In a mission in China in 1935, Agatha Andrews is a rigid missionary beset by Mongolian bandits led by Warlord chief Tunga Khan. Read More »
Tag Archives: John Ford
Steamboat Round the Bend (1935) John Ford, Will Rogers, Anne Shirley, Irvin S. Cobb
Dr. John Pearly is an affable, turn-of-the-century con man who sells a patent medicine whose primary ingredient is whiskey. Read More »
The Wings of Eagles (1957) John Ford, John Wayne, Maureen O’Hara, Dan Dailey
U.S. Navy pilot Frank ‘Spig’ Wead is a fun-loving and rowdy adventurer, but also a fierce proponent of Naval aviation. Read More »
They Were Expendable (1945) John Ford, Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed
In the wake of Pearl Harbor’s surprise attack, World War II hero, Lt. John Brickley’s experimental squadron Read More »
The Grapes of Wrath (1940) John Ford, Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine
The Joad clan, introduced to the world in John Steinbeck’s iconic novel, is looking for a better life in California. Read More »
The Whole Towns Talking (1935) John Ford, Edward G. Robinson, Jean Arthur, Arthur Hohl
Ordinary man-in-the-street Arthur Ferguson Jones leads a very straightforward life. Read More »
Wee Willie Winkie (1937) John Ford, Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith
Priscilla Williams is a young girl traveling with her mother, Joyce, to join her paternal grandfather Read More »
Sergeant Rutledge (1960) John Ford, Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers
Lieutenant Tom Cantrell is sent to defend Sergeant Braxton Rutledge, a black cavalry soldier, on a charge of rape and murder. Read More »
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 »