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John Wayne adored The Searchers, but confessed in a private letter to director John Ford the one problem he had with it. Daily Express :: Films Feed

John Wayne suffered from ill-health for the last 15 years of his life, being hospitalised for two weeks on his last movie, The Shootist, with influenza. At one point, doctors were even unsure if they would allow Duke to complete his final picture, in which he played an old gunslinger with cancer opposite James Stewart. Daily Express :: Films Feed

John Wayne’s The Quiet Man, which hit British cinemas 73 years ago today, featured Duke’s genuine shock at Maureen O’Hara’s whispered unscripted lines in a scene that made the final cut. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed

John Wayne knew he was “on borrowed time” as he pushed through the Cahill US Marshal shoot, despite his declining health. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed

The killer cop was given the ‘non emergency procedure’ after repeatedly moaning about backpain. Daily Express :: News Feed

John Wayne was so terrified on a dangerous film set that his swearing had to be redubbed. Daily Express :: Films Feed

Journey back to 1909 with John Wayne in a film that defies its initial reception to become a beloved Western. Daily Express :: Films Feed

John Wayne was left feeling embarrassed and guilty on John Ford film Donovan’s Reef. Daily Express :: Entertainment Feed

John Wayne was so enraged by Robert Duvall on the set of True Grit, which celebrates its 56th anniversary this week, he threatened to punch him on set. Daily Express :: Films Feed

John Wayne, who died at 46 years old today, was honoured by three US presidents in an incredibly touching way during his final days when dying from cancer and after his death. Daily Express :: Films Feed