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I think of this movie as John Wayne's greatest Western. It ages well, and seems serious and believable. The casting is perfect and the characters are memorable. Of course, it's one of the saddest Westerns ever, also. I know that "The Searchers" gets a lot of acclaim, but I pick this as Duke's...

Your backswing is not as long as Hogan's. You have adopted his flat backswing, though. I must agree with the writer who says that having a handicap of over 5 strokes is nowhere near as good as Hogan. Hogan wasn't a good putter, but was a tee-to-green genius. It seems to me that with work on y...

There has been so much hostility and hatred between Protestants and Catholics in past centuries that it would be wonderful if that could be put behind us and we could discuss theology in a spirit of love and respect for one another. Whatever differences in belief there may be, followers of Jesus...

I think this movie was John Wayne's greatest Western, and a great movie deserving to be rated more highly than it is by film critics. The song is wonderful, and should have been sung over the credits. The scene about who's going to pick up the steak from the floor is one of Duke's most powerful...

You're right; it gives me a lot of joy to watch her dance. I'm so glad that they had invented movies in time to capture her. And not only is her dancing incredible, she comes across the screen as a really nice, sweet person, which everyone says she was.

Betsy Booth is right; Eleanor did great dancing alone, because she was like no one else, and when she danced alone, she wasn't limited by the other person. Fred did some great dancing alone, too, but there are times when you need a couple to dance together, and surely there was never another dan...

Eleanor was his favorite dance partner ever, I believe. Of course, Ginger Rogers was not only a great dancer, but also a great actress, and won an Academy Award for her acting in a role without music. But perhaps even Ginger would concede that Eleanor was "The Queen of Tap Dancing," as she was ...

This theme music is some of the most magnificent I've ever heard in any movie. Thrilling, stirring, with tremendous drive.

Duke was great in this movie, but I believe his own favorite of all his movies was "The Quiet Man." My favorite of his Westerns was "The Man Who Shot Liberty Vallance." In it, he doesn't seem to be doing a self-caricature, as he does in some.

Bing was definitely better than Frank, and much more deserving of the title, "The Voice."

This was one of my favorites of his movies, and had some great songs in it.

Widmark wasn't a large man, but he was a great bad guy--very intimidating. He made it seem that he enjoyed hurting people.

I'm amazed at how beautiful the women were who traipsed around Kansas at that time. Actual pictures I've seen don't look anything like the women who frequented Dodge City on these shows.

People around Dodge City are the coffee-drinkingest people I ever saw.

Jack Elam makes a memorable bad guy. He made a movie with John Wayne, and Duke told him (not in the movie) that there are 4 stages in an actor's career: (1) Who's Jack Elam? (2) Get me Jack Elam, (3) Get me a Jack Elam type, (4) Who's Jack Elam?

Fantastic song!!! Thank you so much for sharing it. May God bless you richly in your ministry.

I must take exception with tss77. Chester isn't a worthless idiot (although I don't think I'd want him as a deputy), he's just severely limited in his capacities, compared to Matt. Chester is sort of like Barney Fife to Matt's Andy Griffith.

I always loved Matt Dillon, because he protected the weak people who couldn't protect themselves from the bad people who wanted to bully them. Like MissUnderstoodOne, "I despise a damned bully!"