The John Wayne Westerns Collection DVD

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Titles comprise Hondo Wayne plays Hondo Lane a cavalry rider who becomes the designated protector of the strong-willed Angie Lowe (Geraldine Page) as well as a father figure to her boy Johnny (Lee Aaker) Angie determinedly awaiting the return of her brutish husband (Leo Gordon) refuses to leave their homestead despite the growing danger from nearby warring Native American tribes & she finds herself growing more & more enthralled with this stranger Hondo
- a man hardened by experience but still capable of sympathy kindness & love Mc Lintock! Cattle baron banker & model citizen George Mc Lintock has the world in his hands The only thing missing is his wife Katherine who left him two years earlier suspecting him of adultery True Grit The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father & fled with the family savings When Cogburn&s employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter sparks fly & the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when the inexperienced but enthusiastic Texas Ranger (Glen Campbell) joins the party Rio Lobo The time is just after the end of the Civil War Wayne is Union Colonel Cord Mc Nally who is teamed with two Confederate soldiers he captured during the war in order to take down a thieving bootlegger Their travels take them to a small town being held in terror by an evil Sheriff Mc Nally & his crew decide to help the townspeople with their own brand of justice El Dorado Robert Mitchum plays to perfection an alchoholic but gutsy sheriff who relentlessly battles the dark side of the wild West ruthless cattle barons & crooked "businessmen" The Duke gives an equally adept performance as the sheriff&s old friend who knows his way around a gunfight Big Jake John Wayne is Jacob Mc Candles an ageing cowboy in an Old West that is on the verge of modernization When his eight-year-old grandson is kidnapped by a violent gang led by the evil John Fain (Richard Boone) Jacob&s estranged wife (Maureen O& Hara) enlists his help to rescue the boy Jacob & his three sons (one of whom is portrayed by Wayne&s real-life son Patrick) set out to bring the gang to justice The Shootist Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books the last of the legendary gunfighters quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr Hostetler Aware that his days are numbered the troubled man seeks solace & peace in a boardinghouse run by a widow & her son However it is not Books& fate to die in peace as he becomes embroiled in one last valiant battle The Sons Of Katie Elder Katie Elder bore four sons The day she is buried they all return home to Clearwater Texas to pay their last respects John Wayne is the eldest & toughest son the gunslinger Tom (Dean Martin) is good with a deck of cards & good with a gun when he has to be Matt (Earl Holliman) is the quiet one
- nobody ever called him yellow twice Bud (Michael Anderson Jr) is the youngest Any hope for respectability lies with him The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance Jimmy Stewart plays the bungling but charming big-city lawyer determined to rid the fair village of Shinbone of its number one nuisance & Bad Man Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin) & as if all that weren&t enough the biggest star that ever aimed a six-shooter plays the Man of the title John Wayne Actors John Wayne Certificate 15 years & over Languages English Additional Languages German ; Italian Subtitles English ; English for the hearing impaired ; Dutch ; Finnish ; German ; Italian Duration 16 hours & 32 minutes (approx)