The War Wagon
The War Wagon Rolls And The Screen Explodes!
1967 | 101m | English
Popularity: 3 (history)
| Director: | Burt Kennedy |
|---|---|
| Writer: | Clair Huffaker |
| Staring: |
| An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis. | |
| Release Date: | May 26, 1967 |
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| Director: | Burt Kennedy |
| Writer: | Clair Huffaker |
| Genres: | Action, Crime, Western |
| Keywords | gold, horse, ranch, chase, caper, shootout, rural area, cowboy, henry rifle, gold shipment |
| Production Companies | Universal Pictures, Batjac Productions, Marvin Schwartz Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $6,000,000
Budget: $0 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| John Wayne | Taw Jackson |
| Kirk Douglas | Lomax |
| Howard Keel | Levi Walking Bear |
| Robert Walker Jr. | Billy Hyatt |
| Keenan Wynn | Wes Fletcher |
| Bruce Cabot | Frank Pierce |
| Joanna Barnes | Lola |
| Valora Noland | Kate Fletcher |
| Bruce Dern | Hammond |
| Gene Evans | Deputy Hoag |
| Terry Wilson | Sheriff Strike |
| Don Collier | Shack |
| Sheb Wooley | Snyder |
| Ann McCrea | Felicia |
| Emilio Fernández | Calita |
| Frank McGrath | Bartender |
| Chuck Roberson | Brown / Mustachioed guard at blown bridge |
| Boyd 'Red' Morgan | Early |
| Hal Needham | Hite |
| Marco Antonio | Chief Wild Horse |
| Perla Walter | Rosita |
| Jerry Gatlin | Calita Gang Member (uncredited) |
| Chuck Hayward | Blacksmith (uncredited) |
| Tom Hennesy | Bartender (uncredited) |
| Margarite Luna | Asian Girl (uncredited) |
| Cliff Lyons | Outrider (uncredited) |
| Miko Mayama | Asian Girl (uncredited) |
| Midori | Asian Girl (uncredited) |
| José Trinidad Villa | Townsman at Bar (uncredited) |
| Ralph Volkie | Saloon Sweep (uncredited) |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Burt Kennedy | Director |
| Dimitri Tiomkin | Conductor, Original Music Composer |
| William H. Clothier | Director of Photography |
| Bud Westmore | Makeup Supervisor |
| Clair Huffaker | Novel, Screenplay |
| Álex Phillips Jr. | Camera Operator |
| Marshall J. Wolins | Script Supervisor |
| Alfred Sweeney | Art Direction |
| Donald W. Roberson | Makeup Artist |
| Joseph C. Behm | Unit Production Manager |
| Al Jennings | Assistant Director |
| James Nelson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Chema Hernández | Animal Wrangler |
| Harry Gerstad | Editor |
| Leonid Raab | Orchestrator |
| Ray Moyer | Set Decoration |
| Dave Grayson | Makeup Artist |
| Clem Portman | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Arvo Ojala | Gun Wrangler |
| Bernie Abramson | Still Photographer |
| Albert Whitlock | Visual Effects |
| Orin Borsten | Publicist |
| James Saper | Camera Operator |
| Julius Rosenkrantz | Property Master |
| Oscar Rodriguez | Costume Designer |
| Cliff Lyons | Second Unit Director, Stunts |
| Hal Needham | Stunt Coordinator, Stunts, Stunt Double |
| Boyd 'Red' Morgan | Stunts |
| Richard Farnsworth | Stunts |
| Al Murphy | Second Assistant Director |
| Christopher Seitz | Second Assistant Director |
| Frank Nifong | Assistant Property Master |
| Robert Bertrand | Sound |
| Jim Burk | Stunts |
| Everett Creach | Stunts |
| Eddy Donno | Stunts |
| Jerry Gatlin | Stunts |
| Chuck Hayward | Stunts |
| Tom Hennesy | Stunts |
| Frank McGrath | Stunts |
| Gary McLarty | Stunts |
| Chuck Roberson | Stunts, Stunt Double |
| Alex Sharp | Stunts |
| Dean Smith | Stunts |
| Robert Warner | Stunts |
| Jack Williams | Stunts |
| Terry Wilson | Stunts |
| Victor Arno | Musician |
| Don Bagley | Musician |
| Robert Bain | Musician |
| Harry Bluestone | Musician |
| Don Costa | Conductor |
| Bob DiVall | Musician |
| Gil Grau | Orchestrator |
| Alton Hendrickson | Musician |
| William Hinshaw | Musician |
| William Kraft | Musician |
| Peter Mercurio | Musician |
| Tommy Morgan | Musician |
| Richard Perissi | Musician |
| Michel Rubini | Musician |
| Eleanor Slatkin | Musician |
| David Tamkin | Orchestrator |
| Raymond Turner | Musician |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Marvin Schwartz | Producer |
| John Wayne | Executive Producer |
| Michael Wayne | Producer |
| Organization | Category | Person |
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Popularity History
| Year | Month | Avg | Max | Min |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | 17 | 23 | 10 |
| 2024 | 5 | 18 | 26 | 11 |
| 2024 | 6 | 17 | 33 | 11 |
| 2024 | 7 | 18 | 30 | 9 |
| 2024 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 10 |
| 2024 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 9 |
| 2024 | 10 | 15 | 24 | 9 |
| 2024 | 11 | 14 | 26 | 7 |
| 2024 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 9 |
| 2025 | 1 | 16 | 33 | 10 |
| 2025 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 3 |
| 2025 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 1 |
| 2025 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 1 |
| 2025 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 2025 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Trending Position
"Lomax" (Kirk Douglas) has an axe to grind with "Jackson" (John Wayne). Indeed, he has sworn to kill him when he is eventually let out of prison. Meantime, "Jackson" has a cunning plan to relieve a greedy mining boss "Pierce" (Bruce Cabot) of a load of gold. Maybe they could work together? Well "Lom ... ax" agrees on the basis that he gets a share and a daily rate. Extra if he has to draw his gun, even more if he has to fire it. Fair enough, now they must recruit others to help out. With their plans coming along nicely, they face a new technological problem. "Pierce" has gone and got himself an horse-drawn armoured car, compete with a turret-mounted Gattling gun that can fire hundreds of rounds a minute, mowing down anything in it's path. Now they must adapt their plans and engage the help of the local Indians led by "Levi Walking Bear" (Howard Keel) as well as the sleazy but wily "Wes" (Keenan Wynn) who has a wife young enough to be his daughter and the young "Billy" (Robert Walker Jr) who might just prove to be more of a liability than an help! The last twenty minutes of this are about as good as westerns get, with plenty of action, pyrotechnics, screaming Indians and just a little bit of just desserts. Wayne, Douglas and Wynn work well together and Cabot does the smugly suited bully well too. A proper western adventure that I really quite enjoyed.