John Wayne

[Midnightangel]

If you don't know who John Wayne was, feel free to leave the country. From a woman's point of view - this is what a man should be. Being with a man like that....well, you know you're a woman.

Now....he made so many great ones - to many for a poll.

Mine is El Dorado.

Billed as, "The big one with the big two" because it also starred Robert Mitchum. (and a very young James Caan).

Yes, it was basically the same picture as "Rio Bravo" ten years earlier but it had a little more comedy to it.

Only a John Wayne character could kill a man's son, drop his body off to his dad and eventually say, "You got any more questions you wanna ask"?

So many great moments....

"Did you shoot him or didn't you"

"Well sorta...I hit the sign and the sign hit him".

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"That guy don't play the piano very well".

"You shootin' the strings out of it didn't help none, either".


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And that whole canteen scene where we meet Mississippi. First thing John does? Protect the ladies. *swoon*. He send them away because it's about to get real.

PS...remember that tonic Mississippi made for the sheriff? I looked up the ingredients once while I was watching the movie. HOLY COW! He's lucky to have been alive.

 

[MrMoJoRisin63]

None really, I think he was a pretty crappy actor.

 

[evolver115]

Rio Bravo is my favorite western of his.

My favorite overall movie with Wayne in it is The Longest Day. He plays a Lt. Col. From the 82d Airborne.

 

[outofyourmind]

Big Jake
In Harms Way

top 2 hands down

 

[FSUmanager]

Sons of Katie Elder
McLintock
Green Berets
Big Jake
In Harms Way
Flying Leathernecks

 

[KansasSooner]

Big Jake
The Cowboys
Sons of Katie Elder (based on true story that happened in Oklahoma, the movie was set in Texas)
The Longest Day

 

[cane_man]

the one where he shoots that guy

 

[ktg8trgrl]

All of them.. idk a movie odd his I don't like or haven't seen at least 20 times

 

[Tomhusker]

True Grit
The Cowboys
Sands of Iwo Jima

 

[KansasSooner]

I thought Rooster Cogburn was better than True Girt, Katherine Hepburn in that movie was great.

 

[Airraidtech]

Ah my God.
Sands of Iwo Jima. His explanation on getting drunk.
They were expendable
McClintock (that whole movie has awesome lines"
So many man, so many.

Horse Soldiers. (When that young soldier dies, the lady gives him crap and he gets drunk and throws a tantrum, great scene.)

 

[4down20]

The Longest Day is the best movie he was in.

 

[HailSkins]

Rio Lobo is a classic that's rarely talked about. Highly recommended.

 

[fknhippie]

The Searchers
Big Jake
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

 

[outofyourmind]

I don't understand why Brannigan isn't on this list??
You cant beat John Wayne driving around in a Trans Am.

 

[lilchi721]

Stagecoach
The Alamo
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

 

[Tomhusker]

True Grit
The Cowboys
Rooster Cogburn
Sands of Iwo Jima

I thought Rooster Cogburn was better than True Girt, Katherine Hepburn in that movie was great.

FIFM

 

[wilwhite]

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

One of the movies where you can see he was a better actor than he's given credit for. (Also some of the best black-and-white cinematography ever, not to mention a very nasty Lee Marvin.)

John Wayne was so natural, and typecast so many times, that I can understand people thinking he wasn't much of an actor. When I was young I thought that. But I was wrong.

 

[packerzrule]

no mention of The Quiet Man?!?!

one of his finest IMO

 

[greencrow]

36 years since his death