{"id":5969,"date":"2020-07-30T12:19:33","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T11:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/?p=5969"},"modified":"2020-08-27T16:58:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-27T15:58:05","slug":"john-wayne-roles-turned-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mostlywesterns.com\/john-wayne-roles-turned-down\/","title":{"rendered":"John Wayne Movie Roles He Turned Down"},"content":{"rendered":"

John Wayne appeared in over 160 films in a career that spanned the years 1928 to 1976 but according to the indispensable \u201cJohn Wayne Filmography<\/a>,\u201d the author Fred Landesmann lists an amazing 115 \u2018 unrealized\u00a0projects\u2019 in which JW was to have starred in at some point.<\/p>\n

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Some of these he passed on for one reason or another, and some he lobbied hard to be in but was either unavailable or just didn\u2019t make the cut. This article will take a look at the films that fall into the first category and a later article will consider the latter.<\/p>\n

Seeing as there are so many movies to consider I\u2019m going to have to impose editorial control here and select my ten favourite titles that I think JW would have made quite an impact in if he hadn\u2019t passed on the opportunity to star in them.<\/p>\n

The films are listed according to personal preference.<\/p>\n

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