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  • Canyon Passage review by A customer from London
    Rated - 3.5 stars Fine convincing western 20 June 2010
    ...Hayward, but she seems to have eyes for Andrews. Andrews has one serious enemy, Ward Bond, a mindless thug who Andrew has good reason to want to see hanged, except that ...   Read customer review

Ward Bond - filmography


  • Rio Bravo - HD (1959)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Dean Martin,  Ricky Nelson
    Director: Howard Hawks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    No-nonsense Texas border sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) fights off ruthless mercenary gunmen in order to keep a murderer in custody. A ragtag band of volunteers, consisting of a singing kid, a toothless old man, a recovering alcoholic, and a spunky woman, assists. Contains an interesting sing-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 50 members
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  • Rio Bravo - Blu-ray (1959)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Dean Martin,  Ricky Nelson
    Director: Howard Hawks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    No-nonsense Texas border sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) fights off ruthless mercenary gunmen in order to keep a murderer in custody. A ragtag band of volunteers, consisting of a singing kid, a toothless old man, a recovering alcoholic, and a spunky woman, assists. Contains an interesting sing-..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 75% from 366 members
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  • Rio Bravo on DVD (1959)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Dean Martin,  Ricky Nelson
    Director: Howard Hawks
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Set in Texas during the late 1860s, Rio Bravo is a story of men (and women) and a town under siege. Presidio County Sheriff John T. Chance (John Wayne) is holding Joe Burdette (Claude Akins), a worthless, drunken thug, for the murder of an unarmed man in a fight in a saloon -- the problem is that ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 71% from 3,592 members
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  • The Searchers - HD (1956)
    Starring: Jeffrey Hunter,  Natalie Wood,  John Wayne
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    A classic Western regarded by many as the best of the genre, John Ford's THE SEARCHERS has been acknowledged by several directors who came into their own in the 1970s, including Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, Paul Schrader, and George Lucas, as a powerful influence on their work. The film stars ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 74% from 173 members
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  • The Quiet Man on DVD (1952)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Maureen O'Hara,  Victor McLaglen
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Returning to the Ireland of his birth, director John Ford fashions a irresistible valentine to the Auld Sod in The Quiet Man. Irish-American boxer John Wayne, recovering from the trauma of having accidentally killed a man in the ring, arrives in the Irish village where he was born. Hoping to bury ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 72% from 2,801 members
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  • On Dangerous Ground (1952)
    Starring: Ida Lupino,  Robert Ryan,  Ward Bond
    Director: Nicholos Ray
    Certificate: Certificate: 12
    Hard, withdrawn city cop Jim Wilson roughs up one too many suspects and is sent upstate to help investigate the murder of a young girl in the winter countryside. There he meets Mary Malden, whom he finds attractive and independent. However, Mary's brother is chief suspect in the killing. And Mary ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 78% from 7 members
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  • Operation Pacific on DVD (1951)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Patricia Neal,  Ward Bond
    Director: George Waggner
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    World War II serves as the backdrop for this undersea tale, which dramatises the adventures and crises encountered by seamen aboard a naval submarine. At the centre of this story is the continuing love affair between a naval officer (John Wayne) and a nurse (Patricia Neal) -- who are divorced from ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 61% from 546 members
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  • Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye on DVD (1950)
    Starring: James Cagney,  Barbara Payton,  Helena Carter
    Director: Gordon Douglas
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    From the trial of the survivors, we flash back to amoral crook Ralph Cotter's violent prison break, assisted by Holiday Carleton, sister of another prisoner...who doesn't make it. Soon Ralph manipulates the grieving Holiday into his arms, and two crooked cops follow her into his pocket. Ralph's ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 71 members
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  • The Wagon Master on DVD (1950)
    Starring: Ben Johnson,  Joanne Dru,  Harry Carey Jr.
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    In 1849, Ward Bond (Elder Wiggs), a Mormon elder hires young horse traders Travis Blue (Ben Johnson) and Sandy (Harry Carey Jr.) to guide a party of Mormons to the distant and unexplored San Juan River Country.
    3.5 stars out of 5 68% from 57 members
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  • 3 Godfathers on DVD (1948)
    Starring: John Wayne,  Pedro Armendariz Jr.,  Harry Carey Jr.
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    John Ford had already directed one of the three previous film versions of Peter Kyne's novel under the title Marked Men (1919) with his mentor Harry Carey, a great cowboy star of the silent era who had recently died. It's not difficult to see how the story's sentimentality and Christian symbolism ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 64% from 476 members
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  • The Time Of Your Life on DVD (1948)
    Starring: Jeanne Cagney,  Paul Draper,  James Lydon
    Director: H.C. Potter
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    THE TIME OF YOUR LIFE is the film adaptation of William Saroyan's Pulitzer Prize-winning ensemble play about the various characters who populate Nick's Saloon, Restaurant and Entertainment Palace--a San Francisco waterfront dive. Joe (James Cagney), a champagne-soaked philosopher with a credo that ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 55% from 112 members
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  • It's A Wonderful Life on DVD (1946)
    Starring: James Stewart,  Donna Reed,  Lionel Barrymore
    Director: Frank Capra
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The legendary James Stewart (HARVEY, VERTIGO) stars as George Bailey. George is a noble man who has spent much of his life on a crusade to stop shady local businessman Henry Potter (Lionel Barrymore - TREASURE ISLAND, DUEL IN THE SUN) from taking over the picturesque town of Bedford Falls. However, ..read more »
    4 stars out of 5 81% from 5,719 members
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  • It's A Wonderful Life - Blu-ray (1946)
    Starring: James Stewart,  Donna Reed,  Lionel Barrymore
    Director: Frank Capra
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The legendary James Stewart (HARVEY, VERTIGO) stars as George Bailey. George is a noble man who has spent much of his life on a crusade to stop shady local businessman Henry Potter (Lionel Barrymore - TREASURE ISLAND, DUEL IN THE SUN) from taking over the picturesque town of Bedford Falls. However, ..read more »
    4.5 stars out of 5 86% from 232 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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  • They Were Expendable on DVD (1945)
    Starring: Robert Montgomery,  John Wayne,  Donna Reed
    Director: John Ford
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    On the eve of war, Lt. John Brickley (Robert Montgomery) is assigned to take his Patrol Torpedo Boat Squadron to Manila Bay to defend against a possible Japanese attack in the Philippines. Once there, he finds that the top brass--amused by the idea that small crafts can be useful in combat--..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 67% from 356 members
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  • The Fighting Sullivans on DVD (1944)
    Starring: Anne Baxter,  Thomas Mitchell,  Edward Ryan
    Director: Lloyd Bacon
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    The wartime forerunner of the story told in Saving Private Ryan (1998) is this emotionally gripping depiction of the Sullivan boys of Waterloo, Iowa. Amid all the tales of personal tragedy in WW II, this one stands out. The five inseparable brothers enlisted together after Pearl Harbor and were all ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 63% from 149 members
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  • The Maltese Falcon on DVD (1941)
    Starring: Peter Lorre,  Gladys George,  Barton MacLane
    Director: John Huston
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Hard-drinking private eye Sam Spade sleuths the backyard of San Francisco in search of an elusive black bird statuette while evading the setups of three disparate miscreants: the duplicitous Brigid, the perfumed Mr. Cairo, and the scheming Fat Man. Huston's brilliant directorial debut is aided by ..read more »
    3.5 stars out of 5 73% from 11,982 members
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  • Made For Each Other on DVD (1939)
    Starring: Carole Lombard,  James Stewart,  Charles Coburn
    Director: John Cromwell
    Certificate: Certificate: U
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    Jimmy Stewart and Carole Lombard star as newlyweds in this delightful romantic dramedy. Stewart plays Johnny Mason, an amiable New York City lawyer who has put his career in jeopardy by refusing the hand of his employer's daughter. His beloved wife, Jane (comically portrayed by Lombard), is ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 51% from 299 members
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  • Mr Moto's Gamble on DVD (1938)
    Starring: Peter Lorre,  Keye Luke,  Dick Baldwin
    Director: James Tinling
    Certificate: Certificate: PG
    Get a ringside seat for murder in the third instalment of this knockout classic detective series! Starring screen-legend Peter Lorre (The Maltese Falcon) and special guest Keye Luke (Charlie Chan's Number One Son). Celebrated as a supersleuth. Mr. Moto (Lorre) comes out fighting when a brutal ..read more »
    2.5 stars out of 5 52% from 5 members
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  • The Big Trail on DVD (1930)
    Starring: Tyrone Power,  Tyrone Power Jr.,  Helen Parrish
    Director: Raoul Walsh
    Certificate: Certificate: U
    Pioneers heading for Oregon endure the hardships of weather, unfriendly strangers and internal strife in this sophisticated early sound film. Features John Wayne in his first starring role. The straightforward Western tale is now overshadowed by its place in history as an early example of Fox's ..read more »
    3 stars out of 5 54% from 238 members
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Ward Bond facts

5 most recent films

Rio Bravo - HD - 4.0 stars
Rio Bravo - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
Rio Bravo - 3.5 stars
The Searchers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Searchers - HD - 3.5 stars

5 highest-rated films

It's A Wonderful Life - Blu-ray - 4.5 stars
It's A Wonderful Life - 4.0 stars
Rio Bravo - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Searchers - Blu-ray - 4.0 stars
The Searchers - HD - 3.5 stars

5 lowest-rated films

Darn Good Westerns Box Set Vol.2 - Hellgate - 2.0 stars
Darn Good Westerns Box Set Vol.2 - Panhandle - 2.0 stars
Darn Good Westerns Box Set Vol.2 - Shotgun - 2.5 stars
Darn Good Westerns Box Set Vol.2 - 2.5 stars
Mr Moto's Gamble - 2.5 stars

Most frequent co-stars

John Wayne - 13 times - show films
Cathy Downs - 7 times - show films
Walter Brennan - 6 times - show films
James Stewart - 5 times - show films
Rod Cameron - 4 times - show films

Most frequent directors

John Ford - 12 times - show films
Charles Marquis Warren - 4 times - show films
Lesley Selander - 4 times - show films
John Huston - 3 times - show films
Howard Hawks - 3 times - show films