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McLintock! *** (1963, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Patrick Wayne, Stefanie Powers, Yvonne De Carlo, Alissa Wayne, Chill Wills, Bruce Cabot, Jack Kruschen, Edgar Buchanan) – Classic Movie Review 3411

Best friends in real life, John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara star together for the fourth of their five movies in director Andrew V McLaglen’s thoroughly enjoyable, typically raucous, rowdy romantic comedy Western. There are some soapy […]

Feb, 26

Western Union **** (1941, Randolph Scott, Robert Young, Dean Jagger, Virginia Gilmore, Slim Summerville, John Carradine, Chill Wills) – Movie Review 2808

The ideally cast Randolph Scott stars in a cheering performance as cowboy hero Vance Shaw in director Fritz Lang’s top-notch 1941 Western film Western Union, loosely based on the Zane Grey novel, with a grade-A 20th […]

Aug, 12

Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid ****½ (1973, James Coburn, Kris Kristofferson, Richard Jaeckel, Bob Dylan, Katy Jurado, Chill Wills, Slim Pickens, Jason Robards Jnr, Jack Elam, John Beck) – Classic Movie Review 2480

Director Sam Peckinpah’s 1973 retelling of the legend of Sheriff Pat Garrett (James Coburn) hunting down of his former friend and travelling buddy, the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid (Kris Kristofferson) makes for a fascinating […]

May, 13

Rio Grande ***** (1950, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jnr, Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jnr, Chill Wills, J Carrol Naish, Victor McLaglen) – Classic Movie Review 2352

Director John Ford makes the 1950 closing episode in his US Cavalry trilogy third time lucky and essential old Hollywood viewing. John Wayne again stars, this time as a Cavalry officer dealing with the plundering […]

Apr, 03

The Alamo **** (1960, John Wayne, Richard Widmark, Laurence Harvey, Richard Boone) – Classic Movie Review 1904

John Wayne produces, directs and stars as frontiersman-soldier Davy Crockett (1783-1836) in this stirring 1960 patriotic tribute to the small band of 180 Texans who face attack and death at the hands of up to […]

Nov, 30

Giant **** (1956, James Dean, Elizabeth Taylor, Rock Hudson) – Classic Movie Review 1080

George Stevens’s ambitious 1956 film Giant was a triumph for him, winning the Best Director Oscar. But it is most memorable for 24-year-old James Dean’s final role as bitter entrepreneur Jett Rink, set on destroying […]

Apr, 12

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