Best Movies With John Wayne as Lead Actor
Here is our list of movies starring John Wayne that we are sure you will enjoy.
John Wayne Mini Bios
Born: May 26, 1907
John Wayne was born Marion Robert Morrison in Iowa, to Mary Alberta (Brown) and Clyde Leonard Morrison, a pharmacist. His ancestry was English, Ulster-Scots, and Irish.
Clyde developed a lung condition that required him to move his family from Iowa to the warmer climate of southern California, where they tried ranching in the Mojave Desert. A ranch failed, so Marion and his younger brother Robert E. Morrison swam in irrigation ditches.
John Wayne Best Movies List
The Shootist
Year: 1976
Director: Don Siegel
As a dying gunfighter nears the end of his life, he is looking for the best way to die with dignity and the least amount of pain.
Rooster Cogburn
Year: 1975
Director: Stuart Millar
It is with reluctance that Marshal Rooster Cogburn team up with Eula Goodnight to hunt down the killers of her father.
Brannigan
Year: 1975
Director: Douglas Hickox
In the U.K., Chicago Police Lieutenant Jim Brannigan is assigned the task of escorting organized crime boss Ben Larkin back to the U.S. However, Larkin’s hitmen prepare an ambush for him.
McQ
Year: 1974
Director: John Sturges
Police officer is caught up in a corrupt police force that he is trying to reform. McQ is a cop on a mission.
Cahill U.S. Marshal
Year: 1973
Director: Andrew V. McLaglen
It is a difficult task for a tough Marshal when his two sons join a gang and rob a bank.
The Best Movies Starring John Wayne
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