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One of John Ford's most cherished projects THE QUIET MAN took years to finance but became one of his greatest box-office successes and an enduringly beloved classic. John Wayne stars as Sean Thornton a retired American boxing champion trying to put tragedy behind him by returning to Innisfree the bucolic Irish village of his birth. He purchases his birthplace from its current owner enraging the wealthy and bellicose Red Will Danaher Victor McLaglen who had designs on the property. On arriving at his cottage Thornton finds it being swept out by Mary Kate Danaher Maureen O'Hara a redheaded vision from whom he steals a not completely unwelcome kiss. After engaging in a subterfuge involving a horse race some of the locals manage to get the disgruntled Red Will to allow his sister to be courted by the American. But the courtship ritual of the village is only the first of many local practices that the bewildered Thornton must endure if he is to have Mary Kate. Wayne gives a surprisingly nuanced performance as the f

In this action-packed Western three wandering sons return home to attend the funeral of their mother Katie Elder who's been murdered. The brothers then set their sights on the man responsible for her death as well as for the death of their father who was killed six months earlier. They receive help from a fourth brother who has remained at home. However getting revenge won't be easy because the culprit who has also gained possession of the family's ranch will do anything to stop them--including hiring an assassin to kill the oldest brother John. This classic late-era John Wayne Western features a musical score that bears a suspicious resemblance to the MAGNIFICENT SEVEN theme. Both were written by Elmer Bernstein. Also starring in Henry Hathaway's excellent cast are Dean Martin Earl Holliman James Gregory George Kennedy and Dennis Hopper.

Anthony Mann's edgy psychological western features a powerful performance by Jimmy Stewart as a man obsessed. In the old west cowboy Lin McAdam wins a valuable Winchester 1873 repeating rifle in a shooting contest--which his brother instantly steals. This leads to a rousing series of adventures for McAdam as he attempts to track down the weapon which passes through the hands of a number of dangerous people. Meanwhile Lin also must deal with the cold-blooded murder of his father. Seeking vengeance the cowboy sets out to find the killer. And when he does the two men match skills in a violent deadly showdown.

A wealthy rancher Frank Carter Ralph Bellamy hires four tough gunslingers to rescue his wife Claudia Cardinale who is being held captive by Captain Rasa Jack Palance one of Pancho Villa's most desperate revolutionaries in this dynamic and hard-hitting Western set against the backdrop of the Mexican Revolution of 1917. The wild West commando team consists of a dynamite expert Burt Lancaster an ex-revolutionary and munitions expert Lee Marvin a horse specialist Robert Ryan and a tracker Woody Strode. On their mission to return Carter's highly prized wife they track the Mexican revolutionaries through rough and rugged desert terrain determined to outsmart outshoot and outride anyone they come across--until they meet the the charismatic Rasa and discover that Carter's seductive wife is in love with the Mexican outlaw and has no intention of returning with the band of "professionals." Based on the novel A MULE FOR THE MARQUESA by Frank O'Rourke this beautifully rendered Western features a star-studded cast deliver

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Genre: Westerns
Rating: NR
Release Date: 7-MAY-2002
Media Type: DVD

The hilarious DONOVAN'S REEF one of John Ford's rare but memorable forays into comedy is set on the South Sea island of Haleakoloha where two navy buddies have decided to stay after World War II. Michael "Guns" Donovan John Wayne and Aloysius "Boats" Gilhooley Lee Marvin who like to celebrate their mutual birthday every year by trying to beat the hell out of each other are enacting the ritual in Guns's bar Donovan's Reef. Dr. William Dedham Jack Warden scion of a wealthy family and another societal dropout breaks up the fight after an appropriate amount of damage has been done. He soon learns that his very proper daughter Amelia Elizabeth Allen is about to arrive from Boston unaware that he's had three children by a Polynesian princess. Dedham persuades Guns to pretend to be the father of his kids during the visit in order to be spared Amelia's wrath. While Dedham's daughter is initially put off by the juvenile antics of Donovan's crew the tavern owner's feelings toward her are far more positive. After she be

The Duke directs with the uncredited help of his friend and mentor John Ford this flag-waving spectacular about the courageous struggle by 182 American heroes to defend a small Catholic mission to the death and eventually win Texas with the help of Jim Bowie Davy Crockett and Sam Houston. The restored widescreen edition of Wayne's epic is at the original length and includes the theatrical trailer. Academy Award Nominations: 7 including Best Picture Best Song "Green Leaves of Summer". Academy Awards: Best Sound.

Frank Pierce Bruce Cabot is a ruthless man bent on manipulating the cattle business towards his own wealth and prosperity. When Taw Jackson John Wayne an honest rancher interferes with his plans Pierce imprisons him and confiscates his gold-filled land. Escaping the prison Taw plans a raid on Pierce's heavily guarded pay roll carriage but not if Pierce has anything to say about it. After assembling a group of misfits and hired guns Taw runs into serious opposition when he encounters the madcap gunslinger Lomax Kirk Douglas. Sent by Pierce to stop the raid Lomax winds up taking a liking to Taw and they decide to join forces and stage a raid on Pierce's WAR WAGON. Famous for its fighting scenes between John Wayne and Kirk Douglas WAR WAGON is quintessential of its genre. WAR WAGONS features astonishing stunts and pyrotechnics. Advanced for its time it was released in 1969 one would think Kennedy produced it in the mid '70s. The climactic end scene which pits Douglas and Wayne against a Gatling gun has spawned s

Told against the sweeping panoramas of the Sahara desert, this star-studded epic features an exoticmix of action, suspense and romance. Famed for its 'stunning (The Hollywood Reporter) location cinematography, Legend of the Lost delivers a caravan of excitementwith the indomitable John Wayne leading the way. Wayne is Joe January, a hard-drinking, hard-living guide. When Paul Bonnard (Rossano Brazzi) hires him to find his father and a legendary lost treasure, the two set out into the isolated wasteland of the North African desert. Joining them is Dita (Sophia Loren), a prostitute desperate to find a new life who comes between both men as they battle for survival and theirsouls.

Legendary king of westerns John Wayne lights up the screen in the following cinema classics. SEVEN SINNERS: A sultry singer tries to make a handsome Navy lieutenant forget all about his responsibilities and add him to her collection of men. THE SHEPHERD OF THE HILLS: When a stranger comes to an isolated mountain village and tempers the rough rage of its inhabitants one of the mountaineers "the Duke" that is is still suspicious of this mysterious interloper--and not incidentally still bitter over being deserted as an infant by his father. PITTSBURGH: Wayne and Scott are coal miners when Dietrich returns to her old neighborhood to help them start their own business. Though she is later spurned by Wayne for a lady of high social standing the three remain friends and business partners in a young and prosperous America. THE CONQUEROR: This lavish costume drama which emphasizes the spectacular and the epic is loosely based on the life of the Mongol conqueror Genghis Khan. Acts of revenge and clan battles were pract