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Never Apologize
on DVD
(2007)
Starring: Malcolm McDowell, Lindsay Anderson, Alan Bates
Director: Mike E. Kaplan
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The documentary of Malcolm McDowell's celebration of Lindsay Anderson, their times and their colleagues, is a unique hybrid of film, theater and literature.
Directed by Mike Kaplan, whose friendship with McDowell began on Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and who produced Anderson's last ..read more »
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59%
from 210 members
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The American West Of John Ford
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, John Wayne
Director: John Ford
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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.
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55%
from 88 members
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Donovan's Reef
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Jack Warden
Director: John Ford
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The hilarious DONOVAN'S REEF, one of John Ford's rare but memorable forays into comedy, is set on the South Sea island of Haleakoloha, where two navy buddies have decided to stay after World War II. Michael "Guns" Donovan (John Wayne) and Aloysius "Boats" Gilhooley (Lee Marvin), who like to ..read more »
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69%
from 754 members
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles
Director: John Ford
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In John Ford's stark, melancholy swan song for the conventional frontier Western, aged Senator Ransom Stoddard (James Stewart) returns to the small town of Shinbone with his wife, Hallie (Vera Miles), for the funeral of his friend, Tom Doniphan (John Wayne), where he recounts for reporters his ..read more »
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72%
from 2,997 members
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Two Rode Together
on DVD
(1961)
Starring: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones
Director: John Ford
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The US Army is under pressure from the desperate relatives of white prisoners of the Comanches to secure their rescue. A cynical and corrupt marshal, Guthrie McCabe, is persuaded by an army lieutenant to assist in the negotiations with the Comanches. However, just two captives are released; and ..read more »
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60%
from 233 members
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The Horse Soldiers
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers
Director: John Ford
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THE HORSE SOLDIERS, John Ford's only attempt at tackling the subject of the Civil War, is based on Grierson's Raid, part of the Union's assault on Vicksburg in April 1863. After a number of failed efforts at taking the Southern stronghold, Union leaders assign Col. John Marlowe (John Wayne), a ..read more »
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67%
from 831 members
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Gideon's Day
(1958)
Starring: Jack Hawkins, Dianne Foster, Cyril Cusack
Director: John Ford
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Jack Hawkins stars as Chief Inspector George Gideon of Scotland Yard in this classic British crime thriller directed
by Hollywood legend John Ford.
Inspector Gideon is a dedicated family man - but it's hard to meet the demands of your family and tackle the relentless wave of crime sweeping ..read more »
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10%
from 2 members
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Searchers, The - HD DVD Version
(1956)
Starring: Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood, John Wayne
Director: John Ford
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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 »
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75%
from 146 members
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The Searchers
on DVD
(1956)
Starring: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles
Director: John Ford
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John Ford's classic western combines spectacular scenery with a solid narrative. A civil war veteran trails Indians to rescue his niece.
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70%
from 5,999 members
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Mogambo
on DVD
(1953)
Starring: Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly
Director: John Ford
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Clark Gable reprises his role as veteran big-game trapper and guide Vic Marswell in John Ford's remake of RED DUST, the actor's 1932 hit. After a brief fling with Eloise Kelly (Ava Gardner), an adventurer temporarily stranded in Kenya, Vic is hired as a guide by British anthropologist Donald ..read more »
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57%
from 197 members
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What Price Glory
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: James Cagney, Corrine Calvet, Dan Dailey
Director: John Ford
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Two soldiers stationed in a French village during World War 2, both fall in love with the same woman. The question is whether they will kill the enemy before they attack each other...
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56%
from 71 members
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The Quiet Man
on DVD
(1952)
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen
Director: John Ford
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One of John Ford's most cherished projects, THE QUIET MAN took years to finance but became one of his greatest box-office successes and an enduringly beloved classic. John Wayne stars as Sean Thornton, a retired American boxing champion trying to put tragedy behind him by returning to Innisfree, ..read more »
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72%
from 2,389 members
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Rio Grande
on DVD
(1950)
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson
Director: John Ford
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In RIO GRANDE, the last part of John Ford's classic Cavalry Trilogy, John Wayne stars as Kirby York, a colonel at an army outpost along the U.S.-Mexico border where the Apache are always a problem. When his son, Jeff (Claude Jarman Jr.), whom he hasn't seen in more than a decade, arrives at the ..read more »
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69%
from 1,292 member
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She Wore A Yellow Ribbon
on DVD
(1949)
Starring: John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar
Director: John Ford
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A lament for the passage of time and the second in the director's acclaimed series of cavalry films, John Ford's SHE WORE A YELLOW RIBBON stars John Wayne as Capt. Nathan Brittles, a cavalry officer stationed in the Southwest. While contemplating his retirement, which is only a week away, Brittles ..read more »
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70%
from 1,478 member
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3 Godfathers
on DVD
(1948)
Starring: John Wayne, Pedro Armendariz Jr., Harry Carey Jr.
Director: John Ford
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Three bandits set off across the desert after robbing a bank and stumble across a dying woman about to give birth. They set off with the baby to New Jerusalem across the white-hot desert...
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63%
from 421 members
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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 »
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67%
from 1,428 member
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The Fugitive
on DVD
(1947)
Starring: Henry Fonda
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.
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69%
from 15 members
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My Darling Clementine
(2 discs)
on DVD
(1946)
Starring: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan
Director: John Ford
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In another of his classic Westerns, John Ford again reflects upon the advance of civilisation on the receding frontier, recounting the events leading up to and including the legendary gunfight at the O.K. Corral. As they drive their cattle toward California, Wyatt Earp (Henry Fonda) and his ..read more »
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74%
from 741 members
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They Were Expendable
on DVD
(1945)
Starring: Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed
Director: John Ford
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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 »
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66%
from 259 members
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How Green Was My Valley
on DVD
(1941)
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Roddy McDowall
Director: John Ford
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In John Ford's HOW GREEN IS MY VALLEY, Huw Morgan, now a middle-aged man leaving the mining town of Cwm Rhondda, recalls the events that most impressed themselves upon his younger self (Roddy McDowall). His first memories are of the marriage of his brother, Ivor (Patric Knowles), and the burgeoning ..read more »
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66%
from 1,302 member
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The Long Voyage Home
on DVD
(1940)
Starring: John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter
Director: John Ford
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The clouds of World War II are looming in this tense drama. John Wayne plays a young Swede aboard a cargo ship, where the threat of mortal danger evokes fear, loneliness and suspicion amongst the volatile crew.
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57%
from 251 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.
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73%
from 2,332 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 »
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57%
from 184 members
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Mary of Scotland
on DVD
(1936)
Starring: Katharine Hepburn
Director: John Ford
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This tragic story deals with the short lived reign of Mary Stuart (Katharine Hepburn), her relationship with the queen of England, Elizabeth Tudor, and her marriage.
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68%
from 12 members
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Prisoner Of Shark Island
on DVD
(1936)
Starring: Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, John Carradine
Director: John Ford
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Written by Nunnally Johnson (The Grapes of Wrath, Tobacco Road), The Prisoner of Shark Island dramatizes the fatal shooting of Abraham Lincoln (Frank McGlynn Sr.) and the subsequent visit by the assassin John Wilkes Booth (Francis McDonald) to Dr. Samuel Mudd's house to fix his broken leg. Unaware ..read more »
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66%
from 96 members
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Steamboat Round The Bend
on DVD
(1935)
Starring: Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb
Director: John Ford
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A steamboat captain uses a steamboat littered with waxworks as a tourist attraction in order to raise funds for the legal fees his nephew needs in the hope of saving him from the gallows. Based on the novel by Ben Lucien Burman, John Ford's STEAMBOAT ROUND THE BEND stars Will Rogers in one of his ..read more »
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56%
from 46 members
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The Informer
on DVD
(1935)
Starring: Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster
Director: John Ford
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Powerful John Ford drama set in 1922 Dublin, where Gypo Nolan - desperate to save himself and lover Katie, who's resorting to prostitution to eke out a living - betrays former rebel comrade Frankie to the British authorities. And so begins a long dark night of the soul...
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68%
from 21 members
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The Iron Horse
(1924)
Starring: George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy, George Waggner
Director: John Ford
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This John Ford silent Western stars George O'Brien and Madge Bellamy. An epic Wild West tale, THE IRON HORSE follows the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, and is particularly interesting as a document of early American cinema.
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62%
from 205 members
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The Wagon Master
on DVD
Starring: Ben Johnson
Director: John Ford
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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.
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71%
from 18 members
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John Ford facts
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Hate, Revenge, Love 28 July 2004
...Probably John Ford's best film, 'The Searchers' is the saga of an ex-Confederate soldier, Ethan Edwards, who embarks on a long, obsessive search for his niece Debbie, wh...
