John Wayne Liked Ron Howard Due to This Moment on ‘The Shootist’ Set
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‘The Shootist’: John Wayne’s Final Movie Title Came From a Real Fearful Gunfighter’s Quip
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‘The Shootist’: John Wayne Demanded Reshoots Because He Refused to Ever Shoot a Man in the Back
Advertisement Actor John Wayne gave one of the best performances of his career in The Shootist. However, he didn’t initially agree with the …
John Wayne Western Films: His Top 5 Movie Guns
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This John Wayne Western Rom-Com Was Based on a Shakespeare Play
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John Wayne: How One Stunt Nearly Killed the Duke
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John Wayne Hated to Watch Himself in Movies Until He Mastered His Iconic Walk
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Clint Eastwood vs John Wayne: the fight over High Plains Drifter
Advertisement The veteran gunslinger took aim at Eastwood’s hyper-violent, nihilistic High Plains Drifter. But who would shoot first? “You want …
‘Don’t put cowboys on the couch’: why John Wayne reckoned Clint Eastwood ruined the Western
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John Wayne Was Far From Confident Going Into True Grit
Advertisement John Wayne was in perhaps the biggest creative rut of his career in 1969. He’d just made the worst …