32 years after his death, John Wayne (né Marion Morrison) remains a tremendously popular movie star. According to a Harris Poll taken earlier this month (January 2011), Americans still rank The Duke as their third most favorite actor, putting him right behind Johnny Depp and Denzel Washington. No doubt about it, the legend of John Wayne continues to grow. And happily you can find a gold mine of John Wayne Western films online – all free. Today, we have pulled together a list of 25 films that span five decades of work, moving from the 1930s to the 1970s. You can find them all otherwise listed in our collection of Free Movies Online.
- Angel and the Badman - Free – A black and white Western starring John Wayne and Gail Russell. Considered a radical departure from the Western genre at the time. Find Internet Archive version here. (1947)
- Blue Steel – Free – John Wayne plays a U.S. Marshal trying to capture the Polka Dot Bandit. Some consider it the best of the John Wayne Lone Star films. Alternative version on YouTube here. (1934)
- Frontier Horizon - Free – The Three Mesqueteers try to prevent wholesale slaughter in this fine Republic Western. Stars John Wayne, Ray “Crash” Corrigan, and Raymond Hatton. (1939)
- Helltown - Free – Originally called “Born to the West,” this John Wayne Western was based on a novel by Zane Grey, an important author of Western novels. (1937)
- McLintock! - Free - Comedy Western starring John Wayne and Maureen O’Hara. Loosely based on Shakespeare’s The Taming of the Shrew. (1963)
- ‘Neath the Arizona Skies - Free – John Wayne plays a cowboy protecting an oil-land heiress. (1934)
- Paradise Canyon - Free - Features Wayne as “government agent John Wyatt who searches for a counterfeit ring operating on the Mexican/Arizona border.” (1935)
- Rainbow Valley – Free – John Martin (John Wayne) is a “government agent working under cover. Leading citizen Morgan calls in gunman Butch Galt (Buffalo Bill Jr.) who blows Martin’s cover.” Find the YouTube version here. (1935)
- Randy Rides Alone – Free – Jailed for murders he didn’t commit, Randy Bowers (John Wayne) escapes only to stumble into the den of the real murderers. Entertaining early Wayne Western. (1934)
- Riders of Destiny - Free – John Wayne portrays Singin’ Sandy Saunders and has a reputation as the most notorious gunman since Billy the Kid. Wayne was the first singing cowboy, but his singing was dubbed, and it was the last time he “sang” in a Western. (1933)
- Sagebrush Trail - Free – John Wayne plays John Brant who escapes from jail after being wrongly accused of murder. Features great stagecoach chase. (1933)
- Texas Terror - Free – A young John Wayne in a romantic Western. (1935)
- The Dawn Rider - Free – John Wayne plays John Mason, a man avenging his father’s murder. A Western directed by Robert Bradbury. (1935)
- The Desert Trail - Free - Early Western with John Wayne. According to WesternClippings, not Wayne’s finest hour. (1935)
- The Lawless Frontier - Free – B Western starring John Wayne and directed by Robert Bradbury. (1934)
- The Lucky Texan – Free – Jerry Mason (played by John Wayne) and Jake Benson become partners and strike it rich with a gold mine. (1934)
- The Man From Utah - Free – The Marshal sends John Weston (John Wayne) to a “rodeo to see if he can find out who is killing the rodeo riders who are about to win prize money.” (1934)
- The Star Packer - Free – “A gang working for ‘The Shadow’ is terrorizing the town. John Travers (John Wayne) decides to take on the job of sheriff and do something about it.” (1934)
- The Trail Beyond -Free – Western starring John Wayne, Noah Beery, Sr., and Noah Beery, Jr. (1934)
- War of the Wildcats - Free – John Wayne stars in a Western also released under the title In Old Oklahoma. One of Wayne’s better post-Stagecoach performances. (1943)
- West of the Divide – Free – A young John Wayne in a B Western. (1934)
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Love his movies a all time great
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Thanks for these memories.
I remember the films of John Wyane, when I had been a child. I am very happy to look for some of these films again in my old age.
A Lot of thanks for you people. Really you are great.
Asheber
now 70 ,first jw film was hondo,now watch/collect as many as I can : own apprx 60.Still the most charismatic, easy,screen performer;
i loved john wayne films i hope they will be around for years to come?
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Thanks for free films,I really love John Wayne!
Hello all! I am a retired Coast Guard officer. I am searching for an old 1936 John Wayne movie called “Sea Spoilers”. Any chance that you can put it on this web site so we can view it? Thanks in advance!
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U. S. Coast Guard (ret)
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I like Western Movies With John Wayne also Clint Eastwood.
Love his movies; Favorite b & w is
Stagecoach.
Jeg er pensionist og bor i Thailand, jeg bruger en del tid på at finde gamle film jeg elsker John Wayne jeg wille meget gerne se en liste med navnene på alle hans film. på forhånd tak.
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Hi,
I came across this website by chance, I am from Galway in Ireland, He was main actor in the Quiet Man in 1953 made in Galway.
My Mother Peggy Dillon from Spiddal co Galway ( she is now 89 years )was distant cousin of John Ford who was director of Quiet Man. She loved John Wayne .
regards
Paul Duffy
there is only one John Wayne and there is no one past or present who can get into the same paddock.
I first saw him in a movie in 1963 (HATARI)and have been a fan ever since.
I started a collection in the early 80′s
still some missing but am driving my
local dvd shops mad.
regards
bob dearden
At one time I had a little over 100 different John Wayne movies, plus some of them repeated. I still might have that many but they are split up between my brother and I. He is still in Texas and I am now living in the Philippines.
John Wayne has been my favorite actor since I can remember.
It’s hard to pick a favorite John Wayne movie so I just watch them all, many times over.
Im looking for “They were expendable”….any ideas??
I grew up watching old westerns, I like them all; there’s a certain feeling one gets from watching these classics, most of the actor’s and actress’s are gone but they left us wonderful memories. Personally I enjoy older movies and music, they take one back to a time when life was simple, not in such a big hurry.
“Americans still rank The Duke as their third most favorite actor, putting him right behind Johnny Depp and Denzel Washington.” I think that John Wayne is better than them both and should be number one and NOT #3. Just look at all of the movies”HE” was in!! He was in over 150 mmovies. It would be nice to see more free John Wayne movies here. There are still many that I had never seen from the early 1920′s and 30′s that I would like to see here. I have all of the movies listed here on DVD’s.As of right now, I have 33 of his movies and I do have ” They Were Expendable” Which I had gotten from Walmart here in Denver, CO.It also has: Operation pacific, Flying Leathenecks, Back to Bataan. Walmart has some of John Wayne movies.