John Wayne’s first starring Western stumbled over a gamble many theaters couldn’t accommodate.
In a career that spanned 50 years and around 80 or so Western movies, these are the best and worst examples from each decade of his filmography.
When we consider the "Golden Age" of Hollywood Westerns, it typically isn't until the late '40s and early '50s that those timeless classics begin to emerge. Films like Fort Apache and Red River made ...