Lieutenant Tom Cantrell is sent to defend Sergeant Braxton Rutledge, a black cavalry soldier, on a charge of rape and murder. Read More »
Tag Archives: John Ford
The Plough and the Stars (1936) John Ford, Barbara Stanwyck, Preston Foster, Barry Fitzgerald
A husband clashes with his wife over his membership to the Irish citizen army. Read More »
Riley the Cop (1928) John Ford, J. Farrell MacDonald, Nancy Drexel, David Rollins
Joe Smith, a young bakery worker, gets engaged to Mary Coronelli, who comes from a wealthy family. Read More »
The Hurricane (1937) John Ford, Dorothy Lamour, Jon Hall, Mary Astor
In the Island of Manukura, a French colony in the South Seas, the joyful Terangi is a leader among the natives and the first mate of the Katopua, the tall ship of Captain Nagle. Read More »
Young Cassidy (1965) Jack Cardiff, John Ford, Rod Taylor, Julie Christie, Maggie Smith
In Dublin 1910, Johnny Cassidy, an impoverished idealist’s ambitions are restricted by the demands of looking after his family Read More »
Stagecoach (1939) John Ford, John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine
A simple stagecoach trip is complicated by the fact that Geronimo is on the warpath in the area. Read More »
Arrowsmith (1931) John Ford, Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett
Based on a Sinclair Lewis novel “Martin Arrowsmith”. A medical researcher is sent to a plague outbreak, where he has to decide priorities for the use of a vaccine. Read More »
The Fugitive (1947) John Ford, Emilio Fernández, Henry Fonda, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz
Based of the Graham Greene novel about a revolutionary priest in Central America. Read More »
Mister Roberts (1955) John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Comedy, Drama, War
Mister Roberts is aboard a US cargo ship, working in the Pacific during the Second World War. Read More »
Hell Bent (1918) John Ford, Harry Carey, Duke R. Lee, Neva Gerber, Western
Some strong action and well sustained tension and a great third act, but this mostly a good showcase for Chayenne Harry’s presence Read More »
Hangmans House (1928) John Ford, June Collyer, Larry Kent, Victor McLaglen, Drama, Romance, Thriller
‘Citizen’ Hogan is a Irish Republican patriot having a price on his mind, serving in Algiers, in which he’s highly respected by his own Australian Legionaire comrades. Read More »
Judge Priest (1934) John Ford, Will Rogers, Tom Brown, Anita Louise, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Judge William “Billy” Priest lives in a very patriotic (Confederate) southern town. Read More »
Cameo Kirby (1923) John Ford, John Gilbert, Gertrude Olmstead, Alan Hale, Drama
Wrongfully blamed for the death of Col. John Randall, Cameo Kirby (Gilbert) must find the true villain and clear his name before he can declare his love for Adele (Olmstead), the dead man’s daughter. Read More »
Directed by John Ford (1971) John Ford, Peter Bogdanovich, Orson Welles, Documentary, Biography
In 1971, Peter Bogdanovich was, perhaps, America’s most promising young filmmaker, having directed the remarkable “Targets” (1968) and “The Last Picture Show” (1971) earning him an Academy Award nomination for the latter. Read More »
The Shamrock Handicap (1926) John Ford, Janet Gaynor, Leslie Fenton, Willard Louis, Romance, Drama
Based on a story by Peter B. Kyne, the long-lost John Ford silent Shamrock Handicap begins in Ireland. Because he refuses to collect rent payments from his impoverished tenants, kindly Irish nobleman Sir Miles Gaffney is in danger of losing his estate. Read More »