Posts by Johnc

I liked Fonda's role in this movie, he played a good part, to me, Duke seemed to be second-fiddle to Fonda

That said, its a cassic JW western

An enjoyable cavalry romp, I may watch this again later on today

The memorable, stand out scene is when Duke receives his watch from the troop and then retires

Great movie

Another of my Duke favourites, he should have won an oscar for his performance

On the other hand I thought Montgomery Clift was very weak, I found it irratating him keep touching his nose all the time

What a superb JW western, one of his finest

If its on television I always make time to watch it

Great story, great casting - hugely enjoyable

Another movie I need to purchase on DVD to replace my VHS version

Excellent cavalry movie, William Holden was in a great part, and I enjoyed the 'irratation' between him and Duke

The look on Dukes face when at the southern ladies house when Duke and his officers are enjoying a meal and she is rattling on about how romantic it must be being a train driver and Duke growled back that he was an engineer - memorable :teeth_smile:

Ding-dong, ding-dong !!!

I will always remember the scene when Big John belted him with a wheel spoke in Katie Elder - priceless!

I also liked him in The Dirty Dozen, Eiger Sanction & Cool Hand Luke

Always a solid, dependable actor with lots of great films to his credit

I liked Forrest Tucker in both Chisum and Sands Of Iwo Jima

My favourite being Chisum

In Chisum there was a great fight scene between him and Duke, he gave Duke a hard time, he is fairly big fella himself

Lee Marvin - a legend
Great actor, great adaptability, well cast as the evil Liberty Valance

Other films of his I have enjoyed was Point Blank and the Dirty Dozen, he had a very strong screen presence

I liked Strother Martin, he was always given great, scene-stealing lines

In Rooster Cogburn, I remember saying to Duke
- ' the reason why I took this job is because the only person I like is me' !

Classic :teeth_smile:

Great actor, casted well in Duke's films

I remember seeing The Searchers for the 1st time and seeing Big John screaming at him

I felt really sorry for him

He starred in many of Dukes films and in my opinion always acted well

With regards to his book I will shop around for a copy, it sounds an interesting read

I thought Glen did rather well in True Grit, in fact, I thought I may have gone on to be in more Duke movies

I love True Grit, my only gripe with the movie was the casting of Kim Darby - she was awful

I have some Dean Martin C.D.'s I like listening to, I am a big fan of his, I think he worked well with Duke, I particulary like him in Katie Elder

Has Bruce Dern been forgiven yet for murdering Duke ?

As a youngster watching The Cowboys for the 1st time and remember 'hating' him for shooting Duke in the back

Its a wonder he was not lynched !!

I am hoping to purchase the DVD of Big Jake to replace my VHS copy

I enjoyed Richard Boone's performance in this movie, I also enjoyed seeing him in The Alamo and The Shootist

A decent actor

Arthur, I remember that film well, after murdering someone he came out with a real crazy laugh

Good part for him, I have read at home he was a real dedicated family man

Watched a documentary about him not long ago and he came across as a real decent fella

I enjoyed Bob Mitchum in the movie Ryans Daughter, I believe after a days shoot on location in Ireland he spent the evenings getting the cast to smoke cannabis!

He seemed to work well with Duke

To me, Henry Fonda always seem to play 'honourable' roles with the exception of Once Upon A Time In The West

I quite enjoy his movies, especially his early films

Echoing a few comments in this thread, it is a great war movie, just a pity Duke had so little screen time

Hopefully. as has been said, they will give the film another name, as I would not like people thinking they are re-doing Dukes fine film

Okay, I appreciate that, no problem

John