We all know that JW earned an Oscar for his role in True Grit. He was also nominated for an Oscar for his role in The Sands Of Iwo Jima. ( Which he should have recieved as well I think ) Now not counting these two movies, What If YOU could pick the Oscar! What movie ( or movies ) do you think he was overlooked and deserving of one ! My two other picks are:
Red River and The Searchers.
I'm looking foward to seeing your choices! Bill
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The Undefeated
Sons Of Katie Elder
The Quiet Man
The Alamo
to name a few
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Besides one's mentioned
The Shootist -
Besides the mentioned--Stagecoach and Fort Apache and Hondo.
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I'll second The Searchers, Red River and The Shootist.
But a role that's always had a special place in my heart is Wayne's Tom Doniphon in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance. He brought a special layer of vulnerability to his performance as Tom...it's not often in the movies you see his character defeated on such a personal, private level, and Wayne handled it with immense sensitivity. It's a John Wayne tear-jerker (in the very best sense).
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Just for interest, here is our thread
where Duke's movie's were nominated:-
Duke's Academy Award Nominations and Winners -
Quite man (My personal favorite JW movie)
In Old California (I picked this one because I read somewhere that this was JW favorite role because he played a pharmacist like his father.)
The Shootist
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all of the above mentioned,she wore a yellow ribbon,they were expendable,rio bravo
