John Wayne
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
This John Wayne collection presents nine of the Duke's greatest westerns. In The man who shot Liberty Valance (1962), a politician recounts his friendship with a dead gunslinger. In True Grit (1969), a U.S. Marshal tracks down a murderer who has escaped into Indian Territory. In Hondo (1953), a half-Indian cavalry scout finds a young mother living on an isolated ranch in unfriendly Apache country. In McLintock (1963), a wealthy cattle baron attempts...
123) The wings of eagles
Pub. Date
c2006
Description
The true story of Naval Commander Frank "Spig" Wead - from his first solo flight that ends in the admiral's swimming pool to his assignment as commander aboard an aircraft carrier in World War II.
124) Texas Cyclone
Pub. Date
c2005
Description
To keep her land and restore order to Stampede, Arizona, Helena Rawlins (Grey) agrees to go along with a man (McCoy) who takes over for her husband.
126) Red river
Series
Criterion collection volume 709
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail.
127) The Green Berets
Pub. Date
1996
Description
John Wayne leads his Special Forces troops against a deadly and determined enemy. The film combines rugged action with spectacular special effects.
Pub. Date
2006
Description
At the end of the Civil War, Union Cavalry officer John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) and former Confederate Colonel James Langdon (Rock Hudson) lead their men into Mexico to begin a new life. Caught between Mexican rebels and the Emperor's forces, they find themselves fighting side by side and must forge an uneasy friendship in order to survive.
Series
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
A Navy officer falls in love in "Seven sinners"; A moonshiner must struggle with his family's past in "The shepherd of the hills"; In a rags-to-riches tale of frindship, love and power are brought together in "Pittsburgh"; In one of his most unusual roles ever, John Wayne portrays Genghis Khan in "The conqueror"; An American Air Force colonel is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna in "Jet pilot."
131) The Spoilers
Series
Pub. Date
1942
Description
Two adventurers in the Yukon quarrel over land rights and the town's sexiest saloon girl. Cherry Mallotte must choose between the honest captain and the charming-but-no-good kingpin.
Pub. Date
2006
Description
They were expendable: Two PT-boat skippers defend the Philippines and give the U.S. war effort time to regroup after the crippling losses at Pearl Harbor. Flying Leathernecks: An embattled Marine fighter squadron VMF 247 at Guadalcanal is led by John Wayne and campaigning to coordinate ground combat with low-flying aerial sorties.
Pub. Date
c2008.
Description
Man who shot Liberty Valance: A western portraying the struggle between cattlemen and homesteaders in the town of Shinbone, depicting the encounter of a young eastern lawyer with the notorious gunman Liberty Valance.
Shane: A drifter and retired gunfighter assists a homestead family terrorized by an aging cattleman and his hired gun.
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
"The golden age of radio had incredible western shows that kept Americans glued to their radio sets. Families gathered around their living room radios to hear western heroes catch the bad-guys and save ladies in distress. This collection includes John Wayne and Claire Trevor starring in a radio adaptation of the John Ford film Stagecoach, James Stewart as slow-talking maverick Britt Ponset on The Six Shooter, William Conrad as U.S. Marshal Matt Dillon...
Pub. Date
[c2011]
Description
Blue steel: It's up to John Carruthers to save the little town of Yucca City from the evil extremes of the 'Polka Dot Bandit," and win the heart of the beautiful Betty Mason.
Santa Fe Trail: Jeb Stuart, the famed Southern calvaryman arrives at West Point, where he befriends George Armstrong Custer. Both compete for the attention of "Kit Carson" Halliday. As a punishment for fighting with fellow classmates, both men are sent to an outpost in Kansas...
137) The Big trail
Pub. Date
1988, c1930
Description
Early talking western in which a band of hardy pioneers struggles along the Oregon Trail.
Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
In The searchers, a Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughter.
In Fort Apache, a calvary officer whose by-the-book tactics and ignorance of the western frontier cause him to lead his men into a fatal Apache ambush.
In Rio Bravo, a Texas border sheriff fights off hired gunmen to keep a murderer in custody.
In The cowboys, a rancher is deserted by his regular cattle drivers...
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