Here we have a special movie with the story line written by Louis L’Amour and the main character played by John Wayne. What is not to like about this movie. The beginning scene is Hondo Lane walking in from the desert with his saddlebags in one hand and his rifle in the other. How much [...]
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Movie Review: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
April 10, 2010 – 1:10 am
This is an old classic western featuring John Wayne and James Stewart. The story begins at the small town of Shinbone and U.S. Senator played by James Stewart and his wife arrive in town to attend a funeral of a man who is going to be buried by the county because he is so poor [...]
Movie Review: El Dorado
April 3, 2010 – 1:10 am
This movie is about two old friends one still an active gunfighter and the other a sheriff in El Dorado. They have competed in many things and still remained friendly. The gunfighter Cole Thornton, is played by John Wayne and the sheriff J.P. Harrah, is played by Robert Mitchum. The story develops in the town [...]
Movie Review: McLintock
November 13, 2009 – 1:09 am
This is a John Wayne western set in one of the western territories, in the town of McLintock. The town is named after the long time resident and cattle baron George Washington McLintock, played by John Wayne. The striking Maureen O’Hara who spices up this role plays GW’s wife Kathereen McLintock. Kate is returning to [...]
Movie Review: Angel and the Badman
October 23, 2009 – 1:09 am
This is a movie that helped cement John Wayne in his position as the model for all future western characters or actors. The movie begins with a chase that we as an audience do not know the reason for. At the end of the chase Quirt Evans played by John Wayne is thrown from his [...]
Movie Review: The Cowboys
August 21, 2009 – 1:08 am
This is a true western told in a way to inspire, give hope and set an example on one way to raise boys. The first scene is where John Wayne, playing Wil Anderson, is breaking horses as five men ride up. These men were his trail crew for fifteen hundred cattle that he had planned [...]
Movie Review: The Shootist
August 7, 2009 – 1:08 am
John Wayne – J.B. Books Lauren Bacall – Bond Rogers James Stewart – Dr. Hostetler This is a western movie depicting the end of an era. In the last seven days of J.B. Books life he completes some old and new scores, dramatized by John Wayne. Dr. Hostetler, played by James Stewart, confirms a previous [...]
