In Which Year Played The Duke His Best Roles

[JWfan]

hi all,
I think John Wayne playes his best roles in the 60's
In those 10 years he makes some of his best westerns like:
North to Alaska
The Alamo
The comancheros
The man who shot liberty valance
MC Lintock
The sons of katie Elder
The War Wagon
El Dorado
True Grit and The Undefeated
I hope I dont have forgotton an Western, otherwhile I am an bad John Wayne fan.

pleace vote this poll and an reply why those years are the best of him.

cya JWfan

[lovesjohnwayne]

Hi all - my favorite films are in the 60's and 70's. I love Big Jake, The Cowboys is hard for me to watch (for the longest time I disliked Bruce Dern emensley and I always tear up when watching the part where John stands up to Long Hair and dies for his bravery - My husband just shakes his head - he supports my love for John Wayne and will watch my favorites with me) Cahill U.S. Marshall, The Shootist - so sad. Thats another hard film for me to watch. I just received quite a few movies on DVD which I like the best. :)

[stacy]

Most defintly the 60's and 70's! John Wayne made some of the best films of his life in those years!
Stacy

[Hondo Duke Lane]

Well, I picked the '60's, but some of his best movies were in the '50's. But I must add, that a lot of his bad films were also in the '50's which balances out, and have me picking the '60's. In the '50's the great ones are The Quiet Man, The Searchers, Rio Bravo, Rio Grande, Operation Pacific, Trouble Alone The Way(I really liked that movie, it's great), Hondo (my name sake), The High And The Mighty.

The Bad ones, The Barbarian and the Geisha, The Conqueror, Jet Pilot, Legend of the Lost, Blood Alley, Big Jim McLain.

Others in that decade are The Horse Soldiers, I Married a Woman, The Sea Chase, Island in the Sky, Flying Leathernecks, The Wings of Eagles.

Note that I haven't seen I Married a Woman, or Island in the Sky, so I have no opinion on those two, and the others listed are alright. (This is my opinion on the choices, and not the opinion of a majority)

Hondo B)

[Robbie]

I would have to say the late 40's, 50's, 60's and 70's the reason is because he was a dominant figure through all this time.

B)

[dukefan1]

I agree that Duke made most of his enjoyable movies in the 6o's but for his best rolls, the 50's rule. Ethan Edwards was a roll he played to the hilt. Hondo, York, Sean Thorton and John T. Chance were very memorable. I also agree he made some turkeys in this decade, but the others rule them out. Just my take on it. dukefan1

[Araner]

Hondo Duke Lane, I Married A Woman is a cameo movie for JW. I have it on tape, Duke has two scenes in it. One is a movie screen and the other is an appearance on a cruise ship as himself with a ficticious wife. The main character's wife wants her husband to be as romantic a JW, hence the cameo.

I think JW's best movies came from 1947-1957. It involves a 2-decade 10 year period.

Some of the greats include:
Angel and the Badman
Fort Apache
Red River
3 Godfathers
Wake of the Red Witch
Sands of Iwo Jima
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Rio Grande
Operation Pacific
The Quiet Man
Hondo
The High and The Mighty
The Seachers

Araner

[AEC23]

My favorite time period for the Duke's movies would have to be from '46 until '59. Really all of the movies that I watch over and over are from this period. It starts with Without Reservations, which is overlooked by many, but one of my favorites. It really showed the Duke's comic abilities. Then it includes all of his classics like Angel and the Badman, Red River, Three Godfathers, Yellow Ribbon, Fort Apache, Rio Grande, Searchers, Rio Bravo. There are too many during this time to name. He had so many strong characters and roles that it's hard to pick just one decade.

[BrianB]

As for the pole I picked the 60's. I would say the 60 or the 70's, but I cannot leave out the rest of his movies.
They are all great.

Brian
Tulalip Wa

[Monique]

I would have to say the 40's,50's, 60's, and the 70's. I truefully cannot pick just one decade.

Monique ;)

[Northerner]

I picked the fifties for the same reasons that Hondo listed. However Hondo, I don't agree with your list of bad ones. Especially Legend of the Lost. Why doesn't anyone like that movie? Duke was terrific in it and SOPHIA LOREN was tremendous as always. I mean, she was/is one of the greatest actresses of all time. Well maybe not, but she sure keeps ya glued to the screen.

Northerner :D

[Chell]

The 1960's

[William T Brooks]

I think the late 40s, the 50s and the 60s but his best was the mid 70s with "The Shootist"! Chilibill

[JOHNWAYNEABE]

Of course when he was young he was inexperienced and you could tell. Could any of you do your job the BEST in the begining? As far as I am concerned he was and always will be the best in anything he did. I enjoy for instance Paradise Canyon, Randy Rides alone and The Hurricane Express just as much as McLintock, Donovans Reef, and Rooster Cogburn (I happen to be watching Rooster Cogburn as I am typing. I suggest tivo you can record all his movies in high quality format and watch them whenever you please) I cant get enough of his TV shows, articles, movies and books. In Lucille Balls immortal words JOHN WAYNE GGAAAAAAAAAA!!
;)

[The Ringo Kid]

It was hard to choose because I like many of his films from all the decades listed. I chose the 40's though. TRK.