John Wayne: Five Great Entrances

[@63002]

I agree with people who say The Searchers is the best but thats like picking what child is your favorite. He should have definitely won an Oscar for his stunning performance.

[@nycdweller]

“The Searchers” is the best western/movie ever made!

[@crazyelf8433]

"The Searchers" is, in my opinion, Mr. Wayne's greatest movie! He was, to all accounts, the essence of the "anti-hero" in this saga! There will never be another actor of his stature again!

[@prestonnull4009]

Yes totally agree.

[@viewingut]

Ditto!

[@sdone7672]

Crazy elf couldn't agree more, should of won him an Oscar.

[@christianemden7637]

@@sdone7672 it would have been more deserving than the performance in true grit. I think his three best performances are Red river, the searchers and the shootist. But my favorite will always be ElDorado.

[@Hard_Boiled_Entertainment]

My two favorite John Wayne films would have to be Rio Bravo and Red River. Rio Bravo was a great response to High Noon--essentially Howard Hawks and John Wayne set out to make "High Noon as it should have been"--and as Quentin Tarantino's noted, it's a great "hangout" film, focusing on the growing friendship of the heros and heroine. Red River, like Searchers, has Wayne as an antihero--arguably an anti-villain, descending into madness over his obsessions over success.

[@mistyhammond753]

Love every thing I've seen him in, that's my man!! Always a badass, always on the good side.

[@DavidDean-k9k]

Nobody ever set a horse like John Wayne

[@Myrdden71]

Big Jake's entrance has always been my favorite. That whole scene with the sheep-herder and the guys wanting to hang him just sets up Jake's character so perfectly.

[@jerryjeromehawkins1712]

One of my top five movies of all time. 👍🏽🇺🇸

[@OntarioBearHunter]

yup my favourite too.. " ahhh.. what'd he have to go and do that for..."

[@tjflash60]

Big Jake is one of the best of all time!

[@ThePatriotPoet23]

Now you went and made me Mad

[@tombearclaw]

Dog

[@johntabler349]

Westerns are divided into two categories John Wayne and other

[@Domtooboss]

The two categories are John Wayne and Clint Eastwood

[@ethanwood9124]

Michael Myers Clint Eastwood>>>>>>John Wayne

[@ethanwood9124]

Zy 35 no way

[@ethanwood9124]

Zy 35 no I didn’t I just disagreed with this comment

[@williamdowden4494]

john tabler that’s how my collection is organized.

[@barbaras6792]

John Wayne was ‘The Duke’. What a star he was. He was simply the best. Rather watch him than anybody. Remember the award he received - ‘John Wayne - American’ ? Love and John Wayne memories to all, from England 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@orangeblue789]

Big Jake.. I love when he comes into town and meets his oldest son after a long time.

[@james5460]

The whole opening the door on the Old West and then closing it in The Searchers is just brilliant.

[@me5768]

I loved all of these movies. This is where I got my addiction to revolvers.

[@robertabrown2152]

It is a true testament to Mr. Wayne, that 44 years after his death we are still debating which was the best movie he made and which one we like the best. Personally, I always loved Donovan's Reef, probably not his best movie, but I have always loved it.

[@freddillard6775]

The Searchers is by far, one my favorite movies. I believe it should of been given an Oscar.

[@alverstone14586]

When I was in college I took a film study course. My professor, at the time, said that the class would meet many great actors in this course but "only one had it all. And that was John Wayne".

[@greatmcluhansghost7134]

sounds like a fun class. what school was it?

[@smg85051]

The closing scene of The Searchers, when John Wayne reaches across his chest and grasps his other arm, he is paying tribute to fellow actor and friend, Harry Carey Sr.; it was his signature move. His son, Harry Jr. was also in The Searchers

[@sheryl146]

Perfect choices. I loved each and every one! John Wayne sat higher in the saddle than any man I ever saw.

[@mongo053ster]

Thank the Lord we have his movies to remember him by. Sure do miss seeing his new movie released each year.

[@schuberttim]

In "The Searchers" always remember every time that you see Ethan with his brother's wife that she was the woman he loved but gave up because he knew that his brother could make her happy while he couldn't. It gives an extra emotional kick to their scenes together..

[@mr.aldini6801]

John Wayne movies have got me through a lot of tough times.

[@spnkysy791]

That does it. Time for a John Wayne movie tonight!

[@foxsquirrel3038]

The world is a lesser place without John Wayne...

[@Kinda_lingers]

Give me a break.

[@williamshea4425]

Movies like these filled your heart with hope, goodness and a Saturday afternoon on the couch after a long work week looking forward to a wonderful meal. I cleaned the house, did the laundry and my beautiful wife cooked the meals. I did the dishes because she told me 37 years ago, I'll cook but you clean. Yes mam. Understood. She doesn't like John Wayne westerns but she loves the fact that I do.

[@MB-cx2ks]

I get chills every time at the opening and ending scenes of The Searchers.

[@etiennedevignolles7538]

One of the best westerns ever.

[@rocketmom60]

The ending is heartbreaking.

[@garym6315]

I LOVE that "what did he have go and do that for" line. That totally gets across his sense of justice as he was willing to mind his own business and go his own way, till they picked on a helpless kid. Which then ties in with the whole point of the film

[@BigDrewISBOSS]

Big Jake is my favorite John Wayne movie. It might not be the best but I could watch it anytime

[@Bunny-8889]

Your right sets up he is a sucker for a child ( and/or family) I never thought of that great point - thanks for your Perspective!!

[@leoderosia9279]

Searchers and red river were his best....a larger than life certified american legend, RIP duke you were the best and inspired tens of millions of us

[@johntabler349]

Don't forget his underappreciated turn in Three Godfathers to any one who says he could not act

[@marstondavis]

All very good movies. As time goes by I can't think of any other actor with more 'presence' than John Wayne. No Matter who else is in the scene your eyes are on him. He's not a scene stealer, he's just 'THERE'.

[@jeffstanley4593]

I would disagree. He is not just "there", he is the scene.

[@crazyelf8433]

Marston Davis Even when other Actors, of "A List" Calibre, are present - Mr. Wayne takes the scene!

[@damienholland8103]

Robert Deniro from Casino in 1995 and his earlier movies. Marlon Brando. Martin Sheen. Charles Bronson.

[@joserosales3572]

J

[@seanfitzpatrick4730]

Robert Mitchum was better

[@jadefire1814]

He really *was* so much more talented than ever given credit for. I heard someone once say it was because he made it look ridiculously easy .

[@spnkysy791]

John Wayne was a natural..

[@peterangel7166]

​@@spnkysy791😅

[@strwbrypop]

This man could have walked into a coffee shop and sat down and it would have been a memorable entrance!

[@Bubbles99718]

He grinds the beans with each stride.

[@robinjackson7882]

strwbrypop He walked into the candy department of Robinson’s at Newport Center and everybody knew who he was, but he wasn’t in a movie and had his children with him. I waited on him many times. Loved him to death...literally

[@andrewman111ah]

Says someone's grandpa

[@andrewman111ah]

jacksonjackson yeah right....just shut up

[@knoodelhed]

Grandpa lived in Costa Mesa and knew him personally!

[@victorjeffers1993]

Big Jake & Chisum & Eldorado well heck just bout all of John Wayne's westerns are my favorites along with bout all of Clint Eastwood's as well ! Those were the days !

[@Sven_E07]

@ Now that I think about it: YES! Wayne and Eastwood together in a movie would have been great !

[@SuperGuitarDude7]

Great choices! He had so many great movies. Big Jake was always a favorite of mine. The Searchers, too. Of course, True Grit, Rooster Cogburn, Stagecoach, Cahil U.S. Marshall, Rio Lobo, Rio Bravo, The Train Robbers, The Longest Day, Sands Of Iwo Jima, The Shootist, etc. etc. etc. are pretty much all favorites of mine too!

[@KrillLiberator]

I can't remember if it was in Cahill or McClintock where there's a scene by a stream; the Duke has a prisoner and he's trying to bring him in, but a posse confronts him at a ford and he just faces them down, with a few stern but non-provocative words. They give way and he rides on. It's not that it's a stand-out scene, but for two things; my granfa was watching that scene (because watching that movie on VHS) when I got home from college *three times* in a row over the course of a few weeks, so it stuck, and the casual employment of charisma, calm insistent manliness and matter-of-fact "so you'll have to back it up" bluntness always won me over. But 'Sands' is still my favourite - and I believe the USMC loves it too.

[@TheAzmountaineer]

@@KrillLiberator He says, "Ah, git outta the way!" and just rides right through them. Classic John Wayne!

[@johndates9827]

IMO "The Searchers" (1956) has the best intro scene of any western. John Ford and Wayne were hitting on all cylinders with this film. The music and photography still brings a tear whenever I view this movie. Ford may have also redeemed himself after the disaster where he was fired as the director of "Mister Roberts" in 1955. Sadly, it also ended his friendship with Henry Fonda. "The Searchers" was a great comeback for Ford.

[@dongilleo9743]

The best of the entrances here, Hondo, The Searchers, and Chisum all feature John Wayne approaching or first seen from a distance, and no dialogue. Without even speaking his mere presence sets a tone and mood. In The Searchers, he doesn't say anything as he comes up to the house, is greeted, and finally goes in, and yet the look on his face, how he moves, the way the other characters react to him, speaks volumes about who and what his character is. Same thing with Hondo, where the look he has on his face as he approaches is almost frightening: this is a hard, no nonsense, serious man.

[@mikeyoung9810]

Loved the Searchers and Mister Roberts.

[@redrock3109]

The ending of The Searchers isn't bad either! What a GREAT film!

[@joseywales1869]

The Searchers for me anyday of the week

[@theoutspokenhumanist]

In recent years it has become common to attempt to tear down our favourite people and reveal their human weaknesses but John Wayne was the iconic hero in so many iconic westerns. There have been other excellent actors in such movies but never anyone better.

[@thomasjorge4734]

That Searches Entrance was Classic!

[@colinbrown7310]

That Searchers entrance, like the exit, is unbeatable, pure magic from Mr Ford!

[@emilymary99]

Great video, thank you for posting, I grew up watching his movies in B&W on TV in the 60's, and I still watch them now I love his movies, he was and is such an enormous presence on the screen, for me there's no one who comes close to him, thank you Duke

[@dongilleo9743]

I watch every John Wayne movie that comes on TV, even though I've seen them countless times before. Always enjoy them. What current actors, and their movies, will people still be watching and enjoying some 40 years after the actor has passed away?

[@drewryce6278]

The Duke's long ride across the frozen prarie at the beginning of The Shootist is one of the great opening sequences of all time.

[@StevieGPT]

I can't decide between Big Jake or the Shootist, both are just great works of art defining the character.

[@stevewhite8059]

Stage coach and The Searchers. Both of them beautiful intros for Duke. For pure poetry on film, The Searchers wins it for me (just like the entire film), but as an introduction which shouts out 'THIS IS JOHN WAYNE', John Ford probably did Duke the biggest favour of his career with that scene alone. John Ford, John Wayne - two of the reasons I love cinema. Thanks for this vid.

[@download77]

Steve White a hundred years from now the Searchers will be regarded with the same respect as a Renaissance masterwork.

[@stevewhite8059]

@@download77 Amen to that. Everything about this film is beautiful. I have no doubt that Ford himself would have denied to our faces that he was creating an artistic masterpiece, but you dont just accidentally stumble in to making something that perfect while working in such a technically intricate media such as cinema. I can watch this film over and over and i always marvel at how Ford and his entire cast and crew came together to make such a work of art. What a thing to have on your cv! Yes, I think I like this film!

[@russellcampbell9198]

Steve White Agree.

[@jamesarchibald6207]

aye the searchers greatest western ever ford and dukes finest moment regardless of what that bawbag tarantino says about ford.

[@haroldcovey4193]

I grew up being taught that the Duke represented the best things that every decent, non-liberal American wanted to represent and believe in and I still do. There's at least one or two movies of his I haven't seen. One of my favorite scenes for a bit of humor was in Donovan's Reef where he comes out of the water onto a beach. He reaches into his shirt pocket for a smoke and when he pulls out a soaked cigarette he tosses it away in a fashion only he could be famous for. "Saddle up. We're burning daylight."

[@user-pg3pe4gx4p]

John Wayne was all American greatness.

[@sundownsigns]

The entrance in Hondo was memorable to me as a seven year old seeing it in 3D in 1953. Stays in my mind all these years.

[@vonnishee8787]

John Wayne....the last real man to ever live...... he died the year i turned 15 it was like losing my father.

[@PaulKyriazi]

Audiences laughed and cheered in Big Jake when Maureen O'Hara said ".... we need an extremely harsh man...." and they cut to a close-up of Wayne. You saved the best entrance for last.

[@Sven_E07]

I saw that movie this evening. It has it's comical parts. I can only imagine the experience of watching John Wayne's movies in cinema...

[@PaulKyriazi]

@@Sven_E07 I remember two guys sitting in the audience laughing big when John Wayne poured whiskey on his son's butt wound and he yelled. Then in the audience one guy said to the other "Is this a comedy or an action movie." He said that with great happiness, loving the comedic touches.

[@Sven_E07]

@@PaulKyriazi Thanks for sharing this story. Yes, it really switches between comedy and violence, but in a good and balanced way. I remember the great first time feeling of watching his movies for the first time as a teenager (28 now) and especially watching Big Jake. A little bit like small adventures.

[@PaulKyriazi]

@@Sven_E07 Yes, or in the case of going to a sneak preview and only know it's a Charlen Heston movie called 'Planet of the Apes' and nothing else; no trailer, no poster, no word of production and those apes attack the humans with the bull horn. That remains a giant adventure.

[@Sven_E07]

@@PaulKyriazi I didn't know about that yet.

[@IamChevalier]

I have to go with Chisum... Wayne sitting on his horse - on a hill top - with that backdrop - the musical score was perfect. Anytime I think of him, this is the type of image that always come to mind.

[@paulleckner8235]

A man surveying his kingdom. Epic America.

[@garyhampton4311]

You could also include the final moments of The Searchers, where John Wayne remains outside the house and the finally reunited family - one of the finest endings to one of the best Westerns ever made.

[@aleccrombie7923]

Definatly Oscar material

[@carlaaustin6054]

I think McClintock and the Hellfighters i enjoy watching over and over. The best though, is Green Berets. The last scene with the boy and him makes me cry every time.

[@ilove8788]

I'm watching this for my online home work lol🤣🤣

[@williamwallace872]

One of my favorite, fun movies, McClintock.

[@mikehuggins3463]

One of the top five opening scenes in movie history "The Searchers".

[@peaceagain6316]

Still watch him in 2022. Movies suck today. Not all but most

[@actionjackson1stIDF]

Excellent choices on the opening scenes. To me personally my favorite opening movie scene of John Wayne is not from a western. It is from what I personally believe is his best movie ever and that is "The Quite Man". His character has just arrived by train and is trying to find someone who can direct him to his childhood home town in Ireland.. Meanwhile Ward Bond's voice can be heard describing Wayne's character in a retrospective manner and how different he is from a typical American Tourist.

[@hk_802]

I grew up on John Wayne movies, my dad had them on all the time.. and gotta say, I think I had Quiet Man playing the most.

[@williamlozier5454]

Big Jake. My favorite JW film..and yes the best opening ever. Thanks Pilgrim.

[@utubetommy]

Mine is The Quiet Man.

[@airguy71]

0:16 the exact moment The Duke became a star. IMHO the greatest movie star of all time.

[@DARINBAGGSGUNOUTLAW]

airguy71 👍 yes he is ☝️🤠🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@DARINBAGGSGUNOUTLAW]

Great video I loved it 👍 John Wayne is awesome ☝️😎🤠🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@neliomelchiorri3650]

DARIN BAGGS 6GUN

[@aurelian7831]

I love the beginning of Chisum as he looks over his land and the end of the movie doing the same thing.

[@benharden578]

The Searchers was my favorite, but the opening scene in Rio Bravo was great too

[@DARINBAGGSGUNOUTLAW]

JOHN WAYNE IS MY HERO I even named my cat John Wayne and my dog Duke 😎 My cat survived a coyote attack he got 30 stitches but he's fine it must be the name that made him so tough 👍🤠🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@bugvswindshield]

A fantastic god blessen' America video if I've seen one. I own all of these films. God Blessed the Duke. Time for more , no thanks, i'm gonna do whats right, consequences be damned my family needs me types of hero's. Men.

[@REDSOX2506]

Good job,, enjoyed it,, The Searchers best by far.!!!!

[@bigisland48]

Hondo, Big Jake & The Searchers some of the coldest openings 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@loubianco6248]

I enjoyed that, nice job, thank you for posting it.

[@jameskirchner2655]

I grew up watching WESTERNS and milatery movies and JOHN Wayne was my hero

[@Steve-wm1ol]

Can't go wrong with Hondo. Louis l'Amour's first book under his own name, and spectacularly good as well.

[@dougied4790]

The entrance shot of John Wayne in the 1939 Stagecoach movie is the scene that was said to have made him a star. I agree.

[@utubetommy]

Yup... me, too. Till then, he was rated as an actor in "B" westerns. That close up propelled him to "A" star status, and he never looked back.

[@citizenken7069]

That was definitely the movie that made him a star.

[@jz55859]

Absolutely agree. I'm 67 but 60 years ago my mother made me sit down and watch Stagecoach telling me the opening shot of him "Wowed" everyone and made him a star.

[@dougied4790]

@@jz55859 👍🏼 👍🏼 Yes sir, a John Ford western starring John Wayne still gets my immediate attention today, as it did for me 65 years ago.

[@matthewmiller9526]

The Searchers entrance off that Texas prairie to the strains of Lorena is pure Americana, in 1000 years when they think of America I hope it’s that.

[@rubywingo6030]

There was John Wayne…then the rest of us lesser mortals!

[@johnscallan5648]

Stagecoach - best entrance anywhere, any time, any movie.

[@utubetommy]

That entrance made him a Star.

[@spnkysy791]

My favorite and have watched it many times..

[@H.pylori]

Agree, all good. Wayne personified the Old West.

[@Ronin4614]

John was given a piece of advice about how to walk, and I think it was Harry Carry who gave him the advice. He told John with each step ahead John should point his foot and his toes straight ahead. Doing this would give him the unique shoulder roll that The Duke developed. Try it some time, and don't trip over your toes doing it.;-)

[@williamsweeney6499]

Jim Perry , I read it was Paul Fix.

[@Ronin4614]

-----Hey, William! Ya know, that does sound familiar, and I thank you for the course correction. It was a long, long time ago that I ran across that tidbit and I have always had to work at remembering names. Wasn't Paul Fix the actor who acted a the sheriff "Mica" on the western series "The Rifleman"? Thanks again for the reply, William. :-)

[@tmcge3325]

Wayne was Eastwood before Eastwood was Eastwood!!!!!!!!!! Can you imagine a young John Wayne acting today? He'd kick everybody's ass!! I think the Quiet Man scene when he grabs O'hara and pulls her in for a kiss just might be one of the best love scenes ever done! Also, no foul language and no nudity.....pure and simple great John Wayne movies for EVERYBODY TO ENJOY!

[@mikeyoung9810]

Loved Wayne and Eastwood and The Quiet Man is one of my all time favorite films.

[@garyurquhart2468]

Born in 1974 but brought up watching the Duke The Serchers, The Quiet Man and Big Jake are my Favourites can't Choose between them.

[@callofthewillman4469]

Eastwood ain't shit. Best movie he did was thunderbolt and lighfoot

[@utubetommy]

The other scene is the kiss in the old cemetery when it was storming, and Maureen O'hara kissed the Duke a second time... something a woman in love would do. Very believable and erotic. They were a great team in the movies they made together.

[@tmcge3325]

@@utubetommy very good friends, Wayne played chess with her husband often.

[@josephwolosz2522]

John Ford urged John Wayne to put a little swagger in his movements and his way of talking. Just look at that opening of The Searchers! Ford and Wayne had that cabin built there by permission from the Navajo tribe. There is still a structure there in Monument Valley. And you can ride a Navajo Horse just like The DUKE!

[@harleymetcalfe1908]

never a better entrance than The Searchers, nor a better exit than The Searchers. We all need a bit more Duke these days.

[@citizenken7069]

Good choices, no doubt. "Big Jake" is my favorite of the five ("Aw, what'd he have to go and do that for?") I also think the opening scene from "The Shootist" deserves honorable mention ("Mister, you'd better find yourself another line of work. This one sure don't fit your pistol!")

[@alanwatts5445]

The opening scene to "The Searchers" is considered (by some) to be the best opening on ANY movie. What makes it interesting is that the closing scene is considered (by some) to be the best closing scene of ANY movie. Thank you John Ford (who had more than one entry on your list).

[@flintrichards945]

The Duke.....what else needs to be said ! 🇺🇸

[@whynot2734]

Chisum 1970 I was 6yrs old first movie that I understood just how different and good John Wayne was

[@mikerieck306]

The Searchers....one of the greatest movies ever made.

[@andrewman111ah]

Says someone's delusional grandpa

[@robertrock8778]

Gotta agree with Mike. Duke's best movie.

[@mikeyoung9810]

Agree Mike.

[@mikeyoung9810]

@@andrewman111ah Says someone's 13 year old.

[@tonyhemingway7980]

It can't be considered as an entrance but the best beginning to a movie was the shootist, where they show clips from his past.

[@user-microburst]

That hat is awesome

[@justbecause4042]

I'd rather see his exits. If there is a better exit than his little strut off the porch in The Searchers I'll eat my shoes.

[@franks.389]

Mas Chingon ,one of the greatest scenes in the history of Cinema

[@castro928]

That entire film is beautiful, but that exit...just perfect.

[@cagegary2668]

His exit off 'The High and the Mighty' was just as good if not better

[@jodacious46]

Amen!

[@DARINBAGGSGUNOUTLAW]

Mas Chingon 👍 100% AGREED 🤠🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@crisshernandes7573]

GRANDE JOHN WAYNE . GRAN ACTOR Y SUS GRANDES PELICULAS QUE MARCARON A GENERACIONES ..... SALUDOS AMIGOS

[@flagal519]

Big John ! Always loved him.

[@joeindustry]

There is so much in the Searchers entrance that I didn’t realize for years.

[@OldJoe212]

Many critics say that JW should have won an Oscar for Stagecoach, but in those days, they would never give one to a rookie.

[@jamesdodge7268]

Great video love John Wayne imagine his meeting Wyatt Earp.

[@kyekye2K]

I read on another channel that according to Wayne's son, his dad Learnt his style of acting from his personal interactions with Wyatt Earp in real life.

[@iancumberland1507]

He did meet wyatt earp. Wayne was a teenager working as a gopher in Hollywood and Wyatt was adviser on a lot of westerns. They sat together for hours between takes and earp would tell Wayne about the wild west.

[@robindew9072]

I never cared for John Wayne. My loved watching his movies . From the time I was little I remember him enjoying John Wayne's movies

[@margeconnors1505]

Donovan's Reef and They Were Expendable are my 2 favorites of The Duke's

[@smokey4519]

Big Jake entrance has always been my favorite

[@johnmurray8835]

Growing up when my Dad would say "John ,The Duke is on!" I didn't even have to ask which movie it was. I just knew I was in for a good time!

[@russellkellett9535]

The greatest toughest actor of all time

[@billlozier5551]

BIG JAKE is my favorite JW movie. His intro is as good as you could get.

[@dougmayo877]

I named my son after him and I cried when he died

[@stevewhite8059]

Just to add, the second part of my little comment about 'This is John Wayne' was referring to the Duke intro in Stage coach. I don't think that can be beaten as an intro and, as I said, was a great favour from John Ford to The Duke. God Bless their memories.

[@realguitarshredder]

The second entrance music was just amazing

[@keithbrown8490]

It's not a western but his entrance in BRANNIGAN -he bust's down a crook's door steps in and says "Knock, Knock.

[@mikethecabbie8476]

Absolutely. My favourite of all; glad you mentioned it...!

[@mikegrey5663]

😂😂. Gotta love John Wayne

[@rayparnellbsnrn8925]

Yes! "Knock, Knock" The two words have never been better spoken.

[@richardturner7687]

J.

[@mbr5742]

I always wondered how much Brannigan influenced the producers of Dempsey and Makepeace

[@gregamerson9172]

big bad JOHN America's greatest cowboy of all time

[@flagal519]

Greg, you got that RIGHT !

[@andrewman111ah]

Says someone's grandpa......Eastwood is 10x a better actor and cowboy.... John Waynes fat ass couldn't jump on a horse if he had to in real life

[@johnycoho7830]

andrewman111ah You should have seen him in the 30's and 40's

[@seanfitzpatrick4730]

Robert Mitchum was way better than John Wayne more screen presence and a better actor

[@redrock3109]

@@andrewman111ah All Eastwood did was shoot people for money. JW had a lot more in-depth to the character he portrayed.

[@williamdowden4494]

What a man.

[@medmond6]

The Searchers is my favorite but I have a question or two like how can you have a cattle ranch in the desert? Laurie's house is made of boards and lumber but where did the lumber come from? It's not an entrance scene but it always gets me when he sees the smoke from his brother's ranch he swings his rifle and flings the covering sheath off . Its an iconic image from the flick for me.

[@paladinsix9285]

Let's forget its a movie set. 2nd question is easier, trees could be nearby, just out of our line of sight. Even, if further away they may be dragged by horses, miles, or oxen, or carried in a wagon. Lawns weren't a thing on ranches in the 1870's To reduce the threat of wildfire hazards, they often cleared 100' or more around the ranch buildings. In the Spring it was typical to drive the cattle to "summer pastures" up in the high hills or mountains. Bringing them down to winter pastures. We may presume those are in the "Back 40" behind the house...

[@epitreture]

Brannigan had a great entrance: " Knock, knock ! "

[@briang.7206]

The He'll fighters was great as he walks off the cargo plane.

[@cristinabumbac151]

For me John Wayne will always be THE cowboy, western hero, the symbol of western movies. I know, there is also Clint Eastwood... very good but...