The iconic cowboy led audiences oncinematic joyrides for over 50 years.

Wayne’s most thrilling movies included brawls, shootouts, chases, and stampedes.

It’s yetanother overlooked Wayne moviethat packs just as many thrills as other films throughout his career.

Kim Darby and John Wayne with a shotgun crouching down behind rocks looking out at something in True Grit

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John Wayne and Jim Hutton standing in fireproof suits in Hellfighters

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John Wayne riding a horse in Cahill US Marshal

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John Wayne as a WWII pilot talking into a radio in Flying Leathernecks

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John Wayne and Lee Marvin standing next to each other in The Comancheros

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John Wayne and Kirk Douglas riding horses in The War Wagon

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John Wayne as The Ringo Kid standing in an open field in Stagecoach

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John Wayne and Ben Johnson looking in the same direction in She Wore a Yellow Ribbon

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John Wayne in True Grit

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John Wayne as Wil Andersen riding a horse in ‘The Cowboys.'

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John Wayne as Ethan Edwards in The Searchers

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