John Wayne
2) Hellfighters
Pub. Date
[1999]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Chance Buckman is a Texan who tames out-of-control oil well infernos in exotic locations around the world. Between blazes, Chance carries the burden for Madelyn, the wife who left him 20 years earlier because of his dangerous lifestyle.
Language
English
Description
Ransom Stoddard is a successful, but aging U.S. senator, who along with his wife, Hallie, returns to a small western town. They are there to attend the funeral of Tom Doniphon. A young local reporter presses Stoddard for an interview about why he has come to Doniphon's funeral and Doniphon begins to tell a story. Years ago he came to town as young newly-graduated attorney. He was bullied by Liberty Valance, a local tough outlaw, a gunman employed...
4) McLintock!
Pub. Date
1963.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A battle of the sexes which includes comedy, action and adventure in a western setting.
Pub. Date
2005.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (148 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A commercial airliner develops engine trouble while flying over the Pacific Ocean. The pilot panics, so it is up to the washed-up co-pilot to get the plane down safely. Based on an Ernest K. Gann bestseller.
6) Stagecoach
Series
Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) volume 516
Pub. Date
2010.
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (DVD) (approximately 96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet.
Language
English
Description
A group of passengers with nothing in common is stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.
7) The Alamo
Series
Language
English
Description
Tells the story of the historic battle by 185 men against a 7,000-man Mexican army--a battle that ended in the smaller forces' defeat, but lasted long enough to insure the eventual independence of Texas.
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
An American prizefighter returns to Ireland in order to forget the past and live peacefully in his village birthplace. He falls in love with the hot-tempered sister of a belligerent neighbor, and trouble ensues over the payment of her dowry.
10) The Comancheros
Pub. Date
1961.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 min.) : sd., color 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
11) The Green Berets
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (142 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John Wayne leads his Special Forces troops against a deadly and determined enemy. The film combines rugged action with spectacular special effects.
12) True Grit
Series
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
In 1970, John Wayne won an Academy Award. for his larger-than-life performance as the drunken, uncouth and totally fearless one-eyed U.S. Marshall, Rooster Cogburn. The cantankerous Rooster is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings. When Cogburn's employer insists on accompanying the old gunfighter, sparks fly. And the situation goes from troubled to disastrous when an...
13) Rio Grande
Series
Pub. Date
1950.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (105 min.) : sd., b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Series
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (20 hr., 5 min.) : sound, color, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
McLintock (1963): "In this romantic comedy western, Cattle baron George William McLintock (Wayne) battles with his headstrong wife (O'Hara), his daughter (Powers), and a slew of scheming land grabbers."--Container.
Angel and the badman (1947): "A beautiful Quaker girl (Russell) nurses wounded outlaw Quirt Evans (Wayne) back to health. Now he must choose between avenging his father's murder or the love of the girl."--Container.
Rainbow Valley (1937):...
15) Hatari
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (157 min.): sd., color; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
16) In Harm's Way
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the attack on the naval base.
17) Horse soldiers
Series
Pub. Date
2001, 1959.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) :; sd., color ;; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
20) El Dorado
Pub. Date
[2000]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A sheriff fights cattlemen and empire builders as he tries to tame the West.