JW 16 - The War Wagon Traditional Cache
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This series is a tribute to John Wayne's film career. We have enjoyed MANY hours watching him in both western and military films.
Micro cache, bring your own pencil. Watch out for desert critters.
The War Wagon is a 1967 western Technicolor film starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas , released by Universal Pictures, directed by Burt Kennedy, produced by Marvin Schwartz and adapted by Clair Huffaker from his own novel. The film, which featured Wayne in one of his few roles as technically a "bad guy" (i.e. acting outside the law), received generally positive reviews.
Rancher Taw Jackson (John Wayne) is shot by a gunman for hire, Lomax (Kirk Douglas), and wrongfully imprisoned. His land and property are then confiscated by corrupt businessman Frank Pierce (Bruce Cabot) who knows gold was discovered on Jackson's ranchlands, and hired Lomax to shoot Taw. Released early from prison, Jackson cuts a deal with Lomax because he's a safe-cracker, to ally against Pierce. Together, they plot to steal a shipment of gold being transported in a "war wagon," a heavily armored stagecoach armed with a deadly Gatling gun in a top-mounted steerable turret. They assemble a gang and plan to rob the war wagon at the weakest point in the route it travels. Things don't quite work out as planned. Pierce dies in a shootout with one of his own men trying to escape from the war wagon. Taw still manages to recover a portion of the gold shipment.
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