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1) Big Jake
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Big Jack McCandles, a husband who hasn't seen his wife in over 18 years. But he returns home after his grandson is kidnapped by a vicious outlaw gang. While the law gives chase in rickety automobiles, Jake saddles up with an Indian scout and a box of money. Spiced with humor and first-class gunfights, this is a vivid depiction of the last days of the wild frontier.
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Returning to the scruffy town of Valentine, Texas, after many months of tracking wanted criminals, Cahill learns that there's been trouble at home as well. The local sheriff and deputy have been murdered by a masked gang of bandits. These outlaws robbed the bank and then disappeared into the hills. Deputizing his elder son, Cahill sets out to routinely track and capture the dangerous desperadoes. Instead, the gritty marshal finds himself up against...
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"The trail beyond: Rod Drew is on the hunt for an old family friend's long-lost miner brother and his niece. Drew takes a train to northwestern Canada where he runs into an old buddy, Wabi, on the run after being framed for murder. The pair, hiding from the law, stumbles onto a map leading to the missing Ball family's cabin and a fortune in gold. But soon, not only are the Mounties on their trail, there are some sinister men after Drew's map that...
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Angel and the badman : An outlaw brying to change his life--wounded, collapses on the dorrstep of a Quaker family. While they nurse him back to health, he begins to fall in love with the daughter. The gunslinger's strive to change his ways is offset by his strong desire to avenge his foster father's murder.
John Wayne on film : A documentary film which takes us through Wayne's legendary film career. From his struggles in the 1930s, to Stagecoach...
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Colonel Marlowe is in command of a motley assortment of 1200 Union volunteers whose task-- and apparent suicide mission-- is to infiltrate 300 miles of Southern territory and destroy the most strategic rail route in the Confederacy. Marlowe's life is complicated by his ferocious running feud with the company's surgeon, Major Kendall.
13) Rodeo racketeers
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Rodeo racketeers: John Wayne goes undercover as John Weston, a rodeo star, to rope a gang of rodeo racketeers. This is one of the few films in which "The Duke" is a riding, roping and singing cowboy and shows the unique side of his early career.
Claim jumpers: John Wayne stars as a tough Eastener who heads out West to meet his father's mining partner, Hayes. When they strike it rich, outlaws try to jump their claim by framing Hayes for murder.
The...
14) John Wayne
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Great American western volume 24
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Rainbow valley: John Martinis sent to protect the men building a road in Rainbow Valley, from the gang who claims the territory and whose main interest lies in the area's gold mines.
His private secretary: Dick Wallace is a young man with little on his mind other than womenHis father, a driven businessman, is tired of his son's leisurely ways and puts him to work as his company's collection manager.
Paradise Canyon: John Wyatt, a covert government...
16) Fort Apache
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In the old west, a military martinet has trouble with his family as well as the Indians.
17) Hatari!
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Director Howard Hawks reteams with John Wayne, who heads a group of highly skilled professional game hunters in Africa. Only they don’t use bullets – they capture the ferocious big game with strong rope and cameras for zoos and circus attractions. Nominated for an **Academy Award** for Best Cinematography, Color. *"one of those rare films that genuinely constitutes a 'late masterpiece'." - Derek Adams, **Time Out***
18) The Searchers
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Wayne plays ex-Confederate soldier Ethan Edwards, an Indian-hater who believes more in bullets than words. He's out to find his young niece, who's been taken captive by the renegade Comanches who massacred her family.
19) True grit
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U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced Texas Ranger joins the party.
20) McLintock!
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Cattle baron George Washington McLintock fights with his estranged wife who wants nothing from him except a divorce. His daughter and the local political land-grabbers are fighting with McLintock as well. Along with taming the West, McLintock finally "tames" everyone who has been fighting with him.
