Though it never had the critical acclaim of some of his earlier classics, Big Jake has built a loyal following over the years ...

John Wayne tried to land the lead role in a Western that would later receive critical acclaim, but was turned down by the ...

John Wayne took the lead in the adventure comedy Donovan's Reef, sharing the screen with Lee Marvin, Jack Warden, and ...

John Wayne's final public appearance took place at the Academy Awards, where a severely weakened Duke tenaciously gave a ...

Lubbock, Texas, in the summer of 1956, with the sort of intensity typically reserved for scenes in western movies when the hero is stranded in the desert.

Towards the tail end of his career, John Wayne started to think that Hollywood was passing him by. He was right to a certain ...

John Wayne was a great Hollywood cowboy, but when it came to his money, he couldn't shoot straight.(DMN Archives / AP) If all-powerful movie star John Wayne can lose his life savings not once but ...