John Wayne
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
World War II rages across the Pacific and Lt. Cmdr. Duke E. Gifford (John Wayne) is in the thick of it. He evacuates children from enemy-held islands ; oversees the research and development of torpedoes at Pearl Harbor ; and prowls the depths in the submarine Thunderfish, hoping for a chance to aim his improved "tin fish"--Torpedoes - at the hulls of the enemy fleet.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2000, c1945
Language
English
Description
In the early days of World War II, the Japanese navy pressed relentlessly into the Philippines. Two American skippers are determined to prove that their small PT boats can be shaped into an effective battle fleet against the larger Japanese cruisers.
4) True grit
Series
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn helps a headstrong young girl find the man who murdered her father in Native American territory and fled with the family savings. When Rooster's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. The situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an inexperienced Texas Ranger joins the party.
5) Rio Bravo
Series
Language
English
Description
On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past-- and her eye on Chance.
6) Big Jake
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Big Jake McCandles, is a husband who hasn't seen his wife in over 18 years. But he returns home after his grandson is kidnapped by a vicious outlaw gang. While the law gives chase in rickety automobiles, Jake saddles up with an Indian scout and a box of money--even though paying a ransom isn't how Jake plans to exact good old frontier justice.
Series
Paramount Centennial Collection volume 8
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"Director [John] Ford brings us to the lawless frontier village of Shinbone, a town plagued by a larger-than-life nemesis, Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). [James] Stewart plays the bungling but charming big-city lawyer determined to rid Shinbone of Valance, and he finds that he has an unlikely ally -- in the form of a rugged local rancher (John Wayne). The two men also share the same love interest (Vera Miles). But when the final showdown becomes inevitable,...
Publisher
Platinum Disc Corp
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
Hell town: When Dare Rudd and Dinkie Hooly head for Wyoming to get some help from Dare's rancher cousin Tom Fillmore, Dare didn't think Tom's girlfriend Judy Worstall would be his reason to settle down.
Angel and the badman: Outlaw Quirt Evans is searching for the man who killed his foster father when he is injured and taken in by a kind Quaker family. Soon the hardened Evans begins to fall for their beautiful, innocent daughter. As Evans slowly...
10) Rio Lobo
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
2003, �1970
Language
English
Formats
Description
A spectacular robbery of a Union pay train by Confederate guerillas leads to the train's colonel befriending the leaders of the robbery when the war ends. Together, they seek the Union traitors responsible for a string of Confederate train robberies.
11) McLintock!
Language
English
Description
A battle of the sexes which includes comedy, action and adventure in a western setting.
12) The Alamo
Language
English
Formats
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
13) True grit
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Mattie Ross is determined to avenge her father's blood by capturing Tom Chaney, the man who shot and killed him for two pieces of gold. Just fourteen, she enlists the help of Rooster Cogburn, a one-eyed, trigger-happy U.S. Marshall with an affinity for drinking, and hardened Texas Ranger LaBoeuf to track the fleeing Chaney. Despite their differences, their ruthless determination leads them on a perilous adventure that can only have one outcome: retribution....
15) Hatari!
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
John Wayne heads a group of highly skilled professional game hunters in Africa who capture the ferocious big game with strong rope and cameras for zoos and circus attractions.
Series
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Dawn rider: John Mason returns home in time to witness his father's murder and be shot by the killers. As he is nursed back to health by a beautiful nurse, he begins to question his determination to find and catch the murderers.
Sagebrush Trail: The Duke is wrongly convicted for a killing, but he escapes from prison and heads out west to find the real killer.
His Private Secretary: Dick Wallace secretly marries a minister's grand-daughter...
Series
Publisher
Delta Entertainment
Pub. Date
1999, c1947
Language
English
Description
McClintock! (1963) : A battle of the sexes which includes comedy, action, and adventure in a western setting.
Angel and the badman ( 1947) : An outlaw trying to change his life collapses wounded on the dorrstep of a Quaker family. While they nurse him back to health, he begins to fall in love with the daughter. The gunslinger's striving to change his ways is offset by his strong desire to avenge his foster father's murder.
John Wayne on film : A...
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox
Pub. Date
©2010
Language
English
Description
The Undefeated. In this explosive and absorbing post Civil War adventure, John Wayne stars as Cavalry officer, John Henry Thomas, leading his men into new territories to begin a new life. Caught between Mexican rebels and the Emperor's forces, they find themselves fighting to forge a friendship with a former Confederate Colonel James Langdon to survive.
North to Alaska: John Wayne and Stewart Granger strike it rich in this rousing comedy-adventure...