John Wayne is remembered as one of the most influential and prolific stars to emerge from the Western genre. Known for his ...

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

John Wayne has starred in 80 Westerns, becoming a towering Western cinema figure synonymous with rugged cowboys, lawmen, and ...

John Wayne and Henry Fonda, kicked off the director's cavalry trilogy, completed by She Wore a Yellow Ribbon and Rio Grande. These films combine Ford's love for Westerns and war pictures ...

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.