Henry Fonda

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb

As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

Dir. Sergio Leone · With Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver

A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.

Dir. William A. Wellman · With Henry Fonda, Dana Andrews, Mary Beth Hughes

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the next day as they head for California and a new life... Hopefully.

Dir. John Ford · With Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

Dir. Ken Annakin, Bernhard Wicki, Andrew Marton · With John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Henry Fonda

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.

Dir. John Ford · With Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature

Jack Beauregard, an aging gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe, but a young gunfighter known as "Nobody" who idolizes Beauregard wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So, he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.

Dir. Tonino Valerii · With Terence Hill, Henry Fonda, Jean Martin

It's no accident when wealthy Charles falls for Jean. Jean is a con artist with her sights set on Charles' fortune. Matters complicate when Jean starts falling for her mark. When Charles suspects Jean is a gold digger, he dumps her. Jean, fixated on revenge and still pining for the millionaire, devises a plan to get back in Charles' life. With love and payback on her mind, she re-introduces herself to Charles, this time as an aristocrat named Lady Eve Sidwich.

Dir. Preston Sturges · With Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn

Mr. Roberts is a Navy officer who's yearning for battle but is stuck in the backwaters of World War II on a non-commissioned ship run by the bullying Captain Morton.

Dir. John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy · With Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell

For Norman and Ethel Thayer, this summer on golden pond is filled with conflict and resolution. When their daughter Chelsea arrives, the family is forced to renew the bonds of love and overcome the generational friction that has existed for years.

Dir. Mark Rydell · With Katharine Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Jane Fonda

Hank Stamper and his father, Henry, own and operate the family business by cutting and shipping logs in Oregon. The town is furious when they continue working despite the town going broke and the other loggers go on strike ordering the Stampers to stop, however Hank continues to push his family on cutting more trees. Hank's wife wishes he would stop and hopes that they can spend more time together. When Hank's half brother Leland comes to work for them, more trouble starts.

Dir. Paul Newman · With Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

Dir. Alfred Hitchcock · With Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple

The epic tale of the development of the American West from the 1830s through the Civil War to the end of the century, as seen through the eyes of one pioneer family.

Dir. Henry Hathaway, John Ford, George Marshall · With Carroll Baker, Lee J. Cobb, Henry Fonda

In this dramatized account of his early law career in Illinois, Abraham Lincoln is born into a modest log cabin, where he is encouraged by his first love, Ann Rutledge, to pursue law. Following her tragic death, Lincoln establishes a law practice in Springfield, where he meets a young Mary Todd. Lincoln's law skills are put to the test when he takes on the difficult task of defending two brothers who have been accused of murder.

Dir. John Ford · With Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver

When a widower with ten children marries a widow with eight, can the twenty of them ever come together as one big happy family?

Dir. Melville Shavelson · With Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson

An experienced bounty hunter helps a young sheriff learn the meaning of his badge.

Dir. Anthony Mann · With Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

Dir. Fritz Lang · With Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane

Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.

Dir. Otto Preminger · With Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Don Murray

This war drama depicts the U.S. and Japanese forces in the naval Battle of Midway, which became a turning point for Americans during World War II.

Dir. Jack Smight · With Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn

In 1850s Louisiana, the willfulness of a tempestuous Southern belle threatens to destroy all who care for her.

Dir. William Wyler · With Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, George Brent

A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.

Dir. Joseph L. Mankiewicz · With Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn

A band of murderous cowboys has imposed a reign of terror on the town of Warlock. With the sheriff humiliatingly run out of town, the residents hire the services of Clay Blaisedell as de facto town marshal. He arrives along with his friend, Tom Morgan, and sets about restoring law and order on his own terms whilst also overseeing the establishment of a gambling house and saloon.

Dir. Edward Dmytryk · With Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn

In the winter of 1944, the Allied Armies stand ready to invade Germany at the coming of a New Year. To prevent it, Hitler orders an all-out offensive to re-take French territory and capture the major port city of Antwerp.

Dir. Ken Annakin · With Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan

Down-on-his-luck Hollywood producer Barry 'Dutch' Detweiler attempts to lure Fedora, a famous but reclusive film actress, out of retirement, only to discover the horrifying truth behind her success.

Dir. Billy Wilder · With William Holden, Marthe Keller, Hildegard Knef

The love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.

Dir. King Vidor · With Audrey Hepburn, Henry Fonda, Mel Ferrer

Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from the point of view of the investigators who have very few clues to build a case upon.

Dir. Richard Fleischer · With Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy

After railroad agents forcibly evict the James family from their family farm, Jesse and Frank turn to banditry for revenge.

Dir. Henry King · With Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly

A young terrorist kills and injures patrons of a Norfolk amusement park by placing homemade explosives on the track of one of its roller coasters. After staging a similar incident in Pittsburgh, he sends a tape to a meeting of major amusement park executives in Chicago, demanding $1 million to make him stop.

Dir. James Goldstone · With George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms