Cast: John Wayne

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · James Stewart · Vera Miles · Lee Marvin

Synopsis Congressman Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) returns with his wife Hallie (Vera Miles) to the tiny town of Shinbone to bury an old friend, Tom Doniphon (John Wayne), and tells reporters the truth about how he came to be known as...

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Maureen O'Hara · Barry Fitzgerald · Ward Bond

Synopsis John Wayne stars as Sean Thornton, a retired American boxing champion trying to put tragedy behind him by returning to Innisfree, the bucolic Irish village of his birth. He purchases his birthplace from its current owner, enraging the wealthy and...

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Natalie Wood · Jeffrey Hunter · Ward Bond

Synopsis The Searchers (1956) follows Ethan Edwards, a hardened Civil War veteran, who returns to his brother's Texas ranch. After a Comanche raid leaves his family dead and his niece Debbie abducted, Ethan embarks on a relentless years-long quest to find...

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Wayne · Dean Martin · Ricky Nelson · Angie Dickinson

Synopsis Rio Bravo (1959) follows Sheriff John T. Chance as he works to maintain order in a small Texas town. When a dangerous outlaw is arrested, his powerful brother and gang attempt to free him. Outnumbered and facing overwhelming odds, Chance...

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Claire Trevor · Thomas Mitchell · Andy Devine

Synopsis Stagecoach (1939) follows a diverse group of passengers traveling by stagecoach through dangerous Apache territory in the Wild West. Among them are a pregnant woman, a fugitive, a gambler, a drunken doctor, and a prostitute shunned by society. As they...

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Wayne · Robert Mitchum · James Caan · Charlene Holt

Synopsis In El Dorado (1966), a drunken sheriff and a skilled but wounded gunslinger team up to defend a rancher and his family from a ruthless land baron. Set in the Old West, the story follows their struggle to uphold justice...

Direction Howard Hawks · Arthur Rosson

Cast John Wayne · Montgomery Clift · Walter Brennan · Joanne Dru

Synopsis Tom Dunson (John Wayne) builds a cattle empire with his adopted son Matthew Garth (Montgomery Clift). Together they begin a massive cattle drive north from Texas to the Missouri railhead. But on the way, new information and Dunson's tyrannical ways...

Direction John Ford

Cast Henry Fonda · John Wayne · Shirley Temple · Pedro Armendáriz

Synopsis In Fort Apache (1948), a rigid and ambitious Colonel takes command of a remote U.S. Cavalry outpost, clashing with his seasoned Captain over tactics and respect for the local Native American tribe. As tensions rise, the Colonel's stubbornness leads to...

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · William Holden · Constance Towers · Althea Gibson

Synopsis A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail/supply centre. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard...

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Joanne Dru · John Agar · Ben Johnson

Synopsis In She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), aging Cavalry Captain Nathan Brittles prepares for retirement amidst rising tensions with Native American tribes. Tasked with one final mission, he must escort his commanding officer's wife and niece to safety while preventing...

Direction Ken Annakin · Andrew Marton · Bernhard Wicki

Cast John Wayne · Robert Mitchum · Henry Fonda · Richard Burton

Synopsis England in June 1944. Unseasonal storms. Allied troops are massed ready for the invasion of France, some already on the boats. The Normandy beaches will be their destination while paratroopers are dropped inland to take key towns and bridges. On...

Direction Peter Bogdanovich

Cast John Ford · Clint Eastwood · Peter Bogdanovich · Martin Scorsese

Synopsis A documentary on the life and films of director John Ford.

Direction Howard Hawks

Cast John Wayne · Hardy Krüger · Elsa Martinelli · Bruce Cabot

Synopsis In Hatari! (1962), a group of daring big-game hunters in Tanganyika (now Tanzania) specializes in capturing wild animals for zoos. Led by the rugged Sean Mercer, the team faces danger and excitement as they chase rhinos, elephants, and other exotic...

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Maureen O'Hara · Ben Johnson · Chill Wills

Synopsis The concluding chapter to director John Ford's "Cavalry trilogy" that also included "Fort Apache" and "She Wore a Yellow Ribbon" stars John Wayne as the hardened commander of a remote Army outpost along the Mexican border faced with two crises:...

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast John Wayne · Glen Campbell · Kim Darby · Jeremy Slate

Synopsis In True Grit (1969), a determined young girl named Mattie Ross seeks justice for her father's murder. She hires the hardened, one-eyed U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, known for his "true grit," to track down the killer, Tom Chaney. Joined by...

Direction Raoul Walsh

Cast John Wayne · Marguerite Churchill · El Brendel · Tully Marshall

Synopsis In this sweeping pioneer adventure, a courageous young scout (John Wayne) leads hundreds of settlers across treacherous cliffs, through brutal snowstorms, Indian attacks and buffalo stampedes to their destiny out west. Along the way he loses his heart to a...

Direction Alfred E. Green

Cast Barbara Stanwyck · George Brent · Donald Cook · Alphonse Ethier

Synopsis Lily Powers (Baby Face) has to do more than serve drinks at her father's run-down speakeasy in a small industrial town. His death gives her the chance to get to New York. With her experience in using her looks to...

Direction John Ford

Cast John Wayne · Maureen O'Hara · Dan Dailey · Ward Bond

Synopsis A biography of Navy flier-turned-screenwriter Frank W. "Spig" Wead.

Direction Henry Hathaway · John Ford · George Marshall · Richard Thorpe

Cast Carroll Baker · James Stewart · Debbie Reynolds · Gregory Peck

Synopsis How the West Was Won (1962) follows the epic journey of the Prescott family across generations as they venture westward during the 19th century. Through interconnected stories, the film captures the challenges and triumphs of pioneers, settlers, and outlaws shaping...

Direction Henry Hathaway

Cast John Wayne · Dean Martin · Martha Hyer · Michael Anderson Jr.

Synopsis A ranch-owner's four sons vow to avenge their father's death.