Best Character Introduction in Cinema History - John Wayne - Big Jake
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- John Wayne's opening scene of 1971's Big Jake. Some cattle ranchers are attempting to hang a sheep herder who they believe are infringing on their grazing land. Jake is content to leave them alone until he witnesses them abusing a young boy and rides in to save the day.
This is the scene that made me a John Wayne fan.
Big Jake - 1971:
The McCandles ranch is run over by a gang of cutthroats led by the evil John Fain. They kidnap little Jacob McCandles and hold him for a million dollar ransom. There is only one man who is brave enough and smart enough to bring him back and that man is Big Jake.
I don’t know how many times I’ve seen this movie. It never gets old!
It is a good move
John Wayne's movies will never get old. We are getting old and dieing, but his movies will live for ever.
First movie my parents let us see without them. I was 6.
I agree and I agree with the title of this clip cause it's one of my favorite john wayne scenes
When I was a boy this was what a hero looked like....
When he appeared in a movie it was a HUGE event!!!!!!!!
This is what a true hero looks like today ! Political correctness be damned !!
Yep this is what a hero looks like. He wore make up and carried a plastic gun while better men were storming the beaches of Okinawa.
@Edgar Daniels Which in no way deals with the content of Neil's post - which is factually correct. John Wayne was sunning himself in California whilst American soldiers were fighting. He was banging Marlene Dietrich whilst US soldiers were fighting nazis.
@Edgar Daniels I hold it against people who avoided war so they could keep banging someone who wasn't their wife whilst then criticising all and sundry after the war for being 'un-american'.
Been a huge Duke fan since I could plop down in front of the tv over 50 yrs ago. No one now or ever will be like him. Bigger than life, a man's man.
Hey -- we women were fairly fond of him, too!
Only time I ever saw my mum cry was when John Wayne died!
@@everestyeti i undesand. He was among of what made me what I am today, uncompromising.
Yeah, Coach K was awesome wasn't he ! John Wayne walked about 20 feet from me at the 100th anniversary of the driving of the Golden Spike, May 10 1969... quite a thrill :)
The Marxist radicals in America were very happy when he died because now they could turn every every one who was a man into a soft sheep
As a kid I grew up watching westerns. actors like John Wayne and so many other icons set the bar high. Watching them is a guilt free pleasure.
That and the Johnny Weismueller Tarzan movies.
And Errol Flynn movies 🙂@@jamesweeg6545
My son never believed me until I sat him down for this movie, I named him Jacob. Still call him Big Jake after 27 years!
And you sir, are a good man. 👍🏻🇬🇧
You gotta love a scene with Jock Ewing, Dr. Bombay..and the Duke!!
Doctor Bombay Doctor Bombay
He was great. Never get tired of seeing his films
I used to have a Dog (Rex) that was damn near that good ... I swear he could read my mind and always determine another persons intentions and then Act without fear... he rarely would bite, just slap with his head and then crouch and growl...
I was 8 years old and learned a lot from that Dog, those days he was my Best Friend and we were inseparable
I miss that Dog
TMB247 ;
"My dog... The more I see of some people, the more I Love my dog."
"Lord, let me be half the man my dog thinks I am."
I've had many dog's in my 50+ year's. The best were the 4 German Shepherd's I had. (2 as a kid. 2 as an adult. None at the same time.) ALL were Rescue's.
They knew what I was thinking too! Knew when it was time for a walk. Knew when I had to go to work. Was at the door when I got home. I adored these dog's, & never doubted they loved me too.
Cancer took the last one May 5, 2018. & this old man cried like a baby. That one broke my heart. He was only 6. He should've lived another 6 at least.
I cannot take that hurt anymore, so that's my last one. I miss them ALL. Every dog I ever had. But I cannot have another one.
1971 was the year I ‘turned 23’; I was in the Army and on my 2nd Tour of Duty (but my 1st Tour in Germany). This is one of my favorite movies of all time (with John Wayne or anyone else)...
I love this scene. A particularly harsh and unpleasant man...with one helluva reputation.
This is STILL what a hero looks like
this is what a hollywood hero looks like. great to watch, but dont get confused.
It's easier to be hero when you've read the script, had your dialogue written for you & you know in advance you're gonna come out on top. 🤠
My favorite scene from this movie. It's hilarious how Maureen O'Hara describes John Wayne, as "a harsh and unpleasant sort of man...". After cutting to Wayne, he's willing to let 3 men lynch an innocent man because the man raises sheep, he feels morally obligated to help because they kicked a kid.
Only John Wayne could talk to Jock Ewing that way and get away with it! 😂👍
My thoughts exactly!
Judging from the number of 'likes' not many recognizes your reference, friend.
@@Peter_Riis_DK It's enough for me even if only a few do!👍
I'm told the fella spent time in Rio Lobo County after the war, learned a thing or two, sorted out a couple of problems.
Southfork has definitely seen better days.
It may be all just Hollywood. But there was something to be said about John Wayne and his movies. They inspired many to have a way to live a life with honor and self confidence. To face adversity with guts and determination. To do good whenever you can and respect for yourself as well as others.
Is that the same John Wayne who avoided [dodged] fighting in a real war?
@@markknopflerisnot heard rumors he hated Indians and Marlon brando
@@markknopflerisnot you don't know his history. He wanted to serve and was rejected.
B.S. Hollywood crap.
Very well said.
the greatest running gag throughout this entire movie, when he tells people who he is, they get quiet and say they thought he was dead.
"Snake Plisken, I heard you were dead." - Escape From New York
"It was just a dog".
"It was John Wicks' dog".
"Oh".
@@stevegrim English Bob: "I'd heard you were dead, Bill".
Little Bill: "Heard that, too. Turns out it was just Nebraska".
Not hardly.
@@213thAIB Well Jacob was on the mild mannered side. Jacob Mchandles just had THAT reputation of a “baaaad” man.
I always got the feeling that if Richard Boone’s character knew that Big Jake was still alive, the bad guys would have gone after someone else’s grandson.
gawainethefirst ;
Damn Right! That was the biggest flaw in their plan.
That is a very astute observation. Excellent point.
@gawainethefirst It ultimately cost him his life too. That's what happens when you choose to do evil!
Everybody thought he was dead including the kidnappers. I think you're right.
My dad absolutely loved John Wayne's movies. We watched them together the last time I got to spend with him. RIP dad. You were always the Duke to me.
Every boy should watch John Wayne movies with his dad.
Yes sir I did with mine miss them both terribly
My dad looked so much like John Wayne people stopped him in the street to ask for his autograph. I hope I age that well.
Your dad must have done something right to raise someone like you.
@@glashoppah I appreciate you saying this. Thank you. My Dad was from the Silent Generation and as right and upstanding as I think a man could ever hope to be. He was quiet yet funny; self-effacing but wise; and an amazing father, husband, and engineer. He could also do anything with his hands. I miss him terribly and think about him every day. It hurts knowing how he went, his mind just invisibly wasting away. After he died, I once just started remembering everything that he did together with me and my brother. The memories of different things went on, and on, and on. Decades and decades. He was there for everything in our lives. I can't imagine every being able to live up to that.
-That's highway robbery!
-You think your going to get a better deal for them today?
-I'll take it!
Love how they completely ignore the three men trying to hang the sheep herder.
And notice, the sheep herder never gets paid!
@@SG1Ninr he didn't get his knife back either
yeah, I liked that part as well.
You have to be a serious badass yourself to complain with a rope around your neck.
@@SG1Ninr Once he got to the Bar MC,he got paid.
I long ago met an old Mexican cowboy who used to work for Wayne at his ranch near Casa Grande. Said he was the nicest guy, and treated his hands with respect. He was always throwing huge barbecues for them.
I always knew he left his knife but I just realized he didn't pay the sheep farmer the $100 he just promised. Still my favorite John Wayne movie.
Automatic knives were illegal in that state, which is why he carried one.
And he may not have paid the man then but he had given him his WORD. More valuable than any gold coin.
@@micronicman THE ONLY THING YOU CAN TAKE WITH INTO THE AFTER LIFE THAT YOU EVER MEET UP, YOUR WORD.
My favorite time period in history and my favorite John Wayne movie. Being in my late-middle age, I can really relate to the question, "Near or far?"
Had a mate he had two animals called Cefer ad Defer...when asked about the strange names he said C for cat D for dog.
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lastsunset
Yep.
My eyes are growing old too. It really sucks! I used to have "perfect" vision! 20/0 in both eyes! Even at 40! But in my 50's.... I'm having to put scope's on my rifle's for the first time ever. 😥😥😥😥
Me too. Had to start wearing glasses after I caught red measles in third grade. Now I wear bifocals. Yeah, I know giving away my age because we didn't vaccines for measles when I was a kid. I can still hit what I'm aiming at out to 100 yards with irons sights though.
One of my favorite films of all time. Wayne was a bit older by then and was just passing his peak.
For a great look at Patrick Wayne as a boy, and a treat of a movie, see “The Quiet Man” with a magnificent supporting cast including the wonderful Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald (and his brother, Arthur Shields), of course Maureen O’Hara (and her brother, Charles Fitzsimons), and all of the other Wayne children born to that point including Michael, Mary and Melinda.
If you liked Big Jake you should love The Quiet Man.
"You follow him, I'll hunt you down and kill ya. Ever mother's son of ya." "Come on dog." Love this movie.
I'm still not quit sure what that phase means "Every mother's son of ya". Great line though
@@LilHoss - It means no one is spared, no matter how young or peripherally involved. If they do it, they will pay.
My favorite line in any more…ever!
No anger or malice in his voice when he said that. He simply spoke a FACT.
@@LilHoss Expletives are used for emphasis. This was a way to express an expletive without actually using one. In the JW movie, "In Harm's Way", the Kirk Douglas character says to the JW character, "We got outselves another war. A gut-busting, mother-loving, Navy war".
Thanks to my Dad for introducing me to John Wayne movies from a real early age. I can quote this movie from top to bottom.
Not hardly
I had two heroes growing up in the '70s that I still revere to this day: in fiction the Duke and a true, real life hero: Audie Murphy.
Wayne was one of my heroes in the 90s growing up too. Dad had a good collection of his work and we didn't get live TV. I was alone when the teachers in grade school would ask us to list our favorite movie/star or heroes. The rest of my peers had newer roll models. I think he did well enough for me.
Totally agree
Yes sirrrrrrr
Could not have picked two better men.
Same here. No heroes anymore or role models.
"You follow him, I'll hunt you down and kill you, every mother's son of you." (and then Dog growls as if to underscore what he said) as if to add, ' and I'll help him do it.' - I've always thought this was one of, if not THE most bad-ass western scenes in movie history
I remember crying when I found out he passed away. I was 7 years old and, I still love his movies and he is still a hero of mine!
I'll always remember where I was when I hear Wayne died.Waiting in line for the cafeteria at a local university...
I was 12 when he died.
My Grandfather had died June 10, 1979. We buried him on the 12th. I came home to learn John Wayne died that day.
My other Grandfather had died January 22, 1979.
All 3 were borned in 1908, & though I never met John Wayne, he was a lot like my Grandfather's in personality. (They didn't take 💩 off anyone either!)
To me, it was like losing another Grandfather, & I'm not ashamed to say I cried for him too. The ONLY actor I ever shed tear's for was The Duke!
To this day, when I watch his movie's, I am reminded of BOTH my Grandfather's. Yes, in a way, He remains a kind of surrogate Grandfather to me even now. I cannot explain why.
You loved a yellow bellied coward?
a hero? for what? being the same character in every movie?
@@13christbane Don't let your ignorance stand in your way. Go ahead and comment based on your politics, we understand.
Another favorite scene was when he throws his son off the horse and says " Since you haven't learned to respect your elders, its time you learned to respect you betters"
coyoteken1000 you can call me father you can call me jake, you can call me a dirty son of a bitch but if you ever call me daddy again I’ll finish this fight.
Yes he throws his son who is acting as his son in the movie off the horse LOL
I have actually used that line several time's in my life when dealing with punk's. Then I proved to them it's true!
We need to do the same with these antifa punk's.
I paraphrased it when facing my ex wife's son years after we'd broken up when he wanted to show off to his drunk friends how tough he was squaring off with the old man.
"You can call me Doug,you can call me Douglas,you can call me a dirty son of a bitch.But you ever call me Daddy again,I'll finish this fight."
I'm 50 years old, my dad is 72. To this day I'm still afraid of my dad because of that scene. 🤣....Along with the scene where he knocks the shit out of his sons in the hotel room in Mexico
Not just one of my all-time favorite John Wayne westerns, but one of my favorite movies of his period. I completely agree about this movie being the best character introduction in Cinema history. Not only just for the way they announce Wayne as "Jacob McCandles", but maybe even better the way Wayne introduces his traveling companion..................."DOG."
My grandfather loved westerns, especially John Wayne movies. I remember he had like all of them on DVD displayed on a shelf and whenever I’d stay over there for the weekend as a kid we’d watch some of them together. I always liked True Grit, The Cowboys, and McClintock the most. Big Jake and Rio Bravo are good too.
I would have to agree -- best character introduction ever.
There have been a lot of great Duke movies but this is my favorite. Both his boys were in it and the one liners and banter humor was fun from start to finish. yup if you are going to show kids John Wayne movies this is the one to start with. "I thought you were dead!"
Saw this movie with my Dad when I was a kid, immediately became a huge fan. Big Jake is amazing! "You're short on ears and long on mouth." 😆
My dad and I watched so man of the Duke's movies. I just love how he delivers the line "not hardly".
"Nah..you got me scared" love that line
John Wayne represents Wild West as nobody else.
They spend the first several minutes of Jacob McCandles being on the screen, establishing how much of a badass he is. Yet when he goes to see his wife for the first time in years, he has to muster his courage first. That tells us SHE is the only thing he's scared of. I love it.
Same premise in McClintock. He was only afraid of his estranged wife!
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+jgreene777 Us? I saw it as respect, and he cherished the hope she would be physical with him. Don't know WHERE you're coming from?
big John Wayne fan all my life now 61 and always will be.
John Wayne was my hero when i was a kid. I watched all his movies.
Have watched the movie a hundred times - mostly for two scenes. This is the first, the second is when The Duke puts his son on his ass and says "if you won't respect your elders, you'll respect your betters" thank you for this!
Absolutely the BEST! Maureen O'Hara introducing John Wayne - and scene cuts over to The irreplaceable JOHN WAYNE!! That scene with the close-up of his EYE staring right down at you!
Still A LEGEND... A HERO... THE BEST! 💖
Duke !
You have no idea how much I miss you. You were my Saturdays. You were alway what a man should be.
Honest, honorable, had integrity, and a hard friend.
You're missed.
I'm right with you Martin. I was born in '63. They practically always showed a John Wayne movie on Saturday. He was a great representative of what a father should be.
red watch right there with you red
born in '63. Saturday matinees we're fun as a kid. then going home and playing cowboys and Indians with my friends all day.
awesome memories, and John wayne movies were part of the features regularly.
I went to those Saturday "kiddie shows" myself. That was back before Jack Valenti and his ratings system ruined Hollywood. Born in 1951.
Maureen O'Hara maintained to the end of her life that John Wayne was what men should be. She was never married to him, but apparently he made a good impression on her when they worked together.
HE WAS AN ACTOR!!!!!!
We miss ya Duke. It's been 40 years and nobody comes close to filling your boots.
Racer X Clint.
Chuck Norris is in third.
@paulw. Been to Berkeley lately , arsehole. Just what flavor is your kook-aid ?
@paul w it's just a movie lad.
@@jacobmcandles1745 Never heard of her.
The one and ONLY... John Wayne!! THE American Icon!!
Loved this movie since I watched it as a little kid with my folks.
That introduction got a big laugh in the theatres, as Wayne and O'Hara already had well known personas from previous movies as a bickering married couple
I'm only 28 years old and Big Jake, The Cowboys, etc, are some of my favs. My dad raised me on them as a kid. I wish that, today, they didn't sacrifice good scripts and plots for Special Effects and such. I think the technology has spoiled us into thinking that we don't need to be clever with movies anymore
Your dad raised you the right way! God Bless John Wayne, may he RIP.
So good...He was going to walk away... Then, "Oh, What'd he have to go and do that for?" Sweet!
1airportsignguy..............Yep....And there's a example of the compassion and empathy and principle that a previous commenter didn't notice in his criticism of John Waynes characterizations.
Yep!
Hurt a kid, you have to pay for that!
It's how it use to be.
These day's, the kids ARE the Thugs.
Sad.
There will never be another like The Duke. 👍
i love how he says, just who are you, then respond, MR. McANDLELS. then says oh MR. MCANDLES.
That is what a REAL man looks like! Standing up to the predators!
Rocdog! Not really, a real man would have cared about an innocent man being murdered for no reason and gotten involved without first ripping him off.
garrett messer YAWN! Sorry cupcake but you missed the reason. It wasn’t to rip him off ASSCLOWN it was to make it HIS business. Move out of mommy’s basement and grow a set before you ope your stupid month again!
A real man was Clint Eastwood. Shoot them in the back, front, or side, just shoot them before they shoot you. John Wayne comes in close but not real enough.
Rocdog! Go easy on him. Logic and context are not skills readily taught or cherished in today’s society! But you’re spot on. It had nothing to with the money! He was honoring an established frontier code of not meddling in other’s affairs. He was highly conflicted about it from the get go. He didn’t know how innocent the farmer was. For all he knew he was a killer. When they hurt a child who clearly innocent, then he made his move and meddled to see what was what. A great scene!
Yeah - a man called Marion in make up and a wig playing dress up as a cowboy whilst grassing on his work colleagues. What a guy!
I’m glad to see so many people agree that Big Jake is an underrated Wayne flick. Always one of my favorites, I remember this one being pretty violent and dark compared to some of his other movies.
My favorite is EL Dorado, damn fine western with a nice touch of comedy.
@@nitewatchman1576 one of my favorites as well friend, Robert Mitchum was great in that one
Especially when Dog got macheted.
@@jamesfields2916That's why I've only watched this film once. Not the dog 🐶.
For a John Wayne movie it was dark. Even Wayne's character had a sinister edge, someone who probably earlier in life might have been the wrong side of the law, or at least in that grey area.
my favorites scenes are first when Richard Boone tells him “Anything happens, my fault, your fault the boy dies. No matter what happens, no matter who else gets killed the boy dies.” Later Wayne says almost the same thing back to him, but it is Richard Boone who is gonna get killed
Yes! Such a classic exchange.
Yeah that's good, but the distraction bar fight is hilarious.... "But I ain't never been to Natchitoches !" "Mister, I believe you."
@@jaxkommish The oldest city in Texas!
@@jaxkommish Nacogdoches
@@billwilson2160 Yeah I didn't bother spell checking that day.... or any other now that i think about it...
John Wayne was the epitome of "F++k around - Find out".
I quote this part all the time...great line.
This is one of Wayne's most underrated films. Love it!
Not underated in my book! 🤠🤓😎✌🏻
"Big Jake" underrated? Have you lost your mind, or are you just jumping on this moronic TH-cam "underrated" bandwagon?
It's my favorite of all his films.
On the cut to John Wayne the movie theater audiences always cheered and laughed at the same time. Big Jake also has one of the best movie introductions in history with George Feneman doing that historical comparison narration of east coast vs west coast in 1902.
Ooh... you got me scared.
You do it.
You follow him, I’ll hunt you down and kill ya. Every mother son one of ya.
Two of the greatest lines, right at the beginning.
I'M 61 and I believe John Wayne helped to raise my generation of American MEN.
One thing I always admired about John Wayne movies, at least the latter ones and misconceived or not, is that his character always stood on the right side of things. I know it can be a foreign concept in todays world but it's still one worth honoring.
It was a time when your handshake and your word meant something .
okay Boomer I'll let you keep that statement on one condition, who did you vote for.
@@reep6022 If you are replying to me I'll state that yes I am a veteran . How do you think people who still respect our country vote ?
@@eaglerider1826 you being a veteran means absolutely nothing in the situation and I wasn't talking to you, senile old Boomer. look at who I sent that to.
@@reep6022 Please read my reply . I can't tell who you were replying to . I will accept being called a boomer with pride although I'm not old enough to be a boomer , like that would matter .
I've always thought this was one of the great John Wayne movies. Better than True Grit or The Cowboys, not that those are bad films. But Big Jake, in my opinion, has always been underrated.
You can call me father, you can call me Jacob, you can call me Jake, you can call me a dirty son of bitch. But you ever call me daddy again I'll finish this fight. - the duke
The Shootist was very good, his last picture. Rio Grande, Ft Apache, Stagecoach, Red River and the Searchers was the best.
OkieJake His co Stars sons acting was horrible.
@@ronniebishop2496 Oh yea loved the shootists
For me it ties with Cowboys, but this one is criminally underrated!
my father was a big man who appreciated john wayne and his values. my children watched mr wayne's movies when they were growing up. they would say to me that they won't ask what i'm watching because it'll be a john wayne movie - they just didn't know which one. thank you for the entertainment, and the respect for our country that he stood for.
That's high way robbery,
Well maybe you think you'll get a better offer today.
yes how they panned to the dog to introduce him was really cool..
BIG JAKE MY LATE DAD'S FAVORITE JOHN WAYNE MOVIE I STILL GOT IT ON DVD
I love it that he only has to say"Dog" and the animal knows exactly what to do!
Not any stranger than the dog growled because he "knew" the guy was going to kick the kid. haha
bailey9r, I had a dog that was almost that smart. He only knew one word. "No" but it did not matter what we were doing, and we formed, whatever was going on no would make him stop or reverse what he was doing, depending on the activity. Black Labrador retriever, Sweet temperament
Tell the Indian to go for a walk.
Classic scene from a good western. Ole Duke would not be happy to see how the country has gone to shit since he passed.
Why? People are just as violent as they ever were.
@@thethirdman225 But the men now have babies and the military fights with swinging purses.
@@Dallas_K So what? Are you really telling me the Marines are a bunch of pussies? Really?
we named our german shepherd after John Wayne's dog from this movie . Good movie .They don t make movies like this anymore .
i named my German shepherd Thor but he had the same temperament as "Dog", if he knew you, you were a friend, if he didn't .. no so much. lol.
You named your dog "Dog"? Clever.
Name your dog D O G
Watch people get confused when they ask how to spell dee-oh-gee
Hollywood cannot make GOOD movie's anymore.
They're too busy making 💩💩💩💩!!
While our cat has a name, I still call it Cat partly because it's easy and partly as a nod to John's dog Dog.
Back in 1987, I hitchhiked from Ellensburg, Washington to Ames, Iowa. I used to work at a lumber yard in Ames several years before. I did a lot of work in the sawshop, so most of the guys would call me "Sawman".
I walked up to the sales counter of that lumber yard and a guy named Wally saw me. He was surprised to see me and said, "Sawman! I thought you were dead!"
I replied, "Not hardly."
I love John Wayne ,Favorite all time Actor
I was nineteen and a big fan of the Duke when I went to Vietnam. Two days after I was in country and at my new unit we came under a rocket attack. Found out quickly that this was no John Wayne movie. They shoot back. You're right Duke its time to load up with lead.
And good introduction of Dog.
Michael Gadoua Same breed at least as the dog in Hondo
I believe it's Lassie in black dye.
It is Lassie's son
Nobody will ever replace the Duke.
he was alright for the day Louis but in todays films he would just be a stand in..
You cannot be serious, can you??? This guy blew 'em all off the screen but for a few...Nobody commanded more attention when he entered a scene than Duke. Good God, do your homework if you're gonna make statements like that...
I have a right to my opinion as have you...only that he was not a good actor .. no variaty what so ever ..just like Jonny Cash..
Watch "Angel and the Badman(1947)", "Wake of the Red Witch(1948", and "The Searchers(1956)". Then tell me John Wayne couldn't act. Those three characters are totally different, yet John Wayne nails each superbly. In the first two movies you will also discover Gail Russell, and she is worth discovering. As much as I love Maureen O' Hara, I think Gail Russell and John Wayne are so good together, that Gail is the best leading lady John Wayne ever had.
louis rhyne duke is the greatest
Kinda sad but my Aunt's friend had the Same Oncologist as John Wayne. I went with them when I was 7 and John Wayne came into the waiting room. Just a huge man but very nice. Sat down and played me and my cousins for a few minutes. An absolute gentleman.
What a great movie. All time favorite
That reminds me a bit of the bar fight between Hub and those greasers in second hand lions never underestimate a old man.
Never fight an old man; you don't know what kind of young man he was.... they have survived that long for a reason.
GeorgiaBoy1961 ;
Sound Wisdom!
One of the few times I ever saw my father cry was when he learned the Duke had died.
There was just something special about that man.
My dad did the same thing that day...
John Wayne didn't make threats, he made promises.
He was just a fictional character. No need to get overly hyperbolic about him.
John Wayne, All American in America when it was at its best! RIP Duke!
Big Jake is under-rated. The Searcher's is his best.
When right was right and justice was clear cut.
It's a movie, Mark, and 'right' and 'justice' are, like movies, usually fantasy - due process notwithstanding. Due process for all it's value is not necessarily 'right' or 'just'. Mark, you're wasting your great mind on mundane things like TH-cam video clips. You should not waste a moment of your time solving the great problems of the world.
the seventh sojourner
Right is still right. Justice is clearcut......Some things you just don't talk about, later....
...Dog!!!!!...Nobody else could pull that off...
jim petrie I love that he just calls his dog "dog". That's like some Ron Swanson shit.
I do call my Black Labs "Dog" every so often...they both look at me like I'm nuts...
+bigdavis161 I know a man that controls his dog with whistles. That dog is loyal to him alone, and never strays.
i called my black lab dog........
Part of me wonders if the dog's name isn't "Doug".
"....every mother's son of ya..."
I'm German, and a fan of John Wayne's movie, especially this one. What's the precise meaning of "every mother's son of ya"?
I ask it because in German edition it is translated in other way.
Thanks.
+Gallia Teutonia it's an unusual slang he's using. I've never actually heard anyone say it. I think of it as the same as saying "each one of you sons of bitches"
Oh, that's is more clear now. In fact, I didn't heard it before. Anyway I think it's an amazing slang although is hard to understand. For example, John Fain used another similar phrase in this movie: "You come close, mister, but no cigar".
Thanks for your answer, bigdavis161.
+Gallia Teutonia that is a much more common saying. it means you made a very impressive effort and came close to winning the prize (the cigar) but ultimately you failed.
actually, I would say that a more accurate translation is "you and every one of your brothers." So he's saying "I'll hunt you down and kill you, and all your brothers."
Jim Davis was a great actor and was in dozens of movies
he was jr ewing's dad, Jock on the tv show dallas back in the 80's
"Not hardly". I love that line.
John Wayne: the very definition of an American badass
+Victor M An American man. Respectable, honorable, integrity to the core.
Think he was a top or a bottom?
@thefascist...as the old saying goes, takes one to know one...how's your butt hurt from Jan. 21st doing?
"...John Wayne: the very definition of an American badass..."
The very definition of a make-believe badass. Jimmy Stewart who actually served in combat was more of a real-life badass than Wayne was.
obbzerver: Very good. And I love them both for different reasons.
One of the best character introductions in a film -- yes.
Movie making at it's best. Never be another John Wayne. Clint Eastwood comes close -- but Wayne is still untouchable. "You follow him, I'll hunt you down and kill ya, every mother's son of ya...."
Never thought I would hear Wayne utter such a threatening sentence. One of his greatest.
Eastwood was correctly portraying a historic western gunfighter. As in acting. Something John Wayne never really did.
@@drewschumann1 - This could be true Drew -- but that portrayal of Clint would've never flown with earlier audiences. Everything was watered down in those early days for entertainment purposes.
Look at the Biblical tales...they didn't have mascara & all the makeup those women had back in those days.
Lipstick may have begun with Cleopatra (and it was probably just a waxy gloss & not in various colors & shades) & you're lucky if you could have henna for your hair. But eyeliner & mascara & shiny blow-dry hair -- never.
The Egyptians didn't speak English either nor did they sport Elvis-type haircuts.
I'm fine with the Roy Rogers cowboy, the John Wayne cowboy (who was rugged & tough) & the Clint Eastwood gritty one -- but he wasn't portraying a rancher in most of his spaghetti westerns but a drifter. Wayne didn't portray that type of man.
Chisum was a real rancher by the way & that film was fairly accurate, fairly. "The Alamo," not so much -- maybe Davy Crockett wasn't 6'4.
But neither was Clyde Barrow as portrayed by Warren Beatty ("Bonnie & Clyde") & that's my point.
Entertainment only.
@@drewschumann1John Wayne was a very good actor. True he was often cast in stereotypical roles.
Have you seen him in The Shootist, The Searchers, The High and the Mighty, The Quiet Man, Wake of the Red Witch, The Angel and the Bad Man, or Rainbow Valley?
Just to mention several examples throughout his career, and significantly different characters.
As for playing a realistic Western Character, consider him in Rainbow Valley 1936, he plays a Civil Engineer building a road c.1906 he faces threats and violence, rides a horse, and shoots guns. A realistic character, albeit MM had been a University Student, rode horses, in a setting mere 30 years prior to filming.
In the Angel and the Bad Man his character follows a winding path of anger and regrets, he accomplishes many things on his reputation, never shoots anyone. One of his best performances.
The Shootist is another excellent performance, albeit John Wayne dying of cancer portraying a famous gunman dying of cancer at the end of his fame plays to MM's strengths, still a great performance 🎭
@@drewschumann1you clearly have not seen any Wayne movies outside of his stereotypical good guy westerns if you think he can’t act. The Cowboys, quiet man, island in the sky, red river, the searchers, the shootist, the list goes on! The fact that he was typecast later in life does not rikishi his skill as an actor. He rose to the top through said skill, and yeah, maybe got a little comfortable, but he could still act. His Oscar was not only well deserved, but long overdue!
This was the way Americans did things at one time, now people don't even know what sex they are or where to pee.
You said it, Thundy, you could never make a film like, "Two Boners for Sister Sarah" today, everyone is so touchy.
The great American west... Where men were men and sheep were scared.
You guys get that John Wayne movies weren't real right? I love the as a kid, but they were no more real than professional wrestling or The Fast and the Furious
You are talking about a guy who changed his name from Marion, wore a wig and make up for a living and earned his wages pretending to be a hero soldier in a military he never served or playing dress up as a cowboy - whilst grassing on his work colleagues. Probably not the best example to try and make your point.
MrThunderMetal Back then they didn’t even know what sex was. The Hayes Code and J. Edgar Hoover didn’t allow it.
That was the funniest thing I've watch in ages.
I'm sure many will disagree, but for my money, the best damned John Wayne movie ever! "I heard you were dead..." "Not hardly!" Priceless.
It’s really hard to pick the best, but this will always be in rotation with a couple of others as top three
The Duke saves Dr. Bombay from Jock Ewing... Groovy. ;)
rajvader. Thank you! I knew I saw that face before but could not remember where.
Col. Crittenden on Hogan's heroes also
The actor's name is "Bernard Fox". He's from Wales originally and from an acting family.
which one? Jock Ewing or Dr. Bombay? bahahaa!!
What was his character name in The Mummy,the RAF guy hoping to die where his mates had been killed in Egypt?
Watching the Duke brings tears to my eyes. They just don't make em like that anymore.
+Jay Haischer So although you watch his movies, and his interviews, you didn't become similar to him. Sorry to hear it.
I'm certain you are SORRY.
What's interesting about John Wayne is that they often say that he was not that impressive of an actor and was over shadowed by a lot of the "Great" actors of his time like Brando, Paul Newman, Richard Burton,Cary Grant and many others. And the irony of that statement, at least for for myself is that I've seen every movie John Wayne has made more than once. While the "Great" actors of his time is the total opposite.
John Wayne wasn't interested in being a "great actor"; he wanted to give great entertainment with a simple message about decency, courage and love of country. He did it consistently and brilliantly. Actors like Brando, Newman, Dean etc cared more about "acting". They 'acted' as much for their peers as for the public.
Brando always played Brando & Newman played Newman (The Sting an exception). True, Wayne was always Wayne, but he wasn't really acting. He believed in the characters he played; he would not play an evil, crazy or amoral character. Kirk Douglas recounted a story about Wayne frowning when Kirk was discussing with him his role as Van Gogh in Lust for Life. Wayne was disappointed that Kirk would agree to play a character who was far from heroic and quite crazy for much of the film. Kirk said he loved roles where he could be evil, sadistic, crazy etc. Wayne could not understand this as he believed that movies should present stories of good triumphing over evil, and decency and loyalty to country rewarded.
Bakgrind ... Totally agree with. There are only a handful of actors where I can name at least 30 of their films. Wayne is one and Eastwood is another. Strangely though, I can name 30 Elvis firms ... but that's just my little problem! Lol
Same intro right before he kills Richard Boone.
"Jacob McCandles."
"I thought you was dead."
"Not hardly."
One of the original tough guys.
I love old movies. It takes me back to an era when men were men and women were women. The world is all screwed up now.
I saw that movie when it first came out. Still one of the best openings ever!
"Ah what'd he have to go and do that for"
Every mothers son of ya.
John Wayne a man that loved his country God Bless him may he rest in peace
You don't wanna mess with Big. John Wayne.
I remember watching this movie over and over as a kid, it was one of the best movies ive ever watched and one of the best to date