Douglas Brode

How much did Wyatt Earp influence John Wayne and the Code of the West?

Think you're an expert on everything John Wayne?

When Hollywood trumps history...

Think you know your Westerns? Try your hand at our tougher-than-leather trivia test.

Which of the Duke''s roles—cowboy or soldier—where his greatest?

The big stars get all the recognition, and we think it's time the sidekicks get some credit!

“Sometimes history is so difficult to comprehend that we require fiction to make it understandable.” So it goes with the Old West. Several Western films, with no basis in historical fact, may actually capture the spirit of the frontier more effectively than do those movies made about actual people and events.

Movie cowboys can''t be good guys without the bad guys. Here''s our list of the best Western movie villains.

The movies of director John Ford crystallized the pioneering spirit that defines our country.