John Ford

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles

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.

Dir. John Ford · With Claire Trevor, John Wayne, George Bancroft

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

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

An American man returns to the village of his birth in Ireland, where he finds love and conflict.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen

Huw Morgan, the academically inclined youngest son in a proud family of Welsh coal miners, witnesses the tumultuous events of his young life during a period of rapid social change. At the dawn of the 20th-century, a miners' strike divides the Morgans: the sons demand improvements, and the father doesn't want to rock the boat.

Dir. John Ford · With Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Anna Lee

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

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

Respected black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer.

Dir. John Ford · With Jeffrey Hunter, Woody Strode, Constance Towers

A Union Cavalry outfit is sent behind confederate lines in strength to destroy a rail supply center. Along with them is sent a doctor who causes instant antipathy between him and the commander. The secret plan for the mission is overheard by a southern belle who must be taken along to assure her silence.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers

Two young horse traders guide a Mormon wagon train to the San Juan Valley and encounter rugged terrain, the cutthroat Clegg gang, hospitable Navajo, and moral challenges on the journey.

Dir. John Ford · With Ben Johnson, Joanne Dru, Harry Carey, Jr.

Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke is posted on the Texas frontier to defend settlers against depredations of marauding Apaches. Col. Yorke is under considerable stress by a serious shortage of troops of his command. Tension is added when Yorke's son (whom he hasn't seen in fifteen years), Trooper Jeff Yorke, is one of 18 recruits sent to the regiment.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar

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.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Pedro Armendáriz, Harry Carey, Jr.

Gypo Nolan is a former Irish Republican Army man who drowns his sorrows in the bottle. He's desperate to escape his bleak Dublin life and start over in America with his girlfriend. So when British authorities advertise a reward for information about his best friend, current IRA member Frankie, Gypo cooperates. Now Gypo can buy two tickets on a boat bound for the States, but can he escape the overwhelming guilt he feels for betraying his buddy?

Dir. John Ford · With Victor McLaglen, Heather Angel, Preston Foster

A reluctant cavalry Captain must track a defiant tribe of migrating Cheyenne.

Dir. John Ford · With Richard Widmark, Carroll Baker, Karl Malden

On a Kenyan safari, white hunter Victor Marswell has a love triangle with seductive American socialite Eloise Kelly and anthropologist Donald Nordley's cheating wife Linda.

Dir. John Ford · With Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly

After her great aunt's death, a high-society woman arrives on a Hawaiian island in search of the heir - the father she has never met.

Dir. John Ford · With John Wayne, Elizabeth Allen, Lee Marvin

Two tough westerners bring home a group of settlers who have spent years as Comanche hostages.

Dir. John Ford · With James Stewart, Richard Widmark, Shirley Jones

After a demonstration of new PT boats, Navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.

Dir. John Ford · With Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times of revolution and war.

Dir. John Ford · With Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver