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  • On Golden Pond
  • On Golden Pond review by maddox from winchester
    Rated - 3.0 stars Golden oldie 3 April 2010
    ...dramatic and childish compared to her father and Hepburn. The best part is when Henry Fonda and the boy are on their own - perhaps NOT a scene from the play as it plays m...   Read customer review
  • Twelve Angry Men
  • Twelve Angry Men review by from GLASGOW
    Rated - 5.0 stars 3 November 2003
    ...even notice how quickly the film passes, so engrossed will you be in witnessing Henry Fonda's character disecting the evidence that has been so superficially accepted, whi...   Read customer review
  • Once Upon A Time In The West
  • Once Upon A Time In The West review by from London, England
    Rated - 5.0 stars Sergio Leone Western 6 May 2004
    ...s, depth in dialogue and characterisations. Charles Bronson, James Robarbs and Henry Fonda give outstanding performances. Henry Fonda is excellent as the evil man which ...   Read customer review

Henry Fonda - filmography


  • On Golden Pond on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Katharine Hepburn,  Henry Fonda,  Jane Fonda
    Director: Mark Rydell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    There's little that happens in On Golden Pond that isn't thoroughly predictable from the start, but the film is blessed with so much star power, charm and honest sentiment that everyone in the audience is willing to ignore the cliches and go the distance. In his last film, Henry Fonda plays Norman ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,924 members
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  • Fedora (1978)
    Starring: William Holden,  Marthe Keller,  Hildegarde Knef
    Director: Billy Wilder
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    A faltering producer is bent on resurrecting his career by bringing a popular -- and eternally youthful looking -- actress out of seclusion to star in his next picture.
    4 stars out of 5 76% from 3 members
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  • The Last Days of Mussolini on DVD (1974)
    Starring: Lino Capolicchio,  Umberto Raho,  Rod Steiger
    Director: Carlo Lizzani
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    In Italian and English, 1974's THE LAST DAYS OF MUSSOLINI depicts the Italian dictator's final days of power. This tense, intriguing historical drama tracks Mussolini's actions as he finds himself hunted by Hitler, the allies, and the Italian government. The film is noteworthy for its strong ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 64 members
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  • My Name is Nobody on DVD (1973)
    Starring: Terence Hill,  Henry Fonda,  Geoffrey Lewis
    Director: Tonino Valerii
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
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    A western spoof about an easygoing gunslinger and the legendary shooter he idolises who wants to hang up his gun for good. Produced by Sergio Leone and starring Henry Fonda.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,062 member
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  • Night Flight from Moscow (1972)
    Starring: Yul Brynner,  Henry Fonda,  Dirk Bogarde
    Director: Henri Verneuil
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    The tension-filled days of Cold War espionage and international intrigue return to life in this edge-of-the-seat political thriller. Yul Brynner plays a Soviet spy who defects to the West and brings along with him a list of several high-ranking Western officials who are in fact Soviet double agents...read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 13 members
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  • The American West Of John Ford on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Tony Curtis,  Henry Fonda,  John Wayne
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A documentary which focuses on the director John Ford and his interest in the western film. Featuring insights from the actors who so often starred in his westerns; James Stewart, John Wayne and Henry Fonda. Introduced by Tony Curtis and featuring the original theatrical trailer for the film Vertigo.
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 112 members
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  • Sometimes A Great Notion on DVD (1971)
    Starring: Richard Jaeckel,  Lee Remick,  Cliff Potts
    Director: Paul Newman
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Featuring an all-star cast including Henry Fonda, Paul Newman, Lee Remick and Michael Sarrazin, Sometimes a Great Notion is based on the novel by Ken Kesey [One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest]. A family of Oregonian loggers, led by patriarch Henry [Fonda], live and work by the family motto ‘never ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 152 members
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  • Too Late The Hero on DVD (1969)
    Starring: Michael Caine,  Henry Fonda,  Cliff Robertson
    Director: Robert Aldrich
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    In Robert Aldrich's pulsating World War II thriller, Lawson (Cliff Robertson), an American naval officer specializing in Asiatic languages, is sent to the Pacific theater to assist a group of British soldiers (Michael Caine, Denholm Elliott, and Harry Andrews) in a seemingly simple mission--knock ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 60% from 915 members
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  • Once Upon A Time In The West on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Gabriele Ferzetti,  Woody Strode,  Jack Elam
    Director: Sergio Leone
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Sergio Leone's monumental epic Once Upon A Time In The West ranks among the five or six all-time Western masterpieces. The picture itself is as big as its Monument Valley locations, as grand as its fine, distinguished cast. Henry Fonda plays the blackest character of his long career and he's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 14,919 members
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  • Yours, Mine And Ours on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Lucille Ball,  Van Johnson
    Director: Melville Shavelson
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    After being set up by a matchmaker, naval officer Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda, THE GRAPES OF WRATH)--a widowed father with ten children--falls in love with Helen North (Lucille Ball, I LOVE LUCY), a naval base nurse who has eight children. They marry and the couple and their 18 children move into ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 163 members
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  • Madigan (1968)
    Starring: Richard Widmark,  Henry Fonda,  Harry Guardino
    Director: Don Siegel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    It's a seemingly peaceful spring morning in New York City -- graduation day at the Police Academy -- and Police Commissioner Anthony X. Russell (Henry Fonda) is looking forward to giving a speech to the new officers. But all isn't well: Russell's been given apparently incontrovertible evidence that ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 58% from 109 members
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  • The Boston Strangler on DVD (1968)
    Starring: Tony Curtis,  Henry Fonda,  George Kennedy
    Director: Richard Fleischer
    Certificate: Certificate: 18
    The Boston Strangler adopts the split-screen technique then in vogue (see also The Thomas Crown Affair) to relate the true story of self-confessed mass murderer Albert DeSalvo. Adapted by Edward Anhalt from the book by Gerold Frank, the film covers the years 1962 to 1964, during which time a dozen ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 610 members
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  • In Harm's Way on DVD (1965)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Kirk Douglas,  Patricia Neal
    Director: Otto Preminger
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In Harm's Way, based on James Bassett's novel Harm's Way, has enough plot in it for four movies or a good miniseries (when it was shown on network television in prime time, it was broken into two very full nights). On the morning of December 7, 1941, a heavy cruiser, commanded by Captain Rockwell ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 382 members
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  • Best Man on DVD (1964)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Cliff Robertson,  Edie Adams
    Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When intellectual William Russell (Henry Fonda) and down-to-earth Joe Cantwell (Cliff Robertson) run for the Presidency at the White House they find that neither have the majority. They must decide how much they want the job - and what they are willing to do to get it.
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 87 members
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  • Fail-Safe on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Dan O'Herlihy,  Walter Matthau,  Frank Overton
    Director: Sidney Lumet
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the novel by Eugene Burdick and Harvey Wheeler, Fail-Safe is set for the most part at Strategic Air Command headquarters, where a misguided transmission sends a squadron of bombers hurtling towards Russia, fully prepared to drop their atomic weaponry on Moscow. Air Force commander Frank ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 450 members
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  • Warlock (1959)
    Starring: Richard Widmark,  Henry Fonda,  Anthony Quinn
    Director: Edward Dmytryk
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    The town of Warlock is plagued by a gang of thugs, leading the inhabitants to hire Clay Blaisdell, a famous gunman, to act as Marshal. Various townspeople, concerned by the illegality of Blaisdell's position, induce one of the thugs, who has reformed, to accept the post of Sheriff in rivalry to the ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 66% from 293 members
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  • Twelve Angry Men on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Lee J. Cobb,  Ed Begley
    Director: Sidney Lumet
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    In the definitive version of Reginald Rose's timeless script, an all-white jury decides the fate of a youth accused of murder. This tightly constructed searing exposé of prejudice in the American legal system stars Henry Fonda and a pantheon of great character actors.
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 23,543 members
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  • The Tin Star on DVD (1957)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Betsy Palmer,  Anthony Perkins
    Director: Anthony Mann
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    When a small town's sheriff is murdered, inexperienced deputy Ben Owens (Anthony Perkins) steps in as a temporary replacement. Idealistic and eager to succeed, Owens enlists the services of ex-lawman turned bounty hunter Morg Hickman (Henry Ford) to help him grow into his new role. The cynical, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 163 members
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  • War & Peace (1956)
    Starring: Audrey Hepburn,  Henry Fonda,  Mel Ferrer
    Director: King Vidor
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    Spruced up adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's epic novel about the life of a Russian family during the War of 1812. The historical and personal events are seen mostly through the eyes of Natasha, who is 16 years old at the start of the movie. Contains many panoramic shots of battle in action.
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 53 members
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  • The Wrong Man on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Vera Miles,  Anthony Quayle
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
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    Manny Ballestero is an honest hardworking musician at New York's Stork Club. When his wife needs money for dental treatment, Manny goes to the local insurance office to borrow on her policy. Employees at the office mistake him for a hold-up man who robbed them the year before and the police are ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,180 member
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  • Fort Apache on DVD (1948)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  John Wayne,  Shirley Temple
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    A first of John Ford's trilogy of cavalry movies set during America's struggle against the Apache Indian. Henry Fonda plays the stubborn Colonel Thursday whose textbook methods of warfare appear as pure as suicide to everyone but him. John Wayne stars as Captain York, a soldier experienced in ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 1,646 member
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  • The Fugitive on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Dolores Del Rio
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The Fugitive follows the journey of a village priest (Henry Fonda) who despite the threat of death at the hands of revolutionary militants, who have outlawed religion, returns to his people to administer to their religious needs.
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 64 members
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  • My Darling Clementine (2 discs) (1946)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Alan Mowbray,  Victor Mature
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    One of the greatest movie Westerns, John Ford's My Darling Clementine is hardly the most accurate film version of the Wyatt Earp legend, but it is still one of the most entertaining. Henry Fonda stars as former lawman Wyatt Earp, who, after cleaning up Dodge City, arrives in the outskirts of ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 886 members
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  • The Ox-Bow Incident on DVD (1943)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Dana Andrews,  Mary Beth Hughes
    Director: William A. Wellman
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Two drifters are passing through a Western town, when news comes in that a local farmer has been murdered and his cattle stolen. The townspeople, joined by the drifters, form a posse to catch the perpetrators. They find three men in possession of the cattle, and are determined to see justice done ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 349 members
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  • Tales of Manhattan (1942)
    Starring: Charles Boyer,  Rita Hayworth,  Ginger Rogers
    Director: Julien Duvivier
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    An actor, Paul Orman, is accidentally told that his new, custom made tail coat has been cursed and it will bring misfortune to all who wear it. As the four succeeding wearers of the coat discover, misfortune can often lead to truth.
    3.5 stars out of 5 65% from 2 members
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  • The Lady Eve on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Barbara Stanwyck,  Henry Fonda
    Director: Preston Sturges
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    When Jean Harrington meets Charles Pike on a ship, a misunderstanding leaves them parting on bad terms. In order to win back his love, Jean disguises herself as an English lady and sets off to pursue him...
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 1,453 member
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  • The Return Of Frank James on DVD (1940)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Gene Tierney,  Jackie Cooper
    Director: Fritz Lang
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    This Technicolor sequel to 1939's JESSE JAMES does without the services of the earlier film's star Tyrone Power, who after all was shot dead by 'that dirty little coward' Bob Ford (John Carradine). Repeating his portrayal of western outlaw Frank James, Henry Fonda is promoted to top billing here. ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 39 members
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  • The Grapes Of Wrath on DVD (1940)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Jane Darwell
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A moving story of the migration to California of an Oklahoma family during the 'Dust-Bowl' period of the 1930's. Henry Fonda gives a sterling performance as Tom Joad, a poor farmer who refuses to be beaten down by misfortune and oppression. Based on a novel by John Steinbeck.
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 3,295 members
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  • Young Mr Lincoln on DVD (1939)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Alice Brady,  Marjorie Weaver
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    John Ford's fine direction distinguishes this highly fictionalized account of the early life of Abraham Lincoln. The film shows Lincoln (Henry Fonda) as he rises from a country boy born in a log cabin to a lawyer in Springfield, Illinois defending two young men unjustly accused of murder. The film, ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 304 members
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  • Jesse James (1939)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Tyrone Power,  Nancy Kelly
    Director: Henry King
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    The legend of Jesse James stars Tyrone Power as the most infamous bandit in the history of the West. Jesse James was a young Missouri farmer forced outside the law after ruthless agents for the transcontinental railroad kill his ailing mother and steal his family's land. Together with his brother ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 33 members
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  • Drums Along The Mohawk on DVD (1939)
    Starring: Claudette Colbert,  Henry Fonda,  Edna May Oliver
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    DRUMS ALONG THE MOHAWK is John Ford's first film in Technicolor (which recently perfected far richer shadings of colour than had previously been possible), and the director uses it to stunning effect. The film stars Henry Fonda as Revolutionary War-era farmer Gilbert Martin, who, in 1776, has ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 59% from 249 members
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  • Blockade on DVD (1938)
    Starring: Madeleine Carroll,  Henry Fonda
    Director: William Dieterle
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The screen explodes with action in this war-torn drama. Henry Fonda stars as the passionate, courageous Marco, a peasant farmer determined to protect his land from invading soldiers. The gorgeous Madeleine Carroll is Norma, the daredevil spy whose heart he captures. With gunfire thundering around ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 32 members
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  • Jezebel (1938)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  George Brent,  Margaret Lindsay
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Set in the antebellum South, William Wyler's JEZEBEL centres on high society beauty Julie Marsden. Julie first arrives on horseback, then enters her home flamboyantly hooking the long flowing train of her dress with her riding crop and hoisting it to her shoulders. Julie is not just high-spirited-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 77% from 53 members
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  • The Mad Miss Manton on DVD (1938)
    Starring: Barbara Stanwyck,  Henry Fonda,  Sam Levene
    Director: Leigh Jason
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Melsa Manton (Barbara Stanwyck) is a wealthy Manhattan debutante who is notorious for headline grabbing pranks. One night, Melsa notices a man running out of a supposedly deserted house and goes to investigate. She discovers a body, but when the police eventually arrive the body has disappeared and ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 62% from 28 members
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  • You Only Live Once (1937)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Sylvia Sidney,  Barton MacLane
    Director: Fritz Lang
    Certificate: Certificate: 15
    Henry Fonda and Sylvia Sidney play ill-fated lovers in Fritz Lang's fatalistic psychological thriller, YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE. The film opens as Joan (Sidney), a secretary in the public defender's office, excitedly awaits the release of her thrice-convicted criminal lover Eddie (Fonda). The two try to ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 387 members
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  • The Trail Of Lonesome Pine on DVD (1936)
    Starring: Spanky McFarland,  Henry Fonda,  Fuzzy Knight
    Director: Henry Hathaway
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    This adaptation of John Fox Jr.'s novel was the first feature to be shot outdoors in Technicolor. It tells the tale of a railroad engineer who inadvertently fans the flames of an ancient family feud when he arrives to build a line through the Blue Ridge Mountains. Academy Award Nominations: Best ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 20 members
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  • The Long Night on DVD
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Barbara Bel Geddes,  Vincent Price
    Director: Anatole Litvak
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Presented in an intricate web of flashbacks, The Long Night follows the fractured thoughts of Joe Adams (Henry Fonda), a factory worker pinned inside his third-floor apartment after gunning down a mysterious, dapper gentleman (Vincent Price). Joe's memories (often containing flashbacks within ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 56 members
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Henry Fonda facts

5 most recent films

On Golden Pond - 3.5 stars
Roots - The Next Generation - 4.0 stars
Meteor - 3.0 stars
Fedora - 4.0 stars
Rollercoaster - 3.0 stars

5 highest-rated films

Once Upon A Time In The West - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
Twelve Angry Men - 4.0 stars
Fail-Safe - 4.0 stars
Jezebel - 4.0 stars
Roots - The Next Generation - 4.0 stars

5 lowest-rated films

The Alpha Caper - 0.5 stars
Stage Struck - 1.5 stars
Hollywood - The Fabulous Era - 2.5 stars
Night Flight from Moscow - 2.5 stars
Blockade - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Wayne - 10 times - show films
James Stewart - 9 times - show films
Richard Widmark - 8 times - show films
Karl Malden - 7 times - show films
Lee J. Cobb - 7 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Ford - 18 times - show films
Henry Hathaway - 7 times - show films
George Marshall - 6 times - show films
Georg Stanford Brown - 5 times - show films
Charles S. Dubin - 5 times - show films