From a Movie Star to an International Icon

This is the film that turned John Wayne from an actor into John Wayne the on-screen force. Before 1948’s ‘Red River’, John Wayne was already a movie-star. ‘Stagecoach’ had seen to that. And he was an academy award nominee. ‘Sands of Iwo Jima’ had seen to that. But the persona that we know as “The Duke” had yet to develop on screen. This is a classic tha…