Excellent western and I'm not a John Wayne fan

Somebody was talking to me about how good they thought that Open Range was and I found this film to be very similar in its style with a surprisingly good performance from John Wayne holding the attention. I'm not a big fan of his, finding his acting a bit limited by the boundaries of his own personality yet this film is one that I really enjoyed. Some really surprising dialogue, decent action and good characterisation turned this into a very enjoyable western. It has dated slightly, with the final five minutes being a bit of a drag but it was tense, funny, dramatic and most importantly, entertaining. My first Howard Hawks western and I'll definitely be having a look at some others.