While John Wayne found Western classic The Wild Bunch "distasteful," that didn't stop him ripping it off for 1971's Big Jake. Western icon John Wayne won his only Oscar for 1969's True Grit, which is ...
Released in 1971, George Sherman’s WesternBig Jake was the last time John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara shared the screen. However, unlike the classic Wayne Westerns of its time, and before, Big Jake ...
Violence and the Western genre often go hand-in-hand, but not every horse opera is an excessive mess of blood, guts, and gore. In general, John Wayne pictures are pretty lax when it comes to violence.