How the West Was Won (1962)
Western
A family saga covering several decades of Westward expansion in the 19th century, including the Gold Rush, the Civil War, and the building of the railroads.
Starring: Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda, Carolyn Jones, Karl Malden, Gregory Peck
Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
Drama | Western
A senator returns to a western town for the funeral of an old friend and tells the story of his origins.
Starring: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'Brien, Andy Devine
Director: John Ford
Mister Roberts (1955)
Comedy | Drama | War
In the waning days of World War II, the United States Navy cargo ship Reluctant and her crew are stationed in the "backwater" areas of the Pacific Ocean. Trouble ensues when the crew members are granted liberty.
Starring: Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond
Director: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy, Joshua Logan
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
Biography | Drama
A fictionalized account of the early life of the American president as a young lawyer facing his greatest court case.
Starring: Henry Fonda, Kenneth Macgowan, Alice Brady, Richard Cromwell, Marjorie Weaver, Eddie Quillan
Director: John Ford
Stagecoach (1939)
Adventure | Western
A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo and learn something about each other in the process.
Starring: Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, John Carradine, Thomas Mitchell, Louise Platt
Director: John Ford
The Quiet Man (1952)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
A retired American boxer returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love.
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward Bond, Victor McLaglen, Mildred Natwick
Director: John Ford
Doctor Bull (1933)
Comedy | Drama | Romance
Doc Bull, a no-nonsense country doctor who has served his community for decades, fights small-town prejudice and provincialism in several crises.
Starring: Will Rogers, Vera Allen, Marian Nixon, Howard Lally, Berton Churchill, Louise Dresser
Director: John Ford
Two Rode Together (1961)
Western
Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.
Starring: James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal, Andy Devine, John McIntire
Director: John Ford
The Searchers (1956)
Adventure | Drama | Western
Working together for the 12th time, John Wayne and director John Ford forged The Searchers into a landmark Western offering an indelible image of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays an ex-Confederate soldier seeking his niece, captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger, thirst, the elements or loneliness. And in his five-year search, he encounters something unexpected: his own humanity.
Starring: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie Wood, Harry Carey Jr.
Director: John Ford
My Darling Clementine (1946)
Drama | Western
When the Clantons steal his family's cattle and kill his brother, Wyatt Earp signs on as sheriff of Tombstone and vows to bring them in.
Starring: Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Cathy Downs, Walter Brennan, Tim Holt
Director: John Ford
Fort Apache (1948)
Western
A colonel is embittered because he's been assigned to a remote fort after a brilliant war record. His rule-book manners and inability to accept advice of officers experienced with the west and the Indians lead to a tragic massacre for himself and the majority of his command.
Starring: John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Pedro Armendáriz, George O'Brien, Victor McLaglen
Director: John Ford
Cheyenne Autumn (1964)
Drama | History | Western
When the government agency fails to deliver even the meager supplies due by treaty to the proud Cheyenne tribe in their barren desert reserve, the starving Indians have taken more abuse than it's worth and break it too by embarking on a 1,500 miles journey back to their ancestral hunting grounds. US Cavalry Capt. Thomas Archer is charged with their retrieval, but during the hunt grows to respect their noble courage, and decides to help them.
Starring: Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, James Stewart, Edward G. Robinson, Karl Malden, Sal Mineo
Director: John Ford
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
Drama | Romance | War | Western
Newlyweds Gil and Lana Martin try to establish a farm in the Mohawk Valley but are menaced by Indians and Tories as the REvolutinary War begins.
Starring: Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, John Carradine, Jessie Ralph, Arthur Shields
Director: John Ford
3 Godfathers (1948)
Drama | Western
Three outlaws on the run discover a dying woman and her baby. They swear to bring the infant to safety across the desert, even at the risk of their own lives.
Starring: John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey Jr., Ward Bond, Mae Marsh, Mildred Natwick, Jane Darwell
Director: John Ford
Mogambo (1953)
Adventure | Drama | Romance
Victor Marswell runs a big game trapping company in Kenya. Eloise Kelly is ditched there, and an immediate attraction happens between them. Then Mr. and Mrs. Nordley show up for their gorilla documenting safari. Mrs. Nordley is not infatuated with her husband any more, and takes a liking to Marswell. The two men and two women have some difficulty arranging these emotions to their mutual satisfaction, but eventually succeed.
Starring: Clark Gable, Grace Kelly, Ava Gardner, Donald Sinden, Philip Stainton, Eric Pohlmann, Laurence Naismith, Denis O'Dea
Director: John Ford
The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
Drama
In the troubling times of the Great Depression the Joad family, accompanied by their friend Reverend Jim, migrate from Oklahoma to California in the hopes of finding work in a vineyard and improving their financial condition. But the road is long and rough, and when they reach their destination things aren't quite what they expected.
Starring: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Russell Simpson, Charley Grapewin, Eddie Quillan
Director: John Ford
Rio Grande (1950)
Romance | Western
A Calvary unit on the Mexican border in the 1880s conducts a vain campaign against marauding Indians.
Starring: John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman Jr., Harry Carey Jr.
Director: John Ford
Hondo (1953)
Action | Drama | Romance | War | Western
Based on the Louis L'Amour story "The Gift of Cochise," this sparkling western has Wayne as a half-Indian Cavalry scout who, with his feral dog companion, finds a young woman and her son living on a isolated ranch in unfriendly Apache country. A poetic and exciting script, outstanding performances, and breathtaking scenery make this an indisputable classic.
Starring: John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness
Director: John Farrow, John Ford
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