The Quiet Man
1952
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- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance1962
- Stagecoach1939
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- THE SEARCHERS (1956) Screenplay by Frank S. Nugent, based on the novel by Alan Le May. Starring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Wad Bond, Natalie Wood.
- THE GRAPES OF WRATH (1940) Screenplay by Nunnally Johnson, based on the novel by John Steinbeck. Starring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Shirley Mills, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan.
- STAGECOACH (1939) Screenplay by Dudley Nichols, based on ‘The Stage to Lordsburg’ by Ernest Haycock. Starring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, John Carradine, Andy Devine, George Bancroft.
- MY DARLING CLEMENTINE (1946) Screenplay by Samuel G. Engel and Winston Miller, story by Sam Hellman, based on the novel ‘Wyatt Earp: Frontier Marshal’ by Stuart N. Lake.
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. Director John Ford Stars John Wayne Claire Trevor Andy Devine. 3. The Searchers. 1956 1h 59m Approved. 7.8 (97K) Rate.
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- 'The Searchers' (1956) Cast: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, and Natalie Wood. Few Westerns are quite as iconic as The Searchers, to the point where labeling it John Ford's greatest achievement as a filmmaker feels like a no-brainer.
- 'The Grapes of Wrath' (1940) Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, and John Carradine. One year before he won a Best Director Oscar for How Green Was My Valley, John Ford also won for his work on The Grapes of Wrath.
- 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' (1962) Cast: John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, and Lee Marvin. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was one of John Ford's final Westerns, and arguably his last great one, too.
- 'Stagecoach' (1939) Cast: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine, and John Carradine. Though it was released in 1939, which was an overall very strong year for American movies, Stagecoach still stands out, and is arguably one of the very best releases of its entire decade.
- 'The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance' (1962) Who's in it: James Stewart, John Wayne, Vera Miles. Starring John Wayne and James Stewart, "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" is a classic Western that explores the contrast between myth and reality in the American West.
- 'The Searchers' (1956) Who's in it: John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Natalie Wood. Starring John Wayne, "The Searchers" is a Western masterpiece that tells the story of a relentless quest to rescue a kidnapped girl and the complexities of the characters involved.
- 'The Grapes of Wrath' (1940) Who's in it: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine. Based on John Steinbeck's novel, "The Grapes of Wrath" is a powerful drama that follows the Joad family's journey from the Dust Bowl to California during the Great Depression.
- 'Stagecoach' (1939) Who's in it: John Wayne, Claire Trevor, Andy Devine. "Stagecoach" is a landmark Western film that follows a diverse group of travelers as they journey through dangerous territory.
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- The Searchers (1956) The saga of racist outsider Ethan Edward’s relentless five-year search for his niece abducted by Comanches still astounds in its dark power, beauty and all round magnificence.
- The Grapes of Wrath (1940) Ford’s unforgettable portrayal of migrants’ struggle to escape Oklahoma’s dust bowl and reach California’s promised land still resonates today.
- Stagecoach (1939) A landmark film in the history of the western. Part character study, part action film, Stagecoach made John Wayne a star and introduced many of the tropes that became part and parcel of the genre, such as the cavalry riding to the rescue.
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) Self sacrifice, loneliness and loss permeate this dark, disillusioned work torn between myth and reality. Panned and misunderstood on release but now fully rehabilitated, this is the film in which Ford fully deconstructs the mythology of the American West, telling the story of the politician who builds a successful career built on a lie.
Apr 30, 2020 · The Searchers (1956) – 7.9. Argued by many to be the greatest western of John Ford’s career – if not of all time – The Searchers was made forty years after the inception of Ford’s incredible career, and the movie bears the mark of a much more mature, nuanced storyteller. Chronicling the efforts of John Wayne’s Ethan Edwards to ...
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Jan 30, 2015 · The Iron Horse (1924) The Iron Horse (1924) Having debuted by directing himself as the stunt-riding hero of The Tornado (1917) and forged a 26-film partnership with cowboy star Harry Carey (1917-20), John Ford reached western maturity with this epic account of the building of the transcontinental railway.
