John Wayne
Publisher
Republic Entertainment
Pub. Date
[1998]
Language
English
Description
John Wayne, a tough Marine sergeant, takes recruits and makes them Marines. He does it with discipline and authority ... and with his fists when he has to. The men begin to understand when they see him in action and he earns their respect.
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
El Dorado: Set in post-Civil War Texas, this film is about an alcoholic sheriff who fights greedy cattlemen and empire builders as he tries almost single-handedly to tame the West.
Hatari: Big game hunters in Africa use ropes and cameras to to capture animals for zoos and circuses. Hatari means danger in Swahili.
5) Hondo
Series
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Hondo Lane is a despatch rider for the cavalry who encounters Angie Lowe, a woman living alone with her young son in the midst of hostile Apache territory. She presumes she is safe because the Apaches, under their chief Vittorio, have always left them alone. Later Hondo has a run-in with Angie's good-for-nothing husband and is forced to kill him. Vittorio captures Hondo and to save his life, Angie tells the Apache chief that he is her husband. In...
6) Rio Lobo
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Description
A spectacular robbery of a Union pay train by Confederate guerillas leads to the train's colonel befriending the leaders of the robbery when the war ends. Together, they seek the Union traitors responsible for a string of Confederate train robberies.
Publisher
Madacy Home Video
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
Angel and the badman: After being wounded during a bank robbery, Quirt Evans falls in love with the beautiful daughter of the Quaker family who takes him in.
Abilene town: Based on the Ernest Haycox novel Trail town, deals with tension between homesteaders and cattle ranchers in post-Civil War Abilene, Kansas.
Under California stars: While Roy Rogers is about to perform a radio broadcast celebrating a decade in the movies, rogue horse traders kidnap...
10) McLintock!
Series
Language
English
Description
In this westernized version of The taming of the shrew, John Wayne stars as cattle baron George McLintock and Maureen O'Hara assumes the role of his estranged wife. In an effort to get on with his life, McLintock saves a beautiful but impoverished widow from resettlement and hires her as his cook, welcoming both her and her two children into his home. Sparks begin to fly and McLintock's simple and serene lifestyle comes to halt as an unexpected turn...
11) The shootist
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
2001.
Language
English
Description
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
12) Rio Bravo
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the small Texas town of Rio Bravo, law and order is maintained by three unlikely enforcers: hard-boiled sheriff Chance; former quick draw artist Dude, now gone drunk and disheveled; and the crippled, wisecracking Stumpy, who patrols the jail with a shotgun. The arrest and incarceration of Joe Burdette for murder has set these three at odds with his brother, corrupt and wealthy landowner Nathan Burdette. Nathan assembles a force of hired guns to...
Series
Publisher
R2 Entertainment
Language
English
Description
Bob Hope owned the crown as King of Comedy on stage, radio, the silver screen and television. In fact, no performer made a more successful and seamless transition into the world of television than Bob Hope. For 50 years, his hilarious TV specials became the showcase for the stars of the day and defined the variety show for a generation of loyal fans. Captures Bob's favorite TV moments, rare vintage clips, outtakes, movie shorts, Christmas specials,...
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
If you're going to travel out to the Wild West you can find no greater companion than the Duke himself, John Wayne. See why he's been called the greatest cowboy star of all time in these classic shoot 'em up adventures, "The Man From Utah" (1934), "Hell Town" (1938), "The Desert Trail" (1935) and "Angel and the Badman" (1947). Fun Trivia: John's given name was Marion. Duke was the name of his beloved dog.
17) Red River
Series
Criterion collection volume 709
Publisher
Criterion Collection Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
A cattle baron and his adopted son head the first drive over the Chisolm Trail when they cannot find a local market for their herd.
