Making movies with John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Tom Selleck, my Father & brothers! Robert Carradine AWOW

Working with legends like John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Tom Selleck and his famous actor father, John, the youngest Carradine son has lots of memories and stories to share. Young Carradine made his feature film debut as one of THE COWBOYS with John Wayne in 1972, co-starred with his brothers David and Keith, along with the Keach brothers, the Quaid brothers and the Guest brothers in THE LONG RIDERS, later portrayed director Sam Fuller with Marine veteran Lee Marvin in the WWII classic, THE BIG RED ONE, and was on hand to witness western film lover, icon, and producer star Tom Selleck make a necessarily quick decision during the making of MONTE WALSH.

In this special episode of A WORD ON WESTERNS, combining interviews done with Rob Word at The Autry Museum in May 2016 and May 2019, Robert Carradine shares behind the scenes stories of working with these legends and more. It doesn't get any better than this!

John Wayne revisited classic movie RED RIVER territory in 1972 with another cattle drive movie, THE COWBOYS. Duke’s character is about to start moving the herd when his drovers quit to go hunt for gold and he’s left with a group of very young boys for the drive. The film veers from adolescent pranks to a violent rite of passage for the boys.

For the young actors, many of them Jr Rodeo champions, the film was a wonderful opportunity to see and learn from the talented cast and crew. Find out how Bobby was cast, why he took the role, and what he learned on location and how emotional the death of John Wayne’s character was for them.

Robert Carradine may be best known for his starring role as Lewis in REVENGE OF THE NERDS (and its sequels and TV series spinoff) and the father in Disney's LIZZIE McGUIRE franchise, but his western film credits are amazing.

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