Released in 1962, John Ford's absorbing drama explores the clash between the romanticized myth-making of the Old West and the American frontier's hard-won transition to democratic law and order ...

John Ford and John Wayne's The Searchers is undoubtedly one of the best Westerns ever made, despite its severe lack of historical accuracy.

16. Rio Bravo (Howard Hawks, 1959) John Wayne’s sheriff faces an army of bad guys with only a drunk, a young gunfighter and a crippled old man on his side.

John Wayne was fiercely proud and protective of his beloved Western and war movie genres. He vocally blasted films like Gary Cooper's High Noon or Clint Eastwood 's High Plains Drifter that he ...

John Wayne wanders about the Old West as Hondo Lane in 'Hondo.' Image via Warner Brothers By the early 1950s, John Wayne was becoming more than simply a household name; he was taking the Western ...

Scott Eyman explored Wayne, his various movie projects, and his personal life in John Wayne: The Life and Legend. Toward the end of 1978, the actor didn’t work on any films in a couple of years.

Of all the movies Wayne made that are not Westerns, a large share are war movies. Many of the same qualities that made him an ideal gunslinger, cowboy, or sheriff in the Old West — toughness ...

John Wayne wasn't much into superheroes, at least not so far as we can tell. The Duke was known for helping establish the Western archetype of gruff cowboys, hardened lawmen, and valiant heroes who ...