Tag: The Train Robbers
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From Teddy Bear to Tough Cowboy: Ann-Margret’s Revelation about John Wayne’s Painful Nights in the Wild West
John Wayne was in poor health when shooting The Train Robbers, which is on ITV4 this weekend. Yet his co-star Ann-Margret remembers how Duke remained tenacious to stay strong. By the 1970s, John Wayne was coming towards the end of his career as a Hollywood star. In 1973, aged 65-years-old, he had been living with…
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How ‘The Train Robbers’ Foreshadowed The End Of John Wayne’S Western Era
“The Train Robbers,” a Burt Kennedy film from 1973, is from a time when the Western genre, at least as a dominant form in the pop consciousness, was most assuredly on the outs. “The Train Robbers” starred a 69-year-old John Wayne as an aging rogue who volunteers to retrieve a store of gold once stolen…