Young Matt Masters, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt’s mother and left her to die. Read More »
Tag Archives: John Wayne
Lady from Louisiana (1941) Bernard Vorhaus, John Wayne, Ona Munson, Ray Middleton
Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Read More »
Rio Grande (1950) John Ford, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Ben Johnson
Rio Grande takes place after the Civil War when the Union turned their attention towards the Apaches. Read More »
Fort Apache (1948) John Ford, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
In John Ford’s sombre exploration mythologising of American heroes, he slowly reveals the character of Owen Thursday Read More »
McLintock! (1963) Andrew V. McLaglen, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne
George Washington McLintock, “GW” to friends and foes alike, is a cattle baron and the richest man in the territory. Read More »
Red River (1948) Howard Hawks, Arthur Rosson, John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru
Fourteen years after starting his cattle ranch in Texas, Tom Dunston is finally ready to drive his 10,000 head of cattle to market. Read More »
Tycoon (1947) Richard Wallace, John Wayne, Laraine Day, Cedric Hardwicke
Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. Read More »
Cahill U.S. Marshall (1973) Andrew V. McLaglen, John Wayne, George Kennedy, Gary Grimes
J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they’ve got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks Read More »
Reunion in France (1942) Jules Dassin, Joan Crawford, John Wayne, Philip Dorn
Frenchwoman Michele de la Becque, an opponent of the Nazis in German-occupied Paris Read More »
The Fighting Seabees (1944) Edward Ludwig, John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Dennis O’Keefe
Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites Read More »
Jet Pilot (1957) Josef von Sternberg, John Wayne, Janet Leigh, Jay C. Flippen
Air Force Colonel Shannon is assigned to escort defecting Soviet pilot Anna. Read More »
The Wings of Eagles (1957) John Ford, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Dan Dailey
U.S. Navy pilot Frank ‘Spig’ Wead is a fun-loving and rowdy adventurer, but also a fierce proponent of Naval aviation. Read More »
The Longest Day (1962) Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, John Wayne, Robert Ryan, Richard Burton
In 1944, the U.S. Army and Allied forces plan a huge invasion landing in Normandy, France. Read More »
They Were Expendable (1945) John Ford, Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed
In the wake of Pearl Harbor’s surprise attack, World War II hero, Lt. John Brickley’s experimental squadron Read More »
Allegheny Uprising (1939) William A. Seiter, Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Sanders
In British colonial America, Captain Swanson’s adherence to the rules results in Trader Callendar’s Read More »