TCM Greatest Classic Films Collection: John Wayne Westerns - The Searchers / Fort Apache / Rio Bravo / The Cowboys (Full Frame, Widescreen)

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"The Searchers": John Wayne plays an ex-Confederate soldier seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his five-year search, he finds the unexpected: his own humanity. This 12th John Wayne / John Ford collaboration resulted in a universally acclaimed cinema landmark. "Fort Apache": The soldiers at Fort Apache may disagree with the tactics of their glory-seeking new commander. But to a man they're duty-bound to obey - even when it means almost certain disaster. John Wayne, Henry Fonda and other familiar players from director John Ford's "stock company" saddle up for the first film in the director's famed cavalry trilogy. "Rio Bravo": On one side is an army of gunmen dead-set on springing a murderous cohort from jail. On the other is a sheriff (John Wayne), two deputies (Dean Martin and Walter Brennan), an unseasoned, trigger-happy youth (Ricky Nelson) and a woman with a past (Angie Dickinson). Howard Hawks directs one of the genre's greatest and most influential works. "The Cowboys": John Wayne had one of his richest late-career roles as a leather-tough rancher who, deserted by his regular help, hires 11 greenhorn schoolboys for a cattle drive across 400 treacherous miles. Roscoe Lee Browne, Colleen Dewhurst and Bruce Dern co-star.

Audio Commentary, Featurette, Trailers.

Subtitles: English, French and Spanish; "The Searchers", "Rio Bravo" and "The Cowboys" are presented in Widescreen Format and Color; "Fort Apache" is presented in Full Frame Format and in Black & White; Introduction to "The Searchers" By John Wayne's Son and Co-star Patrick Wayne; "Monument Valley: John Ford Country"; "'The Cowboys': Together Again"; "The Breaking of Boys and the Making of Men".