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review by maddox from winchester
Golden oldie 3 April 2010
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3 November 2003
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Sergio Leone Western 6 May 2004
Henry Fonda - filmography
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On Golden Pond
on DVD
(1981)
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda
Director: Mark Rydell
Certificate: 
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 »
 
71%
from 2,924 members
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Fedora
(1978)
Starring: William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegarde Knef
Director: Billy Wilder
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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.
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: 
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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 »
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
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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.
68%
from 1,062 member
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Night Flight from Moscow
(1972)
Starring: Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde
Director: Henri Verneuil
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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 »
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: 
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.
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
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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 »
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: 
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 »
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
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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 »
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
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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 »
64%
from 163 members
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Madigan
(1968)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino
Director: Don Siegel
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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 »
58%
from 109 members
Currently unavailable
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The Boston Strangler
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy
Director: Richard Fleischer
Certificate: 
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 »
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
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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 »
65%
from 382 members
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Best Man
on DVD
(1964)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Edie Adams
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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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.
73%
from 87 members
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Fail-Safe
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton
Director: Sidney Lumet
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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 »
77%
from 450 members
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The Longest Day
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: John Wayne, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernhard Wicki
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An all-star cast has been enlisted for this epic recreation of the Allied invasion of Normandy that took place on June 6, 1944. This spectacular film noisily dramatises the viewpoints of the French, British, German, and American soldiers. Featuring Oscar winning special effects and cinematography, ..read more »
73%
from 6,177 members
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Warlock
(1959)
Starring: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Certificate:
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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 »
66%
from 293 members
Currently unavailable
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Twelve Angry Men
on DVD
(1957)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley
Director: Sidney Lumet
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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.
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
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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 »
71%
from 163 members
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War & Peace
(1956)
Starring: Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer
Director: King Vidor
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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.
62%
from 53 members
Currently unavailable
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The Wrong Man
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Certificate:
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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 »
68%
from 1,180 member
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Fort Apache
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Shirley Temple
Director: John Ford
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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 »
68%
from 1,646 member
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The Fugitive
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Dolores Del Rio
Director: John Ford
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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.
59%
from 64 members
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My Darling Clementine
(2 discs)
(1946)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Alan Mowbray, Victor Mature
Director: John Ford
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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 »
74%
from 886 members
Not currently released
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The Ox-Bow Incident
on DVD
(1943)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes
Director: William A. Wellman
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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 »
72%
from 349 members
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Tales of Manhattan
(1942)
Starring: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers
Director: Julien Duvivier
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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.
65%
from 2 members
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The Lady Eve
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda
Director: Preston Sturges
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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...
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
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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 »
64%
from 39 members
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The Grapes Of Wrath
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell
Director: John Ford
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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.
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:
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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 »
68%
from 304 members
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Jesse James
(1939)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Tyrone Power, Nancy Kelly
Director: Henry King
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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 »
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
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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 »
59%
from 249 members
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Blockade
on DVD
(1938)
Starring: Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda
Director: William Dieterle
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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 »
52%
from 32 members
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Jezebel
(1938)
Starring: Henry Fonda, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay
Director: William Wyler
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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 »
77%
from 53 members
Currently unavailable
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The Mad Miss Manton
on DVD
(1938)
Starring: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene
Director: Leigh Jason
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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 »
62%
from 28 members
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You Only Live Once
(1937)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Sylvia Sidney, Barton MacLane
Director: Fritz Lang
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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 »
64%
from 387 members
Not currently released
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The Trail Of Lonesome Pine
on DVD
(1936)
Starring: Spanky McFarland, Henry Fonda, Fuzzy Knight
Director: Henry Hathaway
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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 »
54%
from 20 members
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The Long Night
on DVD
Starring: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price
Director: Anatole Litvak
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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 »
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from 56 members
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