Rio Grande takes place after the Civil War when the Union turned their attention towards the Apaches. Read More »
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Fort Apache (1948) John Ford, John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple
In John Ford’s sombre exploration mythologising of American heroes, he slowly reveals the character of Owen Thursday Read More »
Salute (1929) David Butler, John Ford, George O’Brien, Helen Chandler, William Janney
John Randall is an Army cadet at West Point. His younger brother Paul is a midshipman at the Naval Academy. Read More »
Four Sons (1928) John Ford, James Hall, Margaret Mann, Charles Morton
In Burgendorf, Bavaria, Mother Bernle has four sons. Franz is in the army, Johann works at the forge, Andreas tends the sheep. Read More »
The Long Gray Line (1955) John Ford, Tyrone Power, Maureen O’Hara, Robert Francis
The life story of a salt-of-the-earth Irish immigrant, who becomes an Army Noncommissioned Officer Read More »
The Rising of the Moon (1957) John Ford, Tyrone Power, Noel Purcell, Cyril Cusack
Three vignettes of old Irish country life, based on a series of short stories. Read More »
Kentucky Pride (1925) John Ford, Gertrude Astor, J. Farrell MacDonald, Henry B. Walthall
The story of a Beaumont race horse, told through from the point of view of the horse via intertitles. Read More »
Cheyenne Autumn (1964) John Ford, Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden
When the government agency fails to deliver even the meager supplies due by treaty to the proud Cheyenne Read More »
What Price Glory (1952) John Ford, James Cagney, Corinne Calvet, Dan Dailey
In 1918 France, Captain Flagg commands a disreputable company of Marines; his new top sergeant is his old friendly enemy, Quirt. Read More »
The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936) John Ford, Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater
A few short hours after President Lincoln has been assassinated, Dr. Samuel Mudd Read More »
7 Women (1966) John Ford, Anne Bancroft, Sue Lyon, Margaret Leighton
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 »
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 »