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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.
Mar 14, 2017 · Fittingly, John Ford was the first recipient of the American Film Institute’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 1973. President Nixon attended the ceremony and bestowed the nation’s highest civilian honor on the ailing director, the Presidential Medal of Freedom. Several months later, John Ford succumbed to stomach cancer at age 79.
John Ford. Highest Rated: 100% Wagon Master (1950) Lowest Rated: 40% The Wings of Eagles (1957) Birthday: Feb 1, 1894. Birthplace: Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA. As one of the most influential ...
An American Civil War veteran embarks on a years-long journey to rescue his niece from the Comanches after the rest of his brother's family is massacred in a raid on their Texas farm. Director John Ford Stars John Wayne Jeffrey Hunter Vera Miles. 4. My Darling Clementine. 1946 1h 37m Approved.
John Ford (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973) was an American film director. He was famous for both his westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), and adaptations of such classic 20th-century American novels as The Grapes of Wrath (1940). His four Academy Awards for Best Director (1935, 1940, 1941, 1952) is a record, and one of ...
O n 24 January 1940, John Ford’s film adaption of John Steinbeck’s Pulitzer-winning novel The Grapes of Wrath, set during America’s great depression, was released to universal acclaim.
Jan 30, 2015 · John Ford: 10 essential films. In his 50-year career, John Ford made some 140 feature films, including Oscar winners and some of the greatest westerns ever made. Here’s a rundown of his finest achievements. The Searchers (1956) Entertainer Fanny Brice dismissed swimmer-turned-actor Esther Williams by declaring, “Wet, she’s a star.
