John Wayne
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The Sea Chase (1955)
In The Sea Chase, Karl Ehrlich, played by John Wayne, is the captain of the old German steam freighter Ergenstrasse. The Ergenstrasse sits in the port of Sydney, Australia on the eve of the Second World War.
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The Alamo (1960)
The Alamo is John Wayne’s epic film directorial debut about the famous the Battle of the Alamo. Sam Houston is in charge of a Texican army looking for its independence from Mexico, and he entrusts Colonel William Travis in defending the Alamo against General Santa Anna’s larger, better equipped, and better trained army.
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Back to Bataan (1945)
Back To Bataan begins where the story ends with U.S. Army Ranger raid at Cabanatuan prisoner-of-war camp, freeing many U.S. military personnel from their Japanese captors.
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Rio Lobo (1970)
Col. Cord McNally loses his friend, Lt. Ned Forsythe, when Confederate thieves raid a Union army payroll train for it’s gold during the Civil War.
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Sunday Seconds with the Duke
Rio Lobo (1970)
Cinema Center Films released Rio Lobo on December 18, 1970. Howard Hawks directed the film starring John Wayne, Jorge Rivero, and Jennifer O'Neill.
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Flying Leathernecks (1951)
Flying Leathernecks begins when Major Dan Kirby gets a new command. The command is a surprise to a group of “Wildcat" pilots who were hoping the popular and somewhat lax Captain Carl Griffin would lead their campaign.
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Hondo (1953)
Hondo takes place out on the New Mexico Territory, in the middle of Apache country. At the Lowe Ranch, Angie and her six-year-old son, Johnny, work the land while her husband is away.
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McLintock! (1963)
G.W. McLintock lives the single life on his ranch, but his estranged wife lives out on the East Coast. She thinks McLintock is an adulterer, and lives in an uncivilized world.
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Island in the Sky (1953)
Island in the Sky is based on one of the chapters in the 1944 novel Fate Is The Hunter which Ernest K. Gann wrote.
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The War Wagon (1967)
The War Wagon begins in the latter half of the 1800’s. Rancher Taw Jackson returns to his hometown after being in prison for three years.
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The Spoilers (1942)
The Spoilers takes place in the frontier town of Nome, Alaska in 1900. Gold Miners, Flapjack and Banty, come into the town to check in on their claim to their goldmine.
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