Studio Stars - John Wayne DVD

Rough, tough, strong and silent. Marion Robert Morrison - a.k.a John Wayne - was one of the screen's most charismatic leading men - although it was a long, hard ride to the top. He played in more than 80 low-budget movies before making it big. But once 'The Duke' was firmly in the saddle he became one of the best-loved, most prolific and most successful actors in Hollywood - and one of the top box office attractions in movie history.

LEGEND OF THE LOST: Wayne is Joe January, a hard-drinking, hard-living guide. When Paul Bonnard (Rossano Brazzi) hires him to find his father and a legendary lost treasure, the two set out into the isolated wasteland of the North African desert. Joining them is Dita (Sophia Loren), a prostitute desperate to find a new life who comes between both men as they battle for survival - and their souls.

THE COMANCHEROS: In this explosive and absorbing wild west adventure, John Wayne stars as Captain Cutter, a fearless Texas Ranger determined to crush a violent gang of gunrunners. Through unforeseen circumstances, he enlists two unlikely partners to accomplish his mission. Co-starring in The Comancheros is John Wayne's son Patrick, godson of the renowned filmmaker John Ford who featured him in nine of his masterworks, including The Quiet Man, Rio Grande and The Searchers.

THE BIG TRAIL: In this sweeping pioneer adventure, a courageous young scout (John Wayne) leads hundreds of settlers across treacherous cliffs, through brutal snowstorms, Indian attacks and buffalo stampedes to their destiny out west. When renowned director Raoul Walsh cast a studio prop boy as the star of his frontier saga, he had no idea he was discovering one of the greatest cinema legends of all time - John Wayne.

NORTH TO ALASKA: This rousing comedy-adventure set in the Alaskan gold rush finds buddies Sam (JOHN WAYNE) and George (STEWART GRANGER) striking gold in Nome. George then asks Sam to fetch his sweetheart Jennie from Seattle. But when Sam discovers that she has married someone else, he concocts a plan to bring George a new love, inviting a beautiful dancer (CAPUCINE) to be Jennie’s replacement.

THE UNDEFEATED: In the tumultuous aftermath of the Civil War, Union Cavalry officer John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) takes his heroic men west while Southerner James Lang don (Rock Hudson) takes his soldiers to Mexico. When their paths cross, they forge an uneasy friendship that is quickly tested as they get caught between Mexican rebels and the Emperor's forces and find themselves fighting side by side.

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