John Wayne

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

Dir. Howard Hawks · With John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

Dir. John Ford · With Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Bancroft

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

Dir. Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton · With John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

Dir. Henry Hathaway · With John Wayne, Kim Darby, Glen Campbell

Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

Dir. Howard Hawks · With John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, James Caan

Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.

Dir. Howard Hawks · With John Wayne, Montgomery Clift, Joanne Dru

Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler. Aware that his days are numbered, the troubled man seeks solace and peace in a boarding house run by a widow and her son. However, it is not Books' fate to die in peace, as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle.

Dir. Don Siegel · With John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, Ron Howard

When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.

Dir. Mark Rydell · With John Wayne, Roscoe Lee Browne, Bruce Dern

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple

The four sons of Katie Elder reunite in their hometown of Clearwater, Texas for her funeral and discover that the family ranch is now in the hands of Morgan Hastings, a corrupt businessman who wants to exploit the area around the town.

Dir. Henry Hathaway · With John Wayne, Dean Martin, Martha Hyer

The legendary true story of a small band of soldiers who sacrificed their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.

Dir. John Wayne · With John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey

A young woman uses her body and her sexuality to help her climb the social ladder, but soon begins to wonder if her new status will ever bring her happiness.

Dir. Alfred E. Green · With Barbara Stanwyck, George Brent, Donald Cook

A female wildlife photographer arrives on an East African reservation where a group of men trap wild animals for zoos and circuses.

Dir. Howard Hawks · With John Wayne, Hardy Krüger, Elsa Martinelli

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers

An aging Texas cattle man who has outlived his time swings into action when outlaws kidnap his grandson.

Dir. George Sherman · With John Wayne, Richard Boone, Maureen O'Hara

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.

Dir. Burt Kennedy · With John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar

Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey, Jr.

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.

Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen · With John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

Dir. Michael Curtiz · With John Wayne, Stuart Whitman, Ina Balin

After a band of drunken thugs overruns a small Indian Nation town, killing Reverend Goodnight and raping the women folk, Eula Goodnight enlists the aid of US Marshal Cogburn to hunt them down and bring her father's killers to justice.

Dir. Stuart Millar · With John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Anthony Zerbe

Aging rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking government men and nearby Native Americans. As McLintock tries to juggle his various adversaries, his wife—who left him two years previously—suddenly returns. But she isn't interested in George; she wants custody of their daughter.

Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen · With John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Patrick Wayne

Young scout Breck Coleman leads a wagon train along the dangerous trail to Oregon as he tries to get the affection of the beautiful pioneer Ruth Cameron and plans his revenge on the harsh scoundrels who murdered a friend of his in the past.

Dir. Raoul Walsh · With John Wayne, Marguerite Churchill, El Brendel

Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

Dir. John Farrow · With John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond

After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally from France.

Dir. Henry Hathaway · With John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs

Police Lieutenant Lon McQ investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements of the police department dealing in confiscated drugs.

Dir. John Sturges · With John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur