Near the end of John Wayne's career, the actor was struggling to find roles, so he ended up appearing in a few commercials ...

Being the outspoken sort, John Wayne couldn't help but comment on what he considered perhaps the worst Western he'd ever ...

John Wayne survived Stalin's assassination order on his life by terrifying the KGB hitmen sent to take him out.

Chisum was John Wayne's first movie of the 1970s, the Western legend's final decade. Having had a cancerous lung removed a few years earlier, Duke had to rely on an oxygen mask and hide his ...

While Wayne traveled to Southeast Asia, anti-war protests, draft-card burnings and marches decrying American troops’ involvement became more prevalent.

As a result, Wayne's sudden rise to fame quickly plummeted. Any hopes that the Duke had of becoming a sure-fire movie star after such a big production — which John Ford was rumored to have ...

Film critic Roger Ebert was not predisposed to love all John Wayne movies. He only started reviewing films in the mid-60s, long after the Duke became a star. He was also a champion of a brand new ...

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A senator returns to a Western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins. A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a ...