The one and only time John Wayne made an arthouse movie: “It was a tough spot to be in”
An interesting outlier.
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The classic movie John Wayne refused to star in for being “too dirty”
‘The Duke’ only worked on his own terms.
“It’s not my kind of picture”: the only thing John Wayne liked about the “perverted” movie he despised
At least there was something.
The actor John Wayne was blackmailed into firing: “Either you star or I’m out”
He could have done without the headache.
The one movie John Wayne said “threw acid on the American way of life”
“Smears the machinery of government for no purpose of humour or enlightenment.”
The only actor John Wayne was banned from talking to on set: “We couldn’t say a single word”
On a movie he wasn’t even in.
The moment John Wayne almost came to blows with his ‘True Grit’ co-star in pursuit of an Oscar
A classic of the genre.
The “vicious treatment” on set that made John Wayne’s co-star “go to the bathroom and vomit”
He didn’t even do anything.
John Wayne’s five best movies, according to John Wayne
Refused to admit ‘True Grit’ as one of his finest.