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  • Fort Apache
  • Fort Apache review by A customer from Downpatrick
    Rated - 5 stars Classic Western 3 September 2006
    ...of John Fords Cavalry Trio ( Rio Grande ,She wear a yellow ribbon). Sorry Duke -Henry Fonda stole the show in this one. ...  
  • Twelve Angry Men
  • Twelve Angry Men review by from GLASGOW
    Rated - 5 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...  
  • My Name Is Nobody
  • My Name Is Nobody review by from Salford, Manchester
    Rated - 4 stars Underrated Western 14 April 2005
    ...ccasionally Terrence Hill is funny as the young gunslinger idolising the ageing Henry Fonda, but the film comes across as a tribute to the master of the genre. Featuri...  

Henry Fonda - filmography


  • On Golden Pond on DVD (1981)
    Starring: Katharine Hepburn,  Henry Fonda,  Jane Fonda
    Director: Mark Rydell
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Based on the play by Ernest Thompson, ON GOLDEN POND tells the deceptively simple tale of one family's summer. The story centres around the bickering but loving relationship between Ethel and Norman Thayer (Katharine Hepburn and Henry Fonda), an elderly couple who are spending their 48th summer at ..read more »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 2,536 members
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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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 57% from 10 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.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 55% from 88 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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 60% from 766 members
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  • Madigan (1968)
    Starring: Richard Widmark,  Henry Fonda,  Harry Guardino
    Director: Don Siegel
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Adapted from Richard Dougherty's 'The Commissioner', 'Madigan' stars Richard Widmark as the eponymous New York detective in this warm-up for Don Siegel's 'Dirty Harry'. Joined by his partner Rocco Bonaro, Madigan raids the apartment of criminal Barney Benesch, but when both cops are briefly frozen ..read more »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 58% from 85 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
    A navy man goes out to capture strategic islands held by the Japanese during World War II. It doesn't get more macho than this: IN HARM'S WAY was directed by Otto Preminger and stars John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, and many more tough guys.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 306 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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 44 members
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  • Fail-Safe on DVD (1963)
    Starring: Dan O'Herlihy,  Walter Matthau,  Frank Overton
    Director: Sidney Lumet
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Following closely on the heels of Stanley Kubrik's DR. STRANGELOVE (all too closely for Kubrick and company, who quickly filed a lawsuit alleging plagiarism), Sidney Lumet's FAIL-SAFE employs a similarly stylized and heightened dramatic structure in its nerve-crushing moral tale. Taking place over ..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 270 members
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  • Warlock on DVD (1959)
    Starring: Richard Widmark,  Henry Fonda,  Anthony Quinn
    Director: Edward Dmytryk
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    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 »
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 64% from 225 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.
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 80% from 18,840 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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 70% from 92 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.
    Rate this: 3 stars out of 5 63% from 41 members
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  • The Wrong Man on DVD (1956)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Vera Miles,  Anthony Quayle
    Director: Alfred Hitchcock
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Henry Fonda plays musician Manny Balestro, a man full of visible but unspoken rage at his wrongful arrest. Vera Miles is his distraught wife Rose, driven to madness by the ordeal.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 880 members
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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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 1,428 member
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  • The Fugitive on DVD (1947)
    Starring: Henry Fonda
    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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 69% from 15 members
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  • The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Dana Andrews,  Mary Beth Hughes
    Director: William A. Wellman
    Certificate: Certificate: TBC
    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 »
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 58 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.
    Rate this: 3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 2,332 members
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  • Jezebel (1938)
    Starring: Henry Fonda,  Bette Davis,  Bette Davis
    Director: William Wyler
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Set in the antebellum South, William Wyler�s JEZEBEL centers 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-..read more »
    Rate this: 4 stars out of 5 77% from 39 members
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  • Jesse James
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 54% from 19 members
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  • Blockade on DVD
    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 »
    Rate this: 2.5 stars out of 5 49% from 15 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
Rollercoaster - 3.5 stars
The Battle Of Midway - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

Twelve Angry Men - 4.0 stars
Fail-Safe - 4.0 stars
Roots - The Next Generation - 4.0 stars
My Darling Clementine - 3.5 stars
The Grapes Of Wrath - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Stage Struck - 2.0 stars
Natalie Wood Collection - Sex And The Single Girl - 2.0 stars
On Our Merry Way - 2.5 stars
Blockade - 2.5 stars
Jesse James - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Wayne - 7 times - show films
Richard Widmark - 5 times - show films
Tony Curtis - 4 times - show films
Mel Ferrer - 4 times - show films
James Stewart - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Ford - 11 times - show films
Sidney Lumet - 3 times - show films
Ken Annakin - 3 times - show films
Henry Hathaway - 3 times - show films
Otto Preminger - 2 times - show films