TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: John Wayne Westerns (The Cowboys / Fort Apache / Rio Bravo / The Searchers)

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This is a great selection of movies. My dad loves all of these movies. Every time for Apache would be on TV. We had to watch it now we can watch it anytime. This is great.

Rio Bravo is one of the few modern westerns with singing. Ricky Nelson and Dean Martin provide some music to make up for the terrible role Angie Dickenson plays. The plot of this movie was used again in El Dorado, a western with John Wayne and Robert Mitchum. The bad guy hires gun hands to get his way. The brave little group of law enforcement fights them off even though the sheriff is a drunk and still in withdrawal. The magnificent array of stars make even this weak plot a good movie. You can watch it over and over.The Searchers has never enjoyed the box office success of John Wayne's other movies but it is probably one of his best. He plays a hard man in a time that was hard on people. He must search for his neice who has been kidnapped by natives.Fort Apache is one of the old shoot 'em up, cowboys and indians movies. Very little plot but lots of shooting. Great movie.The Cowboys is about a rancher who has to get his cattle to market and the only option he has is to hire a bunch of school kids to herd them to market. The dangers, the laughs and the sadness of the trail make men out of a loose gaggle of boys.

Can a person go wrong with a classic JW western? How about 4 of them in one pack then!!! What a great buy for these essential JW movies.With "The Searchers," John Wayne turns in a haunting memorable performance as Ethan Edwards, a man returned from the war. After his family is slaughtered by Natives, he sets out to find the capturers of his niece. What ensues is one of the finest performances of his career. This movie has a somber tone, but there are a few laughs thrown in here and there. A must watch.1972's "The Cowboys" shows Wayne as a rancher that needs to find some hired hands to move his cattle. Because of the lack of man power, he enlists a group of young boys and turns them from greenhorns into full fledged drovers. Another fine performance from Wayne, and one of his most touching westerns.I have to say that although "Rio Bravo" has a stellar cast with JW, Dean Martin, and Ricky Nelson, I still prefer "El Dorado" (which is essentially the very same movie, but with Robert Mitchum in place of Deano, and James Caan in the Ricky Nelson role). Rio Bravo is an excellent movie in its own right, with several memorable one liners like "Sorry don't get it done, Dude. Don't ever do that again." This was voted as the #1 western of all time by "American Cowboy" magazine.If you dont have this group of movies in your collection, what are you waiting for? The western and the Duke live on forever!

Very good movies, high quality DVDs

I bought this collection for a friend. I have two of the films and two I haven't seen. "The Searchers" is thought by several critics to be the best western ever made. It appears on the best American films lists in England and France. A young child is kidnapped by a band of Comanches on a raid who them kill her parents. Her uncle (Wayne) a Confederate veteran and her adopted brother (a young Jeffrey Hunter) set out to find her. Their search lasts more than five years. There is a growing tension between Wayne and Hunter's characters, as Hunter is afraid that Wayne will kill the girl,now 15 years old (Natalie Wood) if they find her. to her uncle, she is no longer white but " a Comanch" The supporting case includes Ward Bond, Vera Miles, Ken Curtis, Harry Carey Jr., Pippa Schott, and Chief Thundercloud. The director was John Ford. "Rio Bravo" is lighter by comparison, but it has all the classic western personnel and action John Wayne is Sheriff John T. Chance. His deputies are Dude (Dean Martin), a recovering alcoholic; Colorado Ryan (Ricky Nelson) a young gunfighter working for Chance's old friend Pat Wheeler (Ward Bond); and stumpy (Walter Brennan). The sheriff locks up Joe Burdette (Claude Akins) for a bar shooting which was clearly murder. But the town is soon bottled up by Joe's older brother, a wealthy rancher (John Russell). Complicating the matter for John T. is Feathers (Angie Dickinson), a woman gambler who find herself growing attracted to the sheriff, who is developing feelings also. Look for a cameo appearance by one of the original cowboy heroes - Bob Steele. The film was directed by Howard Hawks. "The Cowboys" stars an older John Wayne as a cattle rancher who is forced to hire a group of young boys to help drive his herd to market. As for "Fort Apache", any time you get John Wayne and Henry Fonda in the same movie, it has to be worth the price of admission.

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My husband is a big John Wayne fan and he has lots of VHS videos. I have been trying to replace many of our VHS tapes with DVDs, so I decided to start with the husbands stuff because most of my movies are already DVDs and he has a lot more VHS than I do. I thought it would be nice to give him these for Christmas this year because he is a bit hard to buy for, he already has enough clothes and such and tools, etc. So I figured this is what I would do this year. By buying some of the DVDs with several movies on them, I have already been able to replace all of his John Wayne Collection and then some. I'm one happy camper since I've been able to find these DVDs on Amazon. Thanks Amazon!!!

Great classics can't go wrong if your a John Wayne fan, Rio Bravo is the best but the others are good as well. There are so many John Wayne movies I can't say what to buy because John was in the movies a long time and made a lot of movies from black & White to colour in the years. If your a fan go for it.

I know that for some people region 1 DVDs are a problem, as they don't play in region 2 DVD players, the ones we have in Europe. For me it's no problem, as I play DVDs with region 2 in the DVD player, and the DVDs region 1 on the computer, connecting the computer to the TV. (I'm getting a multi-region DVD player for Christmas now though!!). But I know that for someone is. Well, I've seen these movies some time ago, but I remember that The Searchers played only in my computer. Rio Bravo though, I'm positive it played on my DVD player!! I really don't remember about the other two, but I think they played on the DVD player. I could check if you want. But anyway, not everyone of these DVDs don't play on our DVD players.About the movies - well, great!! If you love or just like westerns, this is for you!Someone regards The Searchers as one of the best, if not the best, western ever made. Well, I really loved it too!! It is crude, but enjoyable anyhow!Rio Bravo - well, great cast, beside all the rest!!! Along with John Wayne, there are Dean Martin (big fan of Dino), Walter Brennan (what great scenes between him and Dean!), Ricky Nelson (one of his few movie appearances. And he was a cute add to the movie! When they all sing together, that's one of the highlights of the movie!!!) and great character actors, regulars in westerns. Well, the movie would be worth it for just that, but it is well done too!Fort Apache - well, I have to see it again. I've seen it once, and I didn't care much for it. The story is really good, and it is a great cast. I love Henry Fonda and I love his westerns! One of my favorites of all time is My Darling Clementine. So I think I wasn't in the mood when I saw this one. Even though it's good, I didn't appreciate it.Cowboys - one of the last Wayne movies. But as you well know, he remained at the top at the box office to the end, well into the 60s and 70s. This is a 1970 movie, and yeah, it shows. But even though the lack of taste that some 60s, and most definetely the 70s, movies have usually bothers me, there isn't much "lack of taste" in this one, all the contrary. It is a very well done movie, John Wayne is so great, and all the kids too!!

We bought this one to get The Cowboys and Rio Bravo; the other two were just a bonus. We are replacing our old VHS's with the DVD's. All four discs played very well. No technical problems. We find some of John Wayne's later work to be his best.

This doesn't work on UK DVD players. Can only be used in the USA and Canada

I loved that I could get 4 movies in one. It came fast, have watched many times and no problems at all. I would buy from this buyer again.