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Rousing western-comedy starring John Wayne as a feisty cattleman who finds his life suddenly complicated with the arrival of estranged wife Maureen O'Hara. Seeking a divorce and wanting custody of their teenage daughter, she carries on a battle with Wayne that leads to a famous drag-down muddy brawl. Yvonne DeCarlo, Stefanie Powers, Jerry Van Dyke, and Jack Kruschen star in this Movies Unlimited favorite. 124 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 5.1; documentary "The American West of John Ford" (1973); biography; trivia.
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As the Cold War heated up and the Iron Curtain fell, Wayne began to merge his personal commitment to defending America with his screen persona. And from behind the camera, Ford's vision of his country and his part in how it saw itself was shifting. With THE SEARCHERS, THE HORSE SOLDIERS, and THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE, Ford would use the iconic image he'd helped Wayne create to cast light into the shadows of the country he loved. While Ford's perspective may have grown darker, his love of America, its people and its landscape, never dimmed.
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Memorable look at duty, devotion and honor from director John Ford stars John Wayne as a middle-aged Cavalry captain who, on the eve of retirement, strives to forestall war between Indians and the army. With Joanne Dru, Ben Johnson, John Agar. 103 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, French, Portuguese, Spanish; home movies; theatrical trailer.
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It was after one of these voyages in 1938 that Ford teasingly asked Wayne to read the script of his next picture. Could Duke give him "some advice on what young actor might play the role of the Ringo Kid?"
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Ford's Stagecoach [H]ad caught the right mixture of gentleness and toughness, and even gives a glimpse of the uncertainty in the Wayne hero. The opening shot of Ringo twirling his rifle over his arm saluted his arrival as a star, but in fact Wayne was already a well- known face, albeit in B pictures.
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His friendship with Ford led them to work together on films which featured some of Wayne's most iconic roles. Beginning with three minor parts in 1928, Wayne would appear in over twenty of Ford's films in the next 35 years, including Stagecoach (1939), She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), The Quiet Man (1952), The Searchers (1956), The Wings of Eagles (1957) and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).
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