John Wayne's 70s movies
Posted: March 6th, 2008, 1:49 pm
maybe Duke's films of this era are dismissed, but that's unfortunate, because some of them are really good.
Rio Lobo certainly isn't Rio Bravo, nor El Derado, but it's still an entertaining Hawks/Wayne western
The Train Robbers. never having seen it i can't judge, but it does have Anne Margaret and Miss. Gs favourite Rod Taylor
Big Jake is possibly Duke's best film as a director as he had sack George Sherman during filming. it's action packed, but the ending is a little weird, because Duke seems unconcerned about the death of his Indian pal Bruce Cabot as he and his two sons rescue his grandson from Richard Boone and his gang
Cahill United States Marshal is similiar in plot to Big Jake, but it may be the better movie. at least this time he was concerned about the death of his Indian buddy Neville Brand. it was also interesting to see Marie Windsor as a potential bride, instead of the nasty ex wife of Duke in Trouble Along The Way
Mqu sees Duke play a tough no-nonsense cop in Harry Gallagan mould. Colleen Dehurst impresses as middle-aged, but still attractive barmaid
Branigan also sees him as tough no-nonsense cop, but this time he's working along side Scotland Yard in what's his only British movie. worth a look to catch Richard Attenbourgh, Judy Geeson (as Jill Thatcher. was that a warning of the Thatcher yrs to come LOL) and John Stride
Rooster Cogburn, a sequal to True Grit and in effect a remake of The African Queen with Kate Hepburn
The Shootist was Duke's best film of the decade, as a gunfighter dying of cancer. though there was no way of knowing at the time it was also the last great film James Stewart and the still beautiful Lauren Bacall were involved with.
Rio Lobo certainly isn't Rio Bravo, nor El Derado, but it's still an entertaining Hawks/Wayne western
The Train Robbers. never having seen it i can't judge, but it does have Anne Margaret and Miss. Gs favourite Rod Taylor
Big Jake is possibly Duke's best film as a director as he had sack George Sherman during filming. it's action packed, but the ending is a little weird, because Duke seems unconcerned about the death of his Indian pal Bruce Cabot as he and his two sons rescue his grandson from Richard Boone and his gang
Cahill United States Marshal is similiar in plot to Big Jake, but it may be the better movie. at least this time he was concerned about the death of his Indian buddy Neville Brand. it was also interesting to see Marie Windsor as a potential bride, instead of the nasty ex wife of Duke in Trouble Along The Way
Mqu sees Duke play a tough no-nonsense cop in Harry Gallagan mould. Colleen Dehurst impresses as middle-aged, but still attractive barmaid
Branigan also sees him as tough no-nonsense cop, but this time he's working along side Scotland Yard in what's his only British movie. worth a look to catch Richard Attenbourgh, Judy Geeson (as Jill Thatcher. was that a warning of the Thatcher yrs to come LOL) and John Stride
Rooster Cogburn, a sequal to True Grit and in effect a remake of The African Queen with Kate Hepburn
The Shootist was Duke's best film of the decade, as a gunfighter dying of cancer. though there was no way of knowing at the time it was also the last great film James Stewart and the still beautiful Lauren Bacall were involved with.