John Wayne
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Description
A veteran journalist presents more than 1,100 quotes from the iconic American man of action’s 172-film career that are at once inspirational, humorous, touching and revealing.
Mark Orwoll's John Wayne Speaks is an amazing compilation of John Wayne's statements and sentiments off and on screen, organized and explained in context by one of the world's leading Wayneologists
6) True grit
Formats
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Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshal with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....
Series
Description
An ex-Confederate soldier searches for his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family.
A Civil War veteran spends five years on the trail of a Comanche raiding party that kidnapped his dead brother's daughters. Breathtaking scenery gives a picture of frontier families separated by miles of emptiness.
Description
Three Civil War veterans team up with a train robber's widow to recover the loot from her husband's last job--a cool half-million in gold which is hidden somewhere south of the Mexican border. For backup they've got two nervous young gunslingers and a balky mule packing enough dynamite to blow up the Alamo.
11) The Undefeated
16) In harm's way
Series
Pub. Date
2001, c1965
Description
The film takes place as the U.S. involvement in World War II begins; it recounts the lives of several U.S. naval officers based in Hawaii and their wives or lovers. The title of the film comes from a quote from an American Revolutionary naval commander:
I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm's way.
— John Paul Jones
The film presents a relatively unromantic and realistic picture of the American...
Pub. Date
2004
Description
The trail beyond: Rod Drew is on the hunt for an old family friend's long-lost miner brother and his niece. Drew takes a train to northwestern Canada where he runs into an old buddy, Wabi, on the run after being framed for murder. The pair, hiding from the law, stumbles onto a map leading to the missing Ball family's cabin and a fortune in gold. -- "Riders of destiny: Villain James Kincaid is forcing farmers off their land by charging outrageous prices...