The shipments are transported in the War Wagon, an armored stage coach that is heavily guarded. The two of them become the key players in the caper to separate Pierce from Jackson's gold.

John Wayne, who had relied on an oxygen mask travelling to The War Wagon set, was left fuming after discovering why Kirk Douglas was late to the production one day.

Cast: Bruce Dern, Kirk Douglas, Keenan Wynn, Bruce Cabot, Chuck Roberson, Terry Wilson, Ann McCrea, Sheb Wooley, Howard Keel, Gene Evans, Robert Walker, Joanna Barnes ...

In September 1966, John Wayne was set to shoot a Western heist movie, but he needed the right co-star to play his character's former enemy, Lomax. Burt Lancaster turned down The War Wagon part as ...