John Wayne’s first movie as director was 1960’s The Alamo, but he was technically the uncredited one a year later on another Western.

Duke starred in The Comancheros as Captain Jake Cutter in the post-Civil War Western, which, at one point, was going to co-star Charlton Heston.

During filming in Utah, Michael Curtiz, who famously directed Casablanca, had become seriously ill for much of the shoot.

So, on the days that he wasn’t well enough to work, Wayne would step in and direct the movie…