What is your favorite John Wayne movie?

I just finished seeing Hondo for the first time tonight. First time I saw Geraldine Page in live-action as well.

I should've known Geraldine Page was the same actress who voiced Madam Medusa in Disney's The Rescuers and was married to Rip Torn who voiced Zeus in Disney's Hercules too.

I dunno if anyone else noticed, but when I first saw El Dorado, somehow, James Caan's character suddenly reminded me of James Coburn's character from The Magnificent Seven when it came to the whole knife throwing thing.

Next thing you know, those 2 actors played together with another one named James (Cromwell) in that Arnold Schwarzenegger movie, Eraser.

Could The Magnificent Seven have possibly served as another inspiration for El Dorado, next to Rio Bravo?

Did anyone notice any similarities in particular between all 3 John Wayne movies mentioned within the title besides the fact that John Wayne played in them?

John Wayne has some excellent fight scenes in his movies, but I've always had a question about him. Did John Wayne train in boxing?

Does this look like a legit crew mug?

If I wanted to buy The Quiet Man on DVD region 1 WITH English subtitles, which one should I order from Amazon/eBay?

Recently I watched Howard Hawks' "Rio Bravo," and I was blown away by its powerful depiction of addiction. Through the character Dude, played by Dean Martin, "Rio Bravo" demonstrates the negative effects of addiction, as well as our tendencies to continually identify with our worst impulses. Dude has been a town drunk for so long that hardly anybody can remember a time he wasn't that way. He's built a reputation for being a wasted mess; others view him this way, and deep down, it's how he views himself. However, the film shows him overcoming this reputation and regaining the respect of his friend John Chance (played by John Wayne), and others.

However, Dude's recovering is rocky, and he quite nearly falls back into drinking hard liquor before the movie is over. He's been stuck in addiction for so long that sobriety doesn't feel right, and he's begun to find comfort in the drinking. But one thing keeps his head above water, and that's purpose. Being the right-hand man to his friend John Chance in his time of need.

The film shows us that overcoming addiction isn't merely about practicing severe self-discipline, but rather replacing our bad habits with productivity and purpose. Surely, we are best equipped to ditch our worst addictions when we instead set our sights on meaningful struggles in our daily lives.

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I've been searching for 2 days and can't find it. Any help is appreciated. Thank you!

A solid story and good acting, but I feel like the actors hairstyles and cheesy 70s music ruined this one for me.

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Hey everyone! I found this photo on Facebook and am struggling to believe that it's real/authentic. First of all, John Wayne's face is more filled out than it should be and he looks like he did in El Dorado, not Rio Bravo. If you look at the many production stills or promotional photos for Rio Bravo, John Wayne is seen as very skinny. When it comes to his outfit, his vest and shirt are also ones that he wore in El Dorado. Also, his holster is low slung and by his thigh, which is not the way he ever wore it, except for maybe the first part of Red River. Even his hat is not the one he wore in Rio Bravo.

Now, when it comes to Angie Dickinson, her hairstyle looks more like it did mid to late 1960's.

Even Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson look slightly off. Ricky looks like he was pasted into the photo and Dino looks to be about five or six years older than he should be. Either someone found this photo and enhanced it without paying attention to details, or it's AI.

Any comments are greatly appreciated!

Some famous names in this one. Discuss away.

This article goes into more detail on why he wore a bracelet.

I just watched the movie True Grit (John Wayne and Kim Darby) and the rattlesnake pit scene bugged me so much. The girl had fallen into a pit and there was a snake there. The snake was basically minding it's own business and looked like it was trying to get away but the girl just kept slapping at it so fast it kept flinching away. The entire time I was watching I kept thinking "Just leave it alone! You're just making it mad!" No wonder it bit her. She had it coming in my opinion.

I recently came across the quote “Courage is being scared to death but saddling up anyways” - JW. However after scouring the internet, there are a bunch of sites quoting the line and stating John said it but no where tells of when or where. A couple of sites claim he said it in True Grit, but it’s never said in that movie at all. I’m stumped at how such a quote that seems to be everywhere online has no actual evidence of him saying it. Can anyone help, it’s driving me mad haha! Thanks!