John Wayne
22) North to Alaska
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (122 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John Wayne and Stewart Grainger strike it rich in this rousing comedy-adventure set in the heyday of the Alaskan gold rush. When prospectors Sam McCord and George Pratt hit the mother lode, George asks Sam to go to Seattle and fetch his sweetheart, Jennie, but she has already married someone else. Determined to bring George a new love, Sam invites a saloon dancer back to Nome as Jennie's replacement.
23) Rio Lobo
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (114 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A spectacular robbery of a Union pay train by Confederate guerillas leads to the train's colonel befriending the leaders of the robbery when the war ends. Together, they seek the Union traitors responsible for a string of Confederate train robberies.
24) True grit
Series
Language
English
Description
Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. "Rooster" Cogburn. Mattie insists on accompanying Cogburn, whose drinking, sloth, and generally reprobate character do not augment her faith in him. Against his wishes, she joins him in his trek into the Indian Nations in search...
25) Rio bravo
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is Sheriff John T. Chance and his two deputies: one a recovering drunkard, the other a crippled codger. Also in their ragtag ranks are an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth and a woman with a past -- and her eye on Chance.
26) The spoilers
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (88 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two adventurers in the Yukon quarrel over land rights and the town's sexiest saloon girl. Cherry Mallotte must choose between the honest captain and the charming-but-no-good kingpin.
27) The shootist
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A terminally ill gunfighter seeks to retire quietly but is embroiled in one last battle.
29) Stagecoach
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (97 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Nine disparate travelers are thrust together in a perilous journey, a ride on a stagecoach destined for Apache territory.
30) Hatari!
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (157 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
John Wayne heads a group of highly skilled professional game hunters in Africa who capture the ferocious big game with strong rope and cameras for zoos and circus attractions.
31) Donovan's reef
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (108 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A straight-laced Bostonian comes searching for her father, a brawling ex-Navy man living on a South Pacific island.
34) Fort Apache
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The soldiers at Fort Apache may disagree with the tactics of their glory-seeking new commander. But to a man, they're duty bound to obey - even when it means almost certain disaster.
35) Red river
Series
Criterion collection volume 709
Language
English
Description
With no market for his herd, the master of a vast cattle ranch and his son decide to head the first cattle drive over the now famous Chisholm Trail, past the Red River, into Missouri. The path is filled with hardship and the drive looks hopeless as the men struggle to prevail.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (100 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When sheltered by a Quaker family, he falls for the familys angelic daughter, Penelope. Though she brings on a transformation in Quirts hard-boiled character for the better, he is ever-obsessed with avenging the killing of his foster father.
37) Stagecoach
Series
Criterion collection volume 516
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (96 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (31 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
Language
English
Description
A group of passengers with nothing in common is stuck inside a coach that is being attacked by bandits and Indians.
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The day that Katie Elder is buried, her four sons return home to Clearwater, Texas, to pay their last respects. It is a he-man story, as well as, a drama of the maternal influence of Katie Elder, her sacrifice, love and incredible valor. The hopes and aspirations for her sons is movingly communicated from beginning to conclusion.