Which Tough Guy Actor is Really the Toughest?

[Shammrog]

Eastwood. John Wayne's real name was "Marion."

[Bostondevil]

Must resist this post, must resist, ahhh, I can't

John Wayne - would never want to sleep with him
Clint Eastwood - too scared to sleep with him

Gotta give it to Clint.

[2535Miles]

Must resist this post, must resist, ahhh, I can't

John Wayne - would never want to sleep with him
Clint Eastwood - too scared to sleep with him

Gotta give it to Clint.

POTD!!! POTD!!! POTD!!! I'm not really sure how anyone could top this.

On second thought, you didn't think Clint was kind of vulnerable in Play Misty? Doesn't that make him attractive in some sorta way?

[rasputin]

Wayne was just an insane hysterical anti-communist nut. Eastwood is a real libertarian.

Oh, and Eastwood was in good films. All the really good Westerns were revisionist Westerns. Wayne's only really good film was his last, The Shootist. If you have any real appreciation of the art of film, Wayne isn't even close to Eastwood.

I agree with the first paragraph but not the second. It took me a long time to appreciate Wayne's films, because his politics were revolting to me. To say that The Shootist is his only really good film means that the following, among others, weren't really good:

Stagecoach
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Red River
The Quiet Man
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

By the way, I do agree that The Shootist is also "really good."

[Bostondevil]

I never said he's not attractive.

But scary as an expletive to contemplate actually sleeping with the guy.

[rasputin]

I agree with the first paragraph but not the second. It took me a long time to appreciate Wayne's films, because his politics were revolting to me. To say that The Shootist is his only really good film means that the following, among others, weren't really good:

Stagecoach
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Red River
The Quiet Man
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

By the way, I do agree that The Shootist is also "really good."

Oops and I forgot "The Searchers."

[Johnboy]

NSFW (language).

[CLT Devil]

Clint in Heartbreak Ridge:
I I eat constintino wire and piss napalm, and I can put a round through a flea's pottymouth!pottymouth!pottymouth! at 200 meters. So you go and hump somebody else’s leg, mutt face, before I push yours in.

Got my vote

[captmojo]

John Wayne would have NEVER done Bridges of Madison County.

I was leaning toward Eastwood, but jeez. Game. Set. Match.

Agreed!

Wayne's portrayal of Genghis Khan is proof of the intestinal fortitude of the man. Well, that and his bouts with cancer.

[2535Miles]

Clint in Heartbreak Ridge:
I I eat constintino wire and piss napalm, and I can put a round through a flea's pottymouth!pottymouth!pottymouth! at 200 meters. So you go and hump somebody else’s leg, mutt face, before I push yours in.

Got my vote

That's what I'm screaming! Gunny Highway was tough!

[CameronBornAndBred]

I voted Eastwood, if only because he has beaten Death off longer.
P.S. Patrick Davidson left Chuck Norris in the infirmary once.