John Wayne’s Most Violent Movie Is Also His Most Underrated

It’s notable that even later in his career, when Clint Eastwood was becoming famous for his roles in Westerns like the ‘Man with No Name’ films, John Wayne continued to appear in action-packed movies. He even won an Oscar for True Grit, a film about a determined young woman who enlists a U.S. Marshal for help with revenge. In 1971, Wayne also starred in Big Jake, a particularly gritty and often overlooked Western that was one of his most violent films.








