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The War Wagon is a 1967 American Western heist film directed by Burt Kennedy and starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas. Released by Universal Pictures , it was produced by Marvin Schwartz and adapted by Clair Huffaker from his own novel.
A medieval European war wagon was developed in the Hussite Wars around 1420 by Hussite forces led by the Czech general Jan Žižka rebelling in Bohemia. [4] [5] It was a heavy wagon given protective sides with firing slits and heavy firepower from either a cannon or a force of hand-gunners, archers and crossbowmen, supported by infantry using ...
War wagon is an ancient Chinese, medieval Korean, or Czech siege weapon. War wagon may also refer to: The War Wagon, a 1967 western film starring John Wayne and Kirk Douglas; Hwacha, a Korean weapon which employs gunpowder and projectiles; A carroccio or carro della guerra, a four-wheeled war altar used by the medieval republics of Italy
His film debut was in The Hook in 1963; [1] other film appearances, in addition to Easy Rider, included the title role in Ensign Pulver (1964) with Burl Ives and Walter Matthau; The War Wagon (1967) with John Wayne and Kirk Douglas; the title role in Young Billy Young (1969), alongside Robert Mitchum; and Beware! The Blob, or—Son of Blob (1972).
During the American Civil War, both the Union and Confederate armies tried to keep the size of their wagon trains in check to improve the tactical mobility of their forces. [8] This was measured as a ratio of the number of wagons per soldiers, with the idealized number according to Napoleon being of 12.5 wagons per 1,000 soldiers. [9]
The War Wagon: Felicia 1967 Welcome to Hard Times: Flo 1962 Girls! Girls! Girls! Mrs. Arthur Morgan Uncredited 1961 Man-Trap: Arlene-Anders Uncredited 1960 Simon Lash: The Black Book: Mavis TV movie 1958 Rock-a-Bye Baby: Secretary Uncredited 1958 China Doll: Mona Perkins 1958 I Married a Woman: Luxenburg Girl Uncredited 1957 Kiss Them for Me ...
Back in Hollywood, Valora joined the cast of The War Wagon for a minimal role and appeared in guest roles in television shows including The Man from U.N.C.L.E., The Virginian, Star Trek, and Mannix as Cindy Gier in "Live Blueberries". Season 1 episode 7.
Horse artillery—rows of limbers and caissons, each pulled by teams of six horses with three postilion riders and an escort on horseback (1933, Poland). A limber is a two-wheeled cart designed to support the trail of an artillery piece, or the stock of a field carriage such as a caisson or traveling forge, allowing it to be towed.