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1942 1h 42m Approved. 6.7 (4.3K) Rate. Capt. Jim Gordon's command of the famed American volunteer fighter group in China is complicated by the recruitment of an old friend who is a reckless hotshot. Director David Miller Stars John Wayne John Carroll Anna Lee. 9. Flying Leathernecks. 1951 1h 42m Approved.
- Sands of Iwo Jima. 1949. John Wayne's best known and most beloved war film is 1949's Sands of Iwo Jima. The film follows a group of Marines from their early days of training until their entrance into the Battle of Iwo Jima.
- The Longest Day. 1962. The Longest Day follows the events of the D-Day landing in Normandy in 1944. Unlike many other war films featuring John Wayne, this one had an abundance of research put into it and consultants on hand to maintain historical accuracy, including actual soldiers who had landed on D-Day.
- The Fighting Seabees. 1944. The Fighting Seabees is a fictionalized portrait of the creation of the U.S. Navy's Seabees, starring John Wayne. The actor played Lt.
- They Were Expendable. 1945. They Were Expendable was a 1945 film based on a 1942 book of the same name by William Lindsay White. It was based on real events that were thought to have occurred to Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron Three, a U.S. Navy boat defending the Philippines.
- In Harm’S Way
- Sands of Iwo Jima
- They Were Expendable
- The Fighting Seabees
- Back to Bataan
- The Longest Day
- Flying Leathernecks
- Flying Tigers
- Reunion in France
- The Sea Chase
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You might think Wayne was getting too old to play the lead role as Capt. Rock Torrey, a Navy officer whose career went off track after he disobeyed orders to chase a Japanese submarine after Pearl Harbor and got his boat torpedoed. Yet, Wayne is younger in this movie than Tom Cruise is now as he brings back Capt. Pete Mitchell for “Top Gun: Maveric...
This is the movie that helped cement the Marine Corps legend of Iwo Jima and did the most to repair Wayne’s flagging reputation. Wayne earned a Best Actor Oscar nomination for playing Marine Sgt. John Stryker, a tough leader disliked by his men who earns their respect as his unit charges up Mount Suribachi. The average age of the Marines who actual...
Who was expendable? Those daring young sailors who sailed in PT boat units that many Navy brass thought were a waste of time. Wayne and Robert Montgomery embody the brave sailors who risked their lives and proved that the boats and the new tactics they employed had an important role to play in the Pacific theater of war. Of course, the movie also r...
Wayne also helped build up the reputation of the Navy’s engineers in this heavily fictionalized tale of the service’s Seabees units, who build airstrips and bases all across the Pacific. Wayne is Lt. Cmdr. Wedge Donovan, who’s pissed that his men put themselves in danger during construction projects but aren’t allowed to arm themselves against enem...
What better way to take the sting off an early defeat than to send men back into battle to undo the damage? The movie opens with the brutal battle against the Japanese on the Bataan peninsula in the Philippines in early 1942. More than 50,000 American and Filipino troops were captured and sent to brutal POW camps. Wayne and his men engage in guerri...
Could this epic telling of the D-Day invasion be ranked higher? Sure, if this was a list of World War II movies and not John Wayne movies. Producer Darryl F. Zanuck wanted to tell the entire story of the operation and recruited dozens of major stars, most of whom were only in the movie for a few minutes. Wayne is barely in the movie, and he’s great...
Finally, World War II in Technicolor! This time, Wayne and Robert Ryan celebrate Marine Corps aviators during the Guadalcanal campaign. Wayne plays Maj. Dan Kirby, a commander who understands modern war tactics better than the brass who resist his brash, yet effective, insistence on giving ground cover to Marines on the ground before they’re actual...
How can you support the war effort before the United States enters the war? You make “Flying Tigers,” a movie about volunteer pilots who fight the Japanese in China before Pearl Harbor. Wayne is Capt. Jim Gordon, a responsible commander who can’t seem to get through to hotshot aviator Woody Jason (John Carroll), who’s fighting more for the thrills ...
In yet another movie conceived before the United States formally entered the war, Wayne plays an American pilot who volunteered to fly for the British RAF over France. Wayne gets shot down and falls for an French woman who’s just broken up with her boyfriend after she’s discovered that her man is cooperating with the German invaders. Joan Crawford ...
John plays against type as a German steam freighter captain who lost his Navy commission after refusing to support the Nazi regime. He’s tasked with transporting a German spy (Lana Turner) from Australia back to Germany and spends the entire movie being chased by the British officer she seduced. The ship travels through the Pacific to Chile and eve...
A list of 12 movies featuring John Wayne as a soldier or sailor in World War II, from his Oscar-nominated role in "Sands of Iwo Jima" to his final film "The Shootist." Learn about the historical and cultural context of each movie and how Wayne's performance shaped his image as a patriot.
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- Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) Largely considered one of the finest World War II films ever made, Sands of Iwo Jima finds Wayne playing a tough-as-nails Marine sergeant who is hard on the men under his command.
- They Were Expendable (1945) They Were Expendable is a John Ford-directed film often forgotten among his other collaborations with Wayne, particularly because their westerns are so iconic.
- The Fighting Seabees (1944) The Fighting Seabees dramatizes the real-life creation of militarized construction crews during World War II. Wayne plays a civilian civil engineer working in the Pacific theater, whose men (who cannot carry weapons) endure multiple attacks from Japanese soldiers.
- In Harm's Way (1965) Oscar-nominated director Otto Preminger (Laura, Anatomy of a Murder) took on the Pearl Harbor attack in 1965's In Harm's Way. The film is just as much a soap opera as it is a war movie, an approach much like Michael Bay's for Pearl Harbor in 2001.
A personal ranking of John Wayne's best war movies by Steve Mayhew, a fan of the actor and the genre. See his reviews and ratings of 10 films, from The Flying Leathernecks to The Green Berets, with commentary on the plots, the action, and the stock footage.
Jul 3, 2021 · A list of the top 10 war movies starring John Wayne, from The Sea Chase to The Longest Day, based on IMDb ratings. Learn about the stories, characters, and historical context of each film, from the Pacific theatre to the D-Day invasion.
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Mar 27, 2015 · Watch John Wayne in his iconic role as a tough Marine sergeant in the epic battle of Iwo Jima. A classic war film with thrilling action and drama.
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