For decades, John Wayne represented the ideal American Western, and now, modern audiences can stream five of his strongest ...

This movie follows ... Rio receives the John Wayne hero treatment, promising to return to his now-pregnant girlfriend and live happily. Another Budd Boetticher Western, Ride Lonesome, follows ...

Back in 1946, John Wayne shot the first of his five movies with director Howard Hawks. Red River, a fictional tale of the first cattle drive from Texas to Kansas, followed a growing feud between ...

It's been nearly half a century since he died in 1979, and yet no actor has wholly embodied the role of cinematic cowboy ...

The partnership between John Wayne and Ward Bond was more than just a professional collaboration, it was a friendship. Appearing in a whopping 23 movies ... faces of the Western genre and Ford's ...

Violence and the Western genre often go hand-in-hand, but not every horse opera is an excessive mess of blood, guts, and gore. In general, John Wayne pictures are pretty lax when it comes to violence.