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Overview

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Director:
Burt Kennedy
Writers:
Clair Huffaker (screenplay)
Clair Huffaker (novel)
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Release Date:
27 May 1967 (USA) more
Genre:
Action | Western more
Tagline:
The War Wagon Rolls And The Screen Explodes!
Plot:
Taw Jackson returns from prison having survived being shot, to the ranch and gold that Frank Pierce stole from him... more | add synopsis
Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
An Armored Wagon full of gold more

Cast

  (in credits order) (verified as complete)

John Wayne ... Taw Jackson

Kirk Douglas ... Lomax

Howard Keel ... Levi Walking Bear
Robert Walker Jr. ... Billy Hyatt (as Robert Walker)
Keenan Wynn ... Wes Fletcher
Bruce Cabot ... Frank Pierce
Joanna Barnes ... Lola

Valora Noland ... Kate Fletcher
Bruce Dern ... Hammond
Gene Evans ... Hoag
Terry Wilson ... Sheriff Strike
Don Collier ... Shack
Sheb Wooley ... Snyder
Ann McCrea ... Felicia
Emilio Fernández ... Calito (as Emilio Fernandez)
Frank McGrath ... Bartender
Chuck Roberson ... Brown
Boyd 'Red' Morgan ... Early (as Red Morgan)
Hal Needham ... Hite
Marco Antonio ... Wild Horse
Perla Walters ... Rosita
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chuck Hayward ... Blacksmith (uncredited)
Margarite Luna ... Asian girl (uncredited)
Cliff Lyons ... Outrider (uncredited)
Miko Mayama ... Asian girl (uncredited)
Midori ... Asian girl (uncredited)
José Trinidad Villa ... Townsman at bar (uncredited)
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Directed by
Burt Kennedy 
 
Writing credits
Clair Huffaker (screenplay)

Clair Huffaker (novel "Badman")

Produced by
Marvin Schwartz .... producer
 
Original Music by
Dimitri Tiomkin 
 
Cinematography by
William H. Clothier (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Harry W. Gerstad  (as Harry Gerstad)
 
Art Direction by
Alfred Sweeney 
 
Set Decoration by
Ray Moyer 
 
Costume Design by
Oscar Rodriguez (costumes)
 
Makeup Department
Dave Grayson .... makeup artist
Donald W. Roberson .... makeup artist
Bud Westmore .... makeup supervisor (uncredited)
 
Production Management
Joseph C. Behm .... unit production manager (as Joseph Behm)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Al Jennings .... assistant director
Cliff Lyons .... second unit director
 
Art Department
Julius Rosenkrantz .... property
 
Sound Department
Robert R. Bertrand .... sound
Clem Portman .... sound re-recordist
 
Visual Effects by
Albert Whitlock .... mattes
 
Stunts
Jim Burk .... stunts (uncredited)
Steven Burnett .... stunts (uncredited)
Everett Creach .... stunts (uncredited)
Eddy Donno .... stunts (uncredited)
Richard Farnsworth .... stunts (uncredited)
Jerry Gatlin .... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Hayward .... stunts (uncredited)
Tom Hennesy .... stunts (uncredited)
Gary McLarty .... stunts (uncredited)
Boyd 'Red' Morgan .... stunts (uncredited)
Hal Needham .... stunts (uncredited)
Chuck Roberson .... stunts (uncredited)
Alex Sharp .... stunts (uncredited)
Dean Smith .... stunts (uncredited)
Robert Warner .... stunts (uncredited)
Jack Williams .... stunts (uncredited)
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Bernie Abramson .... still photographer (uncredited)
Álex Phillips Jr. .... camera operator: second unit (uncredited)
 
Music Department
Dimitri Tiomkin .... conductor
Gil Grau .... orchestrator (uncredited)
Leonid Raab .... orchestrator (uncredited)
 
Other crew
Marshall J. Wolins .... script supervisor
Orin Borsten .... publicist (uncredited)
'Chema' Hernandez .... head wrangler (uncredited)
Arvo Ojala .... gun coach (uncredited)
Arvo Ojala .... technical director (uncredited)
 
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Additional Details

Runtime:
96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Filming Locations:
Durango, Mexico more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
John Wayne, who had lost his entire left lung and several ribs in major surgery for cancer in 1964, had great difficulty breathing on an airplane while flying to the location for the start of filming and had to use an oxygen mask throughout the journey. Kirk Douglas recalled that he hadn't realized just how fragile Wayne was until this moment. more
Goofs:
Plot holes: When Lomax is first bringing Billy Hyatt back to meet up with Taw, Billy tells him that he and Taw spent "ten years in prison together". Later, when talking with Kate, Billy states his age as around eighteen, just like her. Even in 19th century America, it's highly unlikely that an eight-year-old boy would be sent to an adult prison for ten years (and that's assuming the Billy has just now been released from prison, which is never clarified in the movie). more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Hoag: Sheriff! Taw Jackson's back in town!
Sheriff Strike: You sure?
Hoag: Well, he's ridin' down the street right now, big as life.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in 100 Years of John Wayne (2007) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
Ballad of The War Wagon more

FAQ

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13 out of 14 people found the following comment useful:-
An Armored Wagon full of gold, 11 July 2005
7/10
Author: bkoganbing from Buffalo, New York

I believe you would have to say that this is the first time John Wayne was not on the side of law and order in a movie since Three Godfathers. Between then and The War Wagon, a past that is less than savory has been hinted at, but only in The War Wagon has it been explicitly said he's an outlaw.

An outlaw with revenge on his mind. He's going rob Bruce Cabot, the slimy villain who's taken over his ranch and discovered enough gold on it to make him a rich man.

This is a caper film, maybe the only one Duke ever made. Though it might not come to mind, this film is definitely in the tradition of Topkapi and How to Steal a Million. Granted the comedy isn't exactly highbrow like the other two films, still the War Wagon is an honorable addition to that genre.

Helping Wayne along in his enterprise are Kirk Douglas a gunfighter/ safe-cracker, Howard Keel a cynical Indian, Robert Walker, Jr. a young alcoholic explosives expert and Keenan Wynn an old codger who works for Bruce Cabot and is essentially their inside man.

Kirk Douglas in his memoirs The Ragman's Son held the Duke in enormous respect even though their political views differed radically. The three films they did together show the good camaraderie they developed.

The title of the film refers to an armored vehicle with a Gatling gun that Bruce Cabot uses to ship gold. I won't say what the plan is on how the War Wagon is dealt with, but anyone who has watched the George Marshall/Glenn Ford film, Imitation General, will have some idea.

A good entertaining John Wayne western which is as good as it gets.

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