John Wayne
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.
3) Stagecoach
Series
Criterion collection 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.
4) 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.
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...
10) 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...
11) 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):...
13) Hatari
Author
Pub. Date
[2001]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (157 min.): sd., color; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
14) In Harm's Way
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor and the attack on the naval base.
15) Horse soldiers
Series
Pub. Date
2001, 1959.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (120 min.) :; sd., color ;; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
16) 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.
19) 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.
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (DVD) (approximately 393 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Seven westerns starring John Wayne.
Star packer: A gang working for The Shadow is terrorizing the town. John Travers decides to take on the job of sheriff and do something about it.
Randy rides alone: Jailed for murders he didn't commit, Randy escapes only to stumble into the den of the real murderers.
Dawn rider: Just as John travels to visit his father, he witnesses his death and suffers a gun wound - a beautiful woman is kind enough to help...