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John Wayne and Clint Eastwood are arguably the two biggest western movie stars, but they made very different westerns and had very strong opinions about each other’s films. Throughout Hollywood’s storied history with the western, plenty of iconic actors have put their stamp on the genre – Henry Fonda, Gary Cooper, James Stewart, Lee Van Cleef, Glenn Ford, Charles Bronson, Lee Marvin, the list goes on – but Wayne and Eastwood are the two actors that defined the genre.
Related 10 Movies You Didn't Know Were Inspired By John Wayne's The Searchers John Wayne's classic western The Searchers is one of the most influential movies ever made, having inspired everything from Star Wars to Taxi Driver. Wayne occasionally experimented with some darker stories and more ethically ambiguous characters. In The Searchers, Wayne plays a war veteran who struggles to adjust to civilian life post-war and relentlessly pursues his kidnapped niece, who he finds doesn’t even want to be rescued. In True Grit, he plays an alcoholic U.S. Marshal who reluctantly teams up with a young woman to find her father’s killer. But in these darker movies, Wayne is still portrayed as the hero who’s in the moral right.
In a traditional revenge Western, the hero gets his revenge and rides off into the sunset. In the Wayne-starring The Dawn Rider, Wayne avenges his father, it magically makes him feel better, and he marries the love of his life. But revenge is a lot messier than that, and Eastwood’s grimmer revenge westerns reflect that. In The Outlaw Josey Wales, as Eastwood seeks vengeance for the death of his family, it gradually turns him into a murderous monster, feared across the land.
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