John Wayne acted opposite his fair share of dynamic and talented female leads. But according to the Duke himself, no co-star impressed him more than Angie Dickinson. Although she was 24 years ...

After a stint with less favorable s post-'The Searchers', John Wayne teamed up with director Howard Hawks to create 'Rio Bravo', a retort to the 1952 Western 'High Noon', which Wayne publicly labeled ...

Back in 1959, John Wayne made a patriotic comeback to ... The leading lady Feathers was played by Angie Dickinson, who was just 27-years-old opposite the 51-year-old Duke, a romantic age gap ...

The Unique Role of John Wayne in 'Rio Bravo' When John Wayne returned to the Western genre with 'Rio Bravo', he was far from the one-dimensional hero audiences had grown accustomed to. At the age of ...