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Victor McLaglen has 6 titles in the CriticCrunch catalog across a career spanning the 1930s through the 1950s.
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I Vitelloni
1953
Comedy · Drama

A King in New York
1957
Comedy · Drama

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington
1939
Comedy · Drama

Variety Lights
1950
Drama · Comedy

Bellissima
1952
Drama

Angels with Dirty Faces
1938
Crime · Drama

Some Came Running
1958
Drama · Romance

The Far Country
1954
Western

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

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

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

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

British army sergeants Ballantine, Cutter and MacChesney serve in India during the 1880s, along with their native water-bearer, Gunga Din. While completing a dangerous telegraph-repair mission, they unearth evidence of the suppressed Thuggee cult. When Gunga Din tells the sergeants about a secret temple made of gold, the fortune-hunting Cutter is captured by the Thuggees, and it's up to his friends to rescue him.
Dir. George Stevens · With Cary Grant, Victor McLaglen, Douglas Fairbanks Jr.
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