Search results for "John Wayne"

Trouble Along the Way (1953)

Trouble Along the Way (1953)

Trouble Along the Way (1953)
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110

Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
Big Jim McLain (1952)

Big Jim McLain (1952)

Big Jim McLain (1952)
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90

House Un-American Activities Committee investigators Jim McLain and Mal Baxter come to post war Hawaii to track Communist Party activities even though belonging to the party was legal at the…

The Quiet Man (1952)

The Quiet Man (1952)

The Quiet Man (1952)
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129

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Operation Pacific (1951)

Operation Pacific (1951)

Operation Pacific (1951)
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111

During WWII, Duke E. Gifford is second in command of the USS Thunderfish, a submarine which is firing off torpedoes that either explode too early or never explode at all….

Genre: Action, Drama, War
Rio Grande (1950)

Rio Grande (1950)

Rio Grande (1950)
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105

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops…

Genre: Western
Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)

Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)

Sands of Iwo Jima (1950)
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100

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they…

Genre: Drama, War
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)

She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
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104

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his…

Genre: Western
The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)
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100

John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette’s exiles plan…

Genre: Romance, Western
3 Godfathers (1948)

3 Godfathers (1948)

3 Godfathers (1948)
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106

Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own…

Genre: Western
Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

Wake of the Red Witch (1948)

Wake of the Red Witch (1948)
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106

Captain Ralls fights Dutch shipping magnate Mayrant Sidneye for the woman he loves, Angelique Desaix, and for a fortune in gold aboard the Red Witch.

Red River (1948)

Red River (1948)

Red River (1948)
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133

Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes…

Genre: Western
Fort Apache (1948)

Fort Apache (1948)

Fort Apache (1948)
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128

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form…

Genre: Western
Tycoon (1947)

Tycoon (1947)

Tycoon (1947)
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128

Engineer Johnny Munroe is enlisted to build a railroad tunnel through a mountain to reach mines. His task is complicated, and his ethics are compromised, when he falls in love…

Genre: Action, Drama, Romance
Angel and the Badman (1947)

Angel and the Badman (1947)

Angel and the Badman (1947)
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100

Notorious shootist and womanizer Quirt Evans’ horse collapses as he passes a Quaker family’s home. Quirt has been wounded, and the kindly family takes him in to nurse him back…

Without Reservations (1946)

Without Reservations (1946)

Without Reservations (1946)
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107

Kit Madden is traveling to Hollywood, where her best-selling novel is to be filmed. Aboard the train, she encounters Marines Rusty and Dink, who don’t know she is the author…

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Dakota (1945)

Dakota (1945)

Dakota (1945)
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82

In 1871, professional gambler John Devlin elopes with Sandra “Sandy” Poli, daughter of Marko Poli, an immigrant who has risen to railroad tycoon. Sandy, knowing that the railroad is to…

Genre: Western
They Were Expendable (1945)

They Were Expendable (1945)

They Were Expendable (1945)
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135

After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. “Rusty” Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan…

Genre: Drama, War
Back to Bataan (1945)

Back to Bataan (1945)

Back to Bataan (1945)
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95

An Army colonel leads a guerrilla campaign against the Japanese in the Philippines.

Genre: Drama, War
Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)

Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)

Flame of Barbary Coast (1945)
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91

Duke Fergus falls for Ann ‘Flaxen’ Tarry in the Barbary Coast in turn-of-the-century San Francisco. He loses money to crooked gambler Boss Tito Morell, goes home, learns to gamble, and…

Genre: Romance, Western
Tall in the Saddle (1944)

Tall in the Saddle (1944)

Tall in the Saddle (1944)
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87

When Rocklin arrives in a western town he finds that the rancher who hired him as a foreman has been murdered. He is out to solve the murder and thwart…

Genre: Western
The Fighting Seabees (1944)

The Fighting Seabees (1944)

The Fighting Seabees (1944)
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100

Construction workers in World War II in the Pacific are needed to build military sites, but the work is dangerous and they doubt the ability of the Navy to protect…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
In Old Oklahoma (1943)

In Old Oklahoma (1943)

In Old Oklahoma (1943)
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102

Cowboy Dan Somers and oilman Jim “Hunk” Gardner compete for oil lease rights on Indian land in Oklahoma, as well as for the favors of schoolteacher Cathy Allen.

Genre: Western
A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)

A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)

A Lady Takes a Chance (1943)
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86

A city girl on a bus tour of the West encounters a handsome rodeo cowboy who helps her forget her city suitors.

Genre: Comedy, Romance
Pittsburgh (1942)

Pittsburgh (1942)

Pittsburgh (1942)
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91

Charles ‘Pittsburgh’ Markham rides roughshod over his friends, his lovers, and his ideals in his trek toward financial success in the Pittsburgh steel industry, only to find himself deserted and…

Genre: Drama
Flying Tigers (1942)

Flying Tigers (1942)

Flying Tigers (1942)
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102

Jim Gordon commands a unit of the famed Flying Tigers, the American Volunteer Group which fought the Japanese in China before America’s entry into World War II. Gordon must send…

Genre: Action, Drama, War
The Spoilers (1942)

The Spoilers (1942)

The Spoilers (1942)
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87

When honest ship captain Roy Glennister gets swindled out of his mine claim, he turns to saloon singer Cherry Malotte for assistance in his battle with no-good town kingpin Alexander…

Genre: Drama, Western
In Old California (1942)

In Old California (1942)

In Old California (1942)
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91

Boston pharmacist Tom Craig comes to Sacramento, where he runs afoul of local political boss Britt Dawson, who exacts protection payment from the citizenry. Dawson frames Craig with poisoned medicine,…

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)

Reap the Wild Wind (1942)
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119

The Florida Keys in 1840, where the implacable hurricanes of the Caribbean scream, where the salvagers of Key West, like the intrepid and beautiful Loxi Claiborne and her crew, reap,…

Lady for a Night (1942)

Lady for a Night (1942)

Lady for a Night (1942)
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88

Gambling boat operator Jenny Blake throws over her gambler beau Jack Morgan in order to marry into high society.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)

The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)

The Shepherd of the Hills (1941)
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98

Young Matt Matthews, an Ozark Mountains moonshiner, hates the father he has never seen, who apparently deserted Matt’s mother and left her to die. His obsession contributes to the hatred…

Genre: Drama, Western
Lady from Louisiana (1941)

Lady from Louisiana (1941)

Lady from Louisiana (1941)
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82

Northern lawyer John Reynolds travels to New Orleans to try and clean up the local crime syndicate based around a lottery. Although he meets Julie Mirbeau and they are attracted…

Genre: Drama
A Man Betrayed (1941)

A Man Betrayed (1941)

A Man Betrayed (1941)
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82

Bucolic lawyer John Wayne takes on big-city corruption in A Man Betrayed. He sets out to prove that an above-suspicion politician (Edward Ellis) is actually a crook. The price of…

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

The Long Voyage Home (1940)

The Long Voyage Home (1940)
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105

The crew of the merchant ship Glencairn hope to survive a transatlantic crossing during World War II. Adapted from four Eugene O’Neill one-act plays.

Genre: Drama, War
Seven Sinners (1940)

Seven Sinners (1940)

Seven Sinners (1940)
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87

Banished from various U.S. protectorates in the Pacific, a saloon entertainer uses her femme-fatale charms to woo politicians, navy personnel, gangsters, riff-raff, judges and a ship’s doctor in order to…

Three Faces West (1940)

Three Faces West (1940)

Three Faces West (1940)
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79

Viennese surgeon Dr. Braun and his daughter Leni come to a small town in North Dakota as refugees from Hitler. When the winds of the Dust Bowl threaten the town,…

Dark Command (1940)

Dark Command (1940)

Dark Command (1940)
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94

When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air…

Allegheny Uprising (1939)

Allegheny Uprising (1939)

Allegheny Uprising (1939)
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81

South western Pennsylvania area of colonial America, 1760s. Colonial distaste and disapproval of the British government is starting to surface. Many local colonists have been killed by American Indians who…

New Frontier (1939)

New Frontier (1939)

New Frontier (1939)
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57

The Three Mesquiteers convince a group of settlers to exchange their present property for some which, unbeknownst to our goodguys, is going to be worthless. They are captured before they…

Genre: Western
Wyoming Outlaw (1939)

Wyoming Outlaw (1939)

Wyoming Outlaw (1939)
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56

Will Parker has been destroyed by a local politician and now must steal to feed his family. He steals a steer from the Three Mesquiteers.

Genre: Western
The Night Riders (1939)

The Night Riders (1939)

The Night Riders (1939)
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56

Talbot uses a phony land grant to rule thirteen million acres, taxing everyone heavily and evicting those who won’t pay. The Three Mesquiteers becomes mysterious “night riders” to fight this…

Genre: History, Western