Thomas Butt is a senior writer at Collider who focuses on classic movies.
The Big Picture As the prominent faces of the Western genre and idealist representations of traditional leading men, it's easy to compare John Wayne and Clint Eastwood to each other. Playing heroic archetypes of cowboys, law enforcement officers, and combat soldiers, Wayne and Eastwood defined a vision of American masculinity for multiple generations. Their artistic sensibilities put them in conversation with each other.
Release Date July 21, 1976 Director Don Siegel Cast John Wayne , Lauren Bacall , Ron Howard , James Stewart , Richard Boone Runtime 100 minutes Main Genre Western Writers Glendon Swarthout , Miles Hood Swarthout , Scott Hale Expand John Wayne and Clint Eastwood Played Very Different Western Heroes An American icon from the Old West to the Vietnam War, John Wayne was a larger-than-life figure.
Related It Took Clint Eastwood Over 30 Years To Make This Neo-Western Eastwood went back in the saddle one last time. Unlike John Wayne, Clint Eastwood Would Shoot People Behind Their Back Close The stark contrast between John Wayne and Clint Eastwood is exemplified by an anecdote orated by Eastwood as a guest on Inside the Actor's Studio. Host James Lipton noted that Leone's Dollars trilogy shattered the black-and-white/good versus evil conventions of the Western genre, evident by Eastwood's nameless outlaw refusing to wait for his enemy combatant to draw their gun before shooting.
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