John Wayne Movies
Across
- 3. In 1836, a small band of soldiers sacrifice their lives in hopeless combat against a massive army in order to prevent a tyrant from smashing the new Republic of Texas.
- 5. A cattle baron joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County land war.
- 9. During the gold rush, prospector George sends partner Sam to Seattle to bring his fiancé but when it turns out she married another man, Sam returns with a pretty substitute.
- 13. A marshal unwillingly teams up with Eula Goodnight to track down her father’s murderers.
- 14. After the Civil War, Cord McNally searches for the traitor whose treachery caused the defeat of his unit and the loss of a close friend.
- 15. The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
- 17. A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a cripple, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold the brother of the local bad guy in jail.
- 20. Rancher Wil Anderson is forced to hire inexperienced boys as cowhands in order to get his herd to market on time.
- 22. During the 1860s in the South Pacific, Capt. Ralls has a series of adventures involving sunken gold. Bullion, pearls, natives, an unscrupulous ship owner, and a giant octopus.
- 23. A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
- 25. An American Civil. War veteran embarks on a journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches.
- 26. a group of men trap wild animals in Africa and sell them to zoos before the arrival of a female wildlife photographer threatens to change their ways.
- 27. Dunson leads a cattle drive, the culmination of over 14 years of work, to its destination in Missouri, but his tyrannical behavior causes a mutiny, led by his adopted son.
- 29. Three WWII Navy veterans converge on the French Polynesian island of Haleakaloha to deceive a young girl.
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- 1. A ranch owner’s four sons determine to avenge the murder of their father and the swindling of their mother.
- 2. A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he falls for a spirited redhead.
- 4. A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
- 6. A wealthy rancher uses his power and influence in the territory to keep the peace between farmers, ranchers, land-grabbers, Indians and corrupt government officials.
- 7. Cold Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Hara to help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.
- 8. An embittered Indian scout attempts to escort a homesteader’s wife and her son back to safety after her cowardly husband deserts her during an Apache attack.
- 10. Quirt Evans, an all round rad guy, is nursed back to health and sought after by Penelope Worth, a Quaker girl.
- 11. An Army dispatch rider discovers a woman and young son living in the midst of warring Apaches and becomes their protector.
- 12. A dying gunfighter spends his last days looking for a way to die with a minimum of pain and a maximum of dignity.
- 16. A dramatization of a famous WWII battle.
- 18. Col. Mike Kirby picks two teams for a mission in South Vietnam.
- 19. A group of people traveling together find their journey complicated by the ghreat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
- 21. An honorable and veteran war captain finds conflict when his regime is placed under the command of a young, glory hungry lieutenant colonel with no respect for the local Indian tribe.
- 24. A drunken, hard-nosed U.S. Marshal and a Texas Ranger help a stubborn teenager track down her father’s murderer in Indian Territory.
- 28. Naval Captain. Torrey manages to bring his ship through the bombing of Pearl Harbor unscathed, but is later demoted when it is damaged in a subsequent battle due to his negligence.