I didn't care for him in McQ. He didn't seem to comfortable
in the role. Of course, I have an aversion to John Wayne. I
can't help it.
On 8/1/07, JIM DOHERTY <
jimdohertyjr@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> Nathan,
>
> Re your comment below:
>
> "The guy who talks in between films on TCM said
John
> Wayne's production company made the film and
that
> Wayne considered starring in it, but passed. I'm
glad
> he did. Wayne could do soldiers and cowboys, but
that
> was about it."
>
> Wayne did an excellent job playing an
Irish-American
> boxer resettling in the Old Country and falling
in
> love with a local girl in THE QUIET MAN.
>
> He did a damned good job as an aging civilian pilot
in
> THE HIGH AND THE MIGHTY.
>
> He did a solid job as a college football coach
in
> TROUBLE ALONG THE WAY.
>
> He did an OK job as a fireman in
HELLFIGHTERS.
>
> And, just as a nod to our own list's subject, he
was
> at least watchable as a modern-day, hard-boiled cop
in
> BIG JIM McCLAIN, McQ, and BRANNIGAN.
>
> Not a cowboy or soldier in the bunch.
>
> JIM DOHERTY
>
>
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