Without Raoul Walsh there would be no John Wayne. So for that we have to give him thanks. And I think the Big Trail is a pretty good movie. If you consider that it is now over seventy five years old. I never thought I would enjoy something the same age as my grandfather, and yet... His other John Wayne film, Dark Command is also very good. It came ten years after The Big Trail, and this time the Duke was already a star. I wish that he had directed more movies for the duke because I really enjoyed the two that he did.
