John Wayne's 1939 film Stagecoach, directed by John Ford, is deemed one of the greatest and most influential films - and has ...

9. Red River (Howard Hawks, 1948) Epic Western from a master filmmaker that gave John Wayne the type of part in which he excelled, as the stubborn, driven rancher determined to see a cattle drive ...

Rio Bravo (1959) 96% on Rotten Tomatoes The first John Wayne film of this list, Rio Bravo ... Bunch is often cited as one of the grittiest Westerns ever made. It follows a group of ageing outlaws ...

The Western is a bygone genre…or is it? Yes, back in the days of John Ford and John Wayne, Westerns were more popular on the big screen. On television, certainly there used to be a higher ...

You can make an argument for the Western film’s internationality on the names of the directors who have contributed to its iconography: You have your John Fords and your Anthony Manns ...

John Wayne wasn't as tough as he looked when he heard Marlene Dietrich shout something about him, which temporarily scared him off.

John Wayne's breakthrough Western has been deemed his best with ... The movie took John Wayne from B-pictures to A-list leading man with Ford saying at the time: "He'll be the biggest star ever ...