ANGEL AND THE BADMAN (1947) - Waited for this one to come on TV as they show it often. It's the first time I seen it. Great Western and I may buy the DVD if I can find one with good quality. The story is about an outlaw who turns good after a Quaker family helps him out. This is one of John Waynes best films and it's shot in the Sedona, Arizona area.
The only John Wayne films that I still have to see are:
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (see a part of it)
Rooster Cogburn
The Train Robbers
and I'd like to see War Wagon again someday. Haven't seen it since the 70's.
Better known as an actor, Wayne was also a film producer, and this was his first film as a producer. Not a bad start.
Yea, BoyScoutKevin I really enjoyed this film. Again one of John Waynes best.
By the way I just see a film made in 1936 called THE THREE GODFATHERS and the lead actor looks just like John Wayne, but it isn't. Ever see this film? It's good. It's like THREE MEN AND A BABY set in the West. With out the more blatant comedy of coarse. Good concept. These bank robbers find a baby after the mother dies in the desert and they must get it back to town before they all die of thirst.
Scott, there have been at least four versions of "The Three Godfathers," excluding a television version called "The Godchild." If you are talking about the 1936 version, I have not seen it. If you are talking about the version with John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz, and Harry Carey, Jr. and directed by John Ford, I have seen that version. A memorable film. Based on a short story from "The Saturday Evening Post," it is, of course, a religious allegory.
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was just on Friday 11/21 on Turner Classic Movies. This is one of the movies Jimmy Stewart really gets abused in . Lee Marvin as always does a good turn playing a right bastard of bad guy (Liberty Valance of the title). John Wayne is actually kind of a second fiddle in this one.
Rooster Cogburn is basically a Western remake of The African Queen. I don't remember much abou The Train Robbers. These were made during the 70's when John Wayne had become a caricature and pretty much played the same guy all the time. I much prefer his late 40's early 50's stuff.
I wouldn't mind seeing a Western version of AFRICAN QUEEN.
THE MAN WHO SHOT LIBERTY VALANCE and ROOSTER COGBURN are at Hollywood Video and I'm starting to feel like seeing a few more Westerns.
Once you've seen "Rooster Cogburn," you have seen a Western version of "The African Queen." It even stars Kate Hepburn as the sister of a missionary. Even with Kate Hepburn, I feel "Rooster "Cogburn" is inferior to "True Grit."