Daniels) - but it failed to win any awards.Curiously, Burl Ives was nominated and won an Oscar in 1958 as Best Supporting Actor inThe Big Countryrather than for his performance inCat On a Hot Tin Roof.With an oversized view of his non-regulation weapon, he states his most memorable, courageous and forceful line (ritualistically repeated again almost verbatim at the film's conclusion) when he baits the criminal to gamble on luck with his lethal version of Russian Roulette:I know what you're thinking.Filmed with hand-held cameras, he couple run toward the burning wreckage, joined by police, other witnesses, and shady characters to view the ball of flames engulfing he burning and mangled convertible on the American side of the border.The film's major tagline echoed the search:"he had to find her...he had to find her"The main characters were briefly described on one of the film's posters:ETHAN - Whatever it took - he'd find her!DEBBIE - Somewhere out there - she was captive!LAURIE - Her heart wanted to wait - and couldn't!MARTIN - He started the search as a boy - and ended it a man!CLAYTON - The Good Book in one hand - and a gun in the other!John Wayne, the "Duke," had already played many major roles in numerous westerns in his career, includingThe Big Trail (1930),The Spoilers (1942), Howard Hawks'Red River (1948),and The Fighting Kentuckian (1949), and had appeared in five previous Ford westerns, including:Stagecoach (1939),3 Godfathers (1948), Fort Apache (1948),She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), andRio Grande (1950)-- and would appear in a few more, including:The Horse Soldiers (1959)andThe Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962).