiny on DVD (1933)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Cecilia Parker,  Earl Dwire
    Director: Robert N. Bradbury
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Riders Of Destiny: Jerry Kincade manages the area's water supply and is forcing the ranchers to sign a contract to secure expenmsive water rates. Sinning Sandy Saunders, a government agent, plots against Kincade to overthrow the contract and impress Fay Denton..... The Sagebrush Trail: A young ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 144 members
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  • His Private Secretary on DVD (1933)
    Starring: Evalyn Knapp,  John Wayne
    Director: Philip H. Whitman,  Philip H Whitman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Dick Wallace(John Wayne), the son of a businessman, believes that life is for living while his girlfriend, Marion (Evalyn Knapp), believes that it's time that he settled down. Dick's father is keen to employ his son, but doesn't want him to settle down... especially not with a minister's daughter! ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 44% from 67 members
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  • Sagebrush Trail on DVD (1933)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Nancy Shubert,  Lane Chandler
    Director: Armand Schaefer,  Paul Malvern
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    The story of John, a young cowboy wrongly convicted of a killing. He breaks out of jail to track down the real murderer. Befriending the real killer outlaw Bob Jones, John decides to forget the past but a fall out over a pretty girl brings the situation to ahead.
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  • The Shadow Of The Eagle on DVD (1932)
    Starring: Walter Miller,  Edward Hearn,  Lloyd Whitlock
    Director: Ford Beebe
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In a unique role, John Wayne stars as Craig McCoy, a daredevil skywriter in hot pursuit of a most elusive criminal called the Eagle. The Duke hurtles headlong through this high-flying, breathtaking action thriller. Contains 12 episodes.
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 13 members
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  • Hurricane Express on DVD (1932)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Tully Marshall,  Shirley Grey
    Director: J.P. McGowan,  Armand Schaefer
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The feature length version of the vintage serial. John Wayne plays Larry Baker, a pilot who attempts to avert a train crash, involving his father, by making an unscheduled stop in his plane. But Baker loses his job for not sticking to his schedule. Baker needs to find out what caused the HURRICANE ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 48% from 138 members
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  • The Big Trail on DVD (1930)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Marguerite Churchill,  David Rollins
    Director: Raoul Walsh
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Pioneers heading for Oregon endure the hardships of weather, unfriendly strangers and internal strife in this sophisticated early sound film. Features John Wayne in his first starring role. The straightforward Western tale is now overshadowed by its place in history as an early example of Fox's ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 237 members
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  • Island In The Sky on DVD
    Starring: James Arness,  John Wayne,  Walter Abel
    Director: William Wellman
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Along with THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY, John Wayne's thrilling survival epic ISLAND IN THE SKY is a Duke classic long held out of print by a legal dispute with the star's family. While both films were directed by William Wellman with a script adapted by aviation writer Ernest K. Gann from his own novel,..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 143 members
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  • The Fighting Seabees on DVD
    Starring: John Wayne,  Susan Hayward,  Dennis O'Keefe
    Director: Edward Ludwig
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The Pacific, 1942. Construction boss Wedge Donovan hits out at the law which prevents his workers from being armed, therefore, becoming easy prey for the Japanese. With the help of Washington he sets up an armed engineering outfit- a Construction Battalion (or Seabee). Bullheaded and impatient, ..read more »
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  • John Wayne - The Early Years on DVD
    Starring: John Wayne
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Marion Morrison was his real name; John Wayne became his stage name. He starred in his first movie role in 1928 and went on to become one the film world's best loved cowboys.
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 51 members
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  • 20th Century Icons - John Wayne on DVD
    Starring: John Wayne
    Director: John Wayne
    Certificate: Certificate: Ex
    From the early days of Hollywood's silent films to the modern era of high tech movie making one thing has remained constant - the love of John Wayne and all he stood for.
    2.5 stars out of 5 53% from 14 members
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  • Seven Sinners on DVD
    Starring: John Wayne,  Marlene Dietrich,  Albert Dekker
    Director: Tay Garnett
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Bijou is a beautiful, man-eating cabaret singer in the South Seas who travels from one island saloon to another - usually wreaking havoc on the female-starved clientele. Then she falls in love with dashing and unsuspecting Naval officer Dan Brent. As their romance blossoms, Dan proposes marriage to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 56% from 133 members
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  • War of the Wildcats / In Old California on DVD
    Starring: Albert S Rogell,  John Wayne
    Director: William McGann
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    War Of The Wildcats (Dir. Albert S. Rogell, 1943): A cowboy battles with an oil tycoon for drilling rights on Indian lands in Oklahoma during the oil boom days. In Old California (Dir. William McGann, 1942): Tom Craig (John Wayne) is a recent arrival to Sacramento, California where he is trying to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 52 members
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  • Young Duke - Bandits Of The Badlands on DVD
    Starring: John Wayne
    Director: Thomas Carr
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Young Duke is a collection of original Western adventure movies starring John Wayne. This DVD contains a series of five John Wayne films from the 1930's which have been updated with digital colouring. Not previously released in the UK, it's an exciting action packed collection of films which will ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 57% from 28 members
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John Wayne facts

5 most recent films

John Wayne Anthology - 3.0 stars
Memories Of Hollywood - 2.5 stars
The Shootist - 3.5 stars
CBS Salutes Lucy - The First 25 Years - 2.0 stars
Brannigan - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

The Longest Day - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Rio Bravo - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Searchers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Searchers - HD - 3.5 stars
The Longest Day - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

CBS Salutes Lucy - The First 25 Years - 2.0 stars
An Innocent Man - 2.5 stars
The Three Musketeers - Vol. 1 - 2.5 stars
The Lucy Show - Vol. 3 - 2.5 stars
The Three Musketeers - Vol. 2 - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

Yakima Canutt - 23 times - show films
George Gabby Hayes - 17 times - show films
Ward Bond - 16 times - show films
Patrick Wayne - 16 times - show films
Bruce Cabot - 14 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Ford - 25 times - show films
Robert N. Bradbury - 19 times - show films
Henry Hathaway - 15 times - show films
Andrew V. McLaglen - 11 times - show films
Howard Hawks - 9 times - show films