Hit list: Top five Wayne flicks
Lewis O'neal  |  by www.news.com.au. All rights reserved. 17.07 | 0:19

Kirsten Heysen nominates her all time top five John Wayne outings. 1948 Wayne plays stubborn Tom Dunson, a 19th century cattle man, who drives his unruly men and livestock overland through harsh terrain to Texas. 1956 An old style western filmed on a grand scale, although its one-sided view of Indians hasn't dated well.

Wayne is a bitter, taciturn settler home to right some wrongs after fighting in the civil war. 1952 Stars Wayne and Maureen O' Hara in a tempestuous love story set in Ireland. Impressive chemistry between the two leads and a break-out film for Western director John Ford, a close friend of Wayne's.

1963 A western comedy with Wayne and O'Hara teaming up again. Feisty O'Hara is less at home on the Waynge, than her hard-living cattle baron husband George McLintock. 1950 Features the kind of great outdoor action scenes director John Ford was famous for.

Living alone after the Civil War, Wayne's fort is visited by his estranged wife and son. What is this? Post to del.

icio.us Post to Newsvine Vintage: John Wayne starred in over 145 films. Here's the five you can't miss.

Also in Entertainment Palmer gives Dew the palm-off John Wayne still the man's man Kirsten Heysen nominates her all time top five John Wayne outings.

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