Srangely enough, i never really believed in John wayne the tough guy. I thought Kurt Russell in Tombstone, and even Kevin Costner's Wyatt earp were better at portraying that bleak violent streak which must have resided in the hearts of these men.

I believed Wayne when he was the sentimentalist - talking over his wife's grave in She wore a yellow Ribbon, and the homage to Miles Keogh. As Costner says about James Masterson - he's too affable to be a lawman. John Wayne would have got blown away getting the timing right for his one liners.