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Frank Pierce (Bruce Cabot) is a ruthless man bent on manipulating the cattle business towards his own wealth and prosperity. When Taw Jackson (John Wayne), an honest rancher, interferes with his plans, Pierce imprisons him and confiscates his gold-filled land. Escaping the prison, Taw plans a raid on Pierce's heavily guarded payroll carriage, but not if Pierce has anything to say about it. After assembling a group of misfits and hired guns, Taw runs into serious opposition when he encounters the madcap gunslinger Lomax (Kirk Douglas). Sent by Pierce to stop the raid, Lomax winds up taking a liking to Taw, and they decide to join forces and stage a raid on Pierce's war wagon. Famous for its fighting scenes between John Wayne and Kirk Douglas, WAR WAGON is quintessential of its genre, featuring astonishing stunts and pyrotechnics. Advanced for its time (it was released in 1969) one would think Kennedy produced it in the mid 1970s. The climactic end scene which pits Douglas and Wayne against a Gatling gun has spawned similar scenes in RED DAWN and YOUNG GUNS. WAR WAGON is a modern and triumphant film.Product Identifiers
ProducerMarvin Schwartz
EAN5050582435535
eBay Product ID (ePID)52965581
Product Key Features
ActorJohn Wayne, Howard Keel, Bruce Cabot, Kirk Douglas, Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Valora Noland, Joanna Barnes
Film/TV TitleThe War Wagon
DirectorBurt Kennedy
FormatDVD
Release Year2006
LanguageEnglish
GenreWesterns
Run Time96 Mins
Additional Product Features
CertificateU
Number of Discs1
ComposerDimitri Tiomkin
Art DirectorAlfred Sweeney
ScreenwriterClair Huffaker
Movie/TV TitleThe War Wagon
EditorHarry Gerstad
Director of PhotographyWilliam Clothier