Along With John Ford and John Wayne, an Early Stuntman, Enos ‘Yakima’ Canutt, Helped Make 1939’s ‘Stagecoach’ an Enduring Masterwork Canutt put life and limb at risk in two key scenes, without which ...

John Wayne's career in Western movies cemented him as one of the genre's biggest icons, and he cemented his status by ending his Western career on a perfect note in The Shootist.

The iconic, career-ending death scene that John Wayne filmed for The Shootist nearly happened 26 years earlier, via a 1950 Western film.

Having made over 179 films, it's unsurprising that John Wayne has some that he's less proud of. There was one, however, that ...