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Similarities Between John Wayne And Montgomery Clift
From cowboys and Indians to the United States Cavalry. That’s right I’m talking about western movies, these movies have it all. Out of all the famous westerns that just about everybody knows of, the one that stands out has John Wayne and Montgomery Clift as the two main characters. These two actors make quite a pair when they work together, in

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