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TEXASforLIFE
Ronin
The Shootist is 1 of my all-time favorites!
Talyn
SAINT
jumpinjoe
Hellcat
That was a good'n. My favorite was "The Cowboys" I think. Dang, Duke did so many it's really hard to choose just one.
Annihilator
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Pitdogg2
Professional
Truth!
So many others who also starred in his movies as well.
HayesGreener
Ronin
Dang fat fingers
Onewolf426
Professional
McClintock, The Quiet Man, Commancheros, She Wore A Yellow Ribbon, just to name a few.
HayesGreener
Ronin
When I was SWAT commander we held a John Wayne Film Festival at my house on the weekend closest to May 26. A keg and fajitas around the pool, misbehaving off duty officers, and continuous John Wayne movies on the big screen. Good times.
Bassbob
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I have to admit, at the risk of being called a heretic, I am not a fan of John Wayne movies. I mean there are a couple I watched that I didn't hate, like True Grit, but generally I'm not a fan. I like westerns, but his movies just come off as super cheesy to me. Nothing against him really, all the really old westerns come off that way.
HayesGreener
Ronin
It was the genre, the state of the art of the day. He started in B movies, which were awful, but it is what they were doing in the 30's. In my opinion, The Searchers, The Quiet Man, True Grit, Rooster Cogburn, and The Shootist were The Duke's best movies. I liked others for sure but those were the benchmarks. And I admired The Duke for sanding tall as a conservative in a sea of liberals and commies.
Bassbob
Emissary
Rooster Cogburn was great too.
TEXASforLIFE
Ronin
Whether is was a western, military, or a cop movie he was in, all were very watchable. When he Red Adair my FIL was at the site where they filmed, but don't think he met JW though? He did work 1 time with Red to put out an oil rig fire.