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This attribute controls the content of the description and og:description elements. | A 1948 movie starring John Wayne, the first Western directed by Howard Hawks. Perhaps the ultimate Cattle Drive movie, it is based on the novel The Blazing Guns of the Chisholm Trail by Borden Chase, which was previously serialized in the Saturday Evening Post. Remarkable as the first movie in which John Wayne played a character with greater depth, an aging man, and a larger-than-life borderline Ubermensch. On first seeing it, John Ford famously commented: "Hey, the S.O.B. can act!" Ford would go on to use Wayne in a similar way in The Searchers and it is perhaps significant that critics have likened the Duke's character in both these films to Captain Ahab from Moby Dick. Originally Howard Hawks wanted to cast Gary Cooper in the lead, but Cooper demanded the screenplay be changed in order to make his character more sympathetic, so Hawks offered the part to John Wayne instead. Which turned out a good thing, because not only could Wayne teach Hawks a thing or two about filming Westerns, but he also was instrumental to get the budget doubled to 1.5 million dollars. |
