TCM recently announced the films to be shown at its 2023 Classic Film Festival on 13-16 April 2023. They include the world premiere of a new 4K restoration of Howard Hawks’ 1959 Western classic ‘Rio Bravo’. The film remains amongst my all-time favourites and is probably the one I have watched more than any other….
Tag: John Wayne
Film Review – THE SHOOTIST (1976)
Shootist, The (1976; USA; Technicolor; 100m) ****½ d. Don Siegel; w. Miles Hood Swarthout, Scott Hale; ph. Bruce Surtees; m. Elmer Bernstein. Cast: John Wayne, Lauren Bacall, James Stewart, Ron Howard, Richard Boone, Hugh O’Brian, Harry Morgan, John Carradine, Scatman Crothers, Bill McKinney, Rick Lenz, Sheree North, Gregg Palmer, Alfred Dennis, Dick Winslow. A dying…
Film Review – ROOSTER COGBURN (1975)
Rooster Cogburn (1975; USA; Technicolor; 108m) ***½ d. Stuart Millar; w. Martha Hyer (as Martin Julien); ph. Harry Stradling Jr.; m. Laurence Rosenthal. Cast: John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Jordan, Anthony Zerbe, Strother Martin, John McIntire, Paul Koslo, Jack Colvin, Warren Vanders, Lane Smith. Marshal Rooster Cogburn unwillingly teams up with Eula Goodnight to track…
Film Review – BRANNIGAN (1975)
BRANNIGAN (1975, UK/USA, 111m, 12) *** Action, Crime, Drama dist. United Artists; pr co. Wellborn; d. Douglas Hickox; w. Christopher Trumbo, Michael Butler, William P. McGivern, William W. Norton (based on a story by Christopher Trumbo and Michael Butler); pr. Arthur Gardner, Jules V. Levy; ph. Gerry Fisher (Colour | 2.39:1); m. Dominic Frontiere; ed….
Film Review – McQ (1974)
McQ (1974; USA; Technicolor; 111m) *** d. John Sturges; w. Lawrence Roman; ph. Harry Stradling Jr.; m. Elmer Bernstein. Cast: John Wayne, Eddie Albert, Diana Muldaur, Colleen Dewhurst, Julie Adams, Clu Gulager, David Huddleston, Al Lettieri, Jim Watkins, Roger E. Mosley. A Police Lieutenant investigates the killing of his best friend and uncovers corrupt elements….
Film Review – CAHILL: UNITED STATES MARSHAL (1973)
Cahill: United States Marshal (1973; USA; Technicolor; 103m) *** d. Andrew V. McLaglen; w. Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink; ph. Joseph F. Biroc; m. Elmer Bernstein. Cast: John Wayne, Gary Grimes, George Kennedy, Neville Brand, Marie Windsor, Denver Pyle, Jackie Coogan, Harry Carey Jr., Pepper Martin, Paul Fix, Clay O’Brien, Morgan Paull, Royal Dano,…
Film Review – THE TRAIN ROBBERS (1973)
Train Robbers, The (1973; USA; Technicolor; 92m) **½ d. Burt Kennedy; w. Burt Kennedy; ph. William H. Clothier; m. Dominic Frontiere. Cast: John Wayne, Ann-Margret, Rod Taylor, Ben Johnson, Christopher George, Bobby Vinton, Jerry Gatlin, Ricardo Montalban. A gunhand is hired by a widow to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may…
Film Review – BIG JAKE (1971)
Big Jake (1971; USA; Technicolor; 110m) *** d. George Sherman; w. Harry Julian Fink, Rita M. Fink; ph. William H. Clothier; m. Elmer Bernstein. Cast: John Wayne, Richard Boone, Patrick Wayne, Christopher Mitchum, Bruce Cabot, Bobby Vinton, Glenn Corbett, John Doucette, Maureen O’Hara, Jim Davis, John Agar, Harry Carey Jr. In 1909, when John Fain’s…
Film Review – RIO LOBO (1970)
Rio Lobo (1970; USA; Technicolor; 114m) *** d. Howard Hawks; w. Burton Wohl, Leigh Brackett; ph. William H. Clothier; m. Jerry Goldsmith. Cast: John Wayne, Jack Elam, Jennifer O’Neill, Jorge Rivero, Christopher Mitchum, Victor French, Sherry Lansing, Susana Dosamantes, Mike Henry, David Huddleston, Bill Williams, Edward Faulkner. After the Civil War, Wayne searches for the…
Film Review – CHISUM (1970)
Chisum (1970; USA; Technicolor; 111m) ***½ d. Andrew V. McLaglen; w. Andrew J. Fenady; ph. William H. Clothier; m. Dominic Frontiere. Cast: John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George, Ben Johnson, Glenn Corbett, Bruce Cabot, Andrew Prine, Patric Knowles, Richard Jaeckel, John Agar, Lynda Day George, Pamela McMyler, Lloyd Battista, Robert Donner, Geoffrey Deuel. Cattle baron…