It marked Wayneâ s transition into the cop genre, blending action with noir-inspired storytelling. John Wayne is widely known for his iconic roles in classic Westerns and war movies ...

He was movie star royalty and became one ... Rio Bravo is a classic Western that blends action, drama and even some comedy. John Wayne portrays Sheriff John T. Chance, tasked with defending ...

Back in 1945, John Wayne decided to make an epic movie about the Battle of the Alamo ... After threats of legal action, Widmark agreed to finish the move, getting Burt Kennedy to rewrite his ...

There were no small parts in a John Wayne movie. Though John Wayne is the most recognizable of these performers, he was neither the first nor the longest-tenured of these Western stars.

John Wayne’s first movie as director was 1960’s The Alamo, but he was technically the uncredited one a year later on another Western. Duke starred in The Comancheros as Captain Jake Cutter in ...

However, all it took was one dolly zoom of the Ringo Kid in Stagecoach to cement John Wayne's status as a bonafide movie star. Following his breakthrough performance in Ford's revolutionary 1939 ...