Syndetics cover image
Image from Syndetics

The war wagon / a Universal Studios and Batjac Production ; screenplay by Clair Huffaker ; produced by Marvin Schwartz ; directed by Burt Kennedy.

Contributor(s): Material type: FilmFilmPublisher number: 20298 | Universal StudiosLanguage: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Subtitle language: English, Spanish Series: Universal western collectionPublication details: Universal City, CA : Universal Studios, [2003]Description: 1 videodisc (101 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 inContent type:
  • two-dimensional moving image
Media type:
  • video
Carrier type:
  • videodisc
ISBN:
  • 0783228031
  • 9780783228037
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Production credits:
  • Director of photography, William H. Clothier ; film editor, Harry Gerstad ; music composed and conducted by Dmitri Tiomkin.
Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Bruce Cabot, Joanna Barnes.Summary: Taw Jackson is a rancher who is dead set on capturing an iron-clad stagecoach belonging to cattle baron West Catlin, the man who stole his fortune and good name years before. To pull off the heist, Jackson puts together a crew that includes an old character, a half-civilized Indian, a young drunk, and a cocky gunfighter. Includes production notes and original theatrical trailer.
Audiovisual profile: Click to open in new window
Holdings
Item type Home library Collection Call number Materials specified Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Adult DVD Adult DVD Main Library DVD WESTERN War wago Checked out 05/19/2024 33111009038593
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

John Wayne and Kirk Douglas spend half of The War Wagon trying to knock one another off and the other half working shoulder to shoulder. Settling an old score with avaricious mine owner Bruce Cabot, Wayne plans to steal a $500,000 gold shipment from his enemy. Douglas, at first hired by Cabot to kill Wayne, goes along with the robbery scheme. Also in on the plan is Howard Keel, superbly cast as a world-weary, wisecracking Native American (it's the sort of part that nowadays would go to Graham Greene). The titular war wagon is the armor-plated, Gatling-gun fortified stagecoach wherein Cabot's gold is transported. Thus the stage is set for a slam-bang finale, and director Burt Kennedy isn't about to disappoint the viewers. Best bit: after Kirk and The Duke gun down Cabot's henchmen Bruce Dern and Chuck Roberson, Douglas quips "Mine hit the ground first"--whereupon Wayne replies "Mine was taller." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

DVD, widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ration), Dolby Digital 2-channel mono, Panavision, technicolor.

In English, Spanish, or French with optional Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Howard Keel, Robert Walker, Keenan Wynn, Bruce Cabot, Joanna Barnes.

Director of photography, William H. Clothier ; film editor, Harry Gerstad ; music composed and conducted by Dmitri Tiomkin.

Based on the novel Badman, by Clair Huffaker.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 1967.

Not rated.

Taw Jackson is a rancher who is dead set on capturing an iron-clad stagecoach belonging to cattle baron West Catlin, the man who stole his fortune and good name years before. To pull off the heist, Jackson puts together a crew that includes an old character, a half-civilized Indian, a young drunk, and a cocky gunfighter. Includes production notes and original theatrical trailer.

Special features: Production notes; cast & filmmakers' bios; film highlights; theatrical trailer.

Powered by Koha