A tip of the stetson to Radley Balko for reminding (that is, telling) me that today is the thirtieth anniversary of John Wayne’s death.
It’s tough to pick one’s favourites from a great career that spanned 171 movies but, though I know that in many ways The Searchers and Stagecoach are the greatest of the Duke’s movies, my five favourites are:
Red River
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence
Rio Bravo
The Horse Soldiers
What are yours? Below the jump, some clips!
UPDATE: James Joyner joins the party. I second his endorsement of Rooster Cogburn.
From Red River:
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon:
And, of course, the great song from The Man Who Shot Liberty Valence:
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