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John Qualen has 8 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1940s through the 1960s. 3 rank in the Top 10%, led by The Searchers.
Man Without a Star
1955
Western
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
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
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
A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.
Dir. Guy Green · With Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman
Frank Johnson, a sole witness to a gangland murder, goes into hiding and is trailed by Police Inspector Ferris, on the theory that Frank is trying to escape from possible retaliation. Frank's wife, Eleanor, suspects he is actually running away from their unsuccessful marriage. Aided by a newspaperman, Danny Leggett, Eleanor sets out to locate her husband. The killer is also looking for him, and keeps close tabs on Eleanor.
Dir. Norman Foster · With Ann Sheridan, Dennis O'Keefe, Robert Keith
Mowgli, lost in the jungle when a toddler, raised by wolves, years later happens upon his human village and reconnects with its inhabitants, including his widowed mother. Continuing to maintain a relationship with the jungle, adventures follow.
Dir. Zoltan Korda · With Sabu, Joseph Calleia, John Qualen
Army Lieutenant Halliday, accused of stealing the Army payroll, pursues the real thief on a frantic chase through Mexico aided by the thief's ex-girlfriend and is in turn being chased by his accuser, Capt. Blake.
Dir. Don Siegel · With Robert Mitchum, Jane Greer, William Bendix
After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns instead with Angel, a dancer originally from France.
Dir. Henry Hathaway · With John Wayne, Stewart Granger, Ernie Kovacs
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