Fans of 'The Duke'

Comment by Wm M Fleming on June 8, 2011 at 7:43pm

Regarding an actor wwho was hurt during the filming of the Searchers Frank Mc Graph who later played Charlie Wooster on Wagon Train was working on the film as a stuntman fell from a horse and broke his back if thats the one your thinking about.

Comment by Mike Wood on August 28, 2011 at 9:02pm

Hey fans of the "Duke", if you ever saw the movie "Big Jake" you will recognize this story! Read about Doc Holliday's .41 Cal Remington Double Derringer. (Click on the Link)

Comment by Tony O'Donnell ( Tyrell ) on September 3, 2011 at 4:26am

Keep going little lady you'll get there. it took me niegh on twenty years to collect every thing that is available and now i am having to transfer or re-buy them on DVD.Considering i have approx 150 of varying quality as some are his early 2 reelers i have a lot of work.

Comment by michael a powers on October 26, 2011 at 1:22pm

I have almost every duke film he ever made. Missing a few early ones. Started buying some Duke books. Along rode a legend is my first. 

Comment by Mike Wood on November 8, 2011 at 9:16pm

Just for fun, enjoyed John Wayne's personal collection exhibit at Heritage Auctions in Dallas as well. Pictured are costumes from Rio Bravo, The Comancheros, and True Grit....

Comment by Bud "Marshal" Stilwell on January 8, 2012 at 11:08am

The Duke as Hondo Lane in "Hondo".  Awesome Movie

Comment by Bud "Marshal" Stilwell on January 14, 2012 at 11:50am

Here is a list of the movies that the Duke died in. Didn't know all of them.

In the Shootist he died in a gun fight in stead of dieing of cancer.

in '  The Cowboys' he was shot in the back by Bruce Dern.

He played Davy Crocket  in 'The Alamo' so he must have died in that one.

'The Man Who Shot Liberty  Valance' was told in flash back from the funeral of his character.

He was  shot by a sniper at the end of 'Sands of Iwo Jima'.

Wake of the Red Witch -  He drowns when the sunken ship he is trying to salvage shifts and drops further  into the ocean, carrying him with it.

The Fighting Seabees - He is shot by  a sniper as he attempts to dismount from a bulldozer loaded with TNT aimed at a  fuel depot.

Reap the Wild Wind - He is trapped inside the wreck of a sunken  ship after a fight with a giant squid and drowns.

 
Don't forget the film Shepherd of the Hills with Harry Carey c1941, he plays an embittered young farmer who dies in the last scene of the film.

Comment by Ron "Six Gun Preacher" on March 16, 2012 at 2:25pm

Thank you for the add Sir! Been a John Wayne fan all my life or as long as I can remember! What I love about the DUKE was he was a true American and loved this country!

Comment by Ron "Six Gun Preacher" on March 16, 2012 at 2:28pm

My all time favorite was "3 Godfathers" 1948! If you have not seen it I recomend  you get it!

Comment by Jim Olson on July 31, 2012 at 2:39pm

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