The spoilers based on the novel by Rex Beach. Reap the wild wind originally released as a motion picture in 1942 ; The spoilers originally released as a motion picture in 1942 ; The war wagon originally released as a motion picture in 1967 ; Hellfighters originally released as a motion picture in 1968 ; Rooster Cogburn originally released as a motion picture in 1975. The war wagon based on the book Badman by Clair Huffaker. Language elements may not apply to all titles. Reap the wild wind based on a Saturday evening post story by Thelma Strabel. Rooster Cogburn suggested by the character from the novel True grit by Charles Portis. Title from container. The war wagon: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Bruce Cabot, Joanna Barnes. Rooster Cogburn: John Wayne, Katharine Hepburn, Richard Jordan, Anthony Zerbe, John McIntire, Paul Koslo, Richard Romancito, Tommy Lee, Strother Martin. The spoilers: Marlene Dietrich, Randolph Scott, John Wayne, Margaret Lindsay, Harry Carey, Richard Barthelmess, William Farnum, George Cleveland, Samuel S. Hinds. Hellfighters: John Wayne, Katharine Ross, Jim Hutton, Jay C. Flippen, Bruce Cabot, Vera Miles. Reap the wild wind: John Wayne, Susan Hayward, Ray Milland, Paulette Goddard, Raymond Massey, Robert Preston, Charles Bickford, Walter Hampden, Janet Beecher.
Contents:
Disc 1: Reap the wild wind / Paramount Pictures ; screenplay by Alan LeMay, Charles Bennett and Jesse Lasky, Jr. ; produced and directed by Cecil B. DeMille (124 min. : col.). Disc 2: The spoilers / Universal Studios ; Frank Lloyd Productions presents a Charles K. Feldman Group production ; screenplay by Lawrence Hazard and Tom Reed ; produced by Frank Lloyd ; directed by Ray Enright (88 min. : b&w) -- The war wagon / Universal Studios & Batjac Productions ; a Batjac presentation ; a Marvin Schwartz production ; screenplay by Clair Huffaker ; directed by Burt Kennedy ; produced by Marvin Schwartz (101 min. : col.). Disc 3: Hellfighters / Universal Studios ; screenplay by Clair Huffaker ; directed by Andrew V. McLaglen ; produced by Robert Arthur (122 min. : col.) -- Rooster Cogburn / Universal Pictures ; a Hal Wallis production ; written by Martin Julien ; directed by Stuart Millar ; produced by Hal B. Wallis (108 min. : col.).
Summary:
Rooster Cogburn: A deputy marshal helps a missionary bring justice to the Wild West. Reap the wild wind: Two sailors battle pirates and compete for the affections of a Southern belle in 1840s Key West. Hellfighters: A demolition specialist battles a perilous oil-well fire and hopes to reunite with his daughter and the wife who left him 20 years ago. The war wagon: A rancher recruits a brash gunslinger and a raucous crew of misfits and readies them to pull off one of the most impossible heists of all time. The spoilers: Adventure classic about gold and greed in an Alaskan boomtown during the 1890s.
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