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intercontintental railroad

7.2

♡ 13

73%

John Ford Director

Chief John Big Tree as Cheyenne Chief

Madge Bellamy as Miriam Marsh

Jean Arthur as Reporter

Will Walling as Thomas Marsh

Brandon, a surveyor, dreams of building a railway to the west. He sets off with his son, Davy, to survey a route. They discover a new pass which will shave 200 miles off the expected distance, but they are set upon by a party of Cheyenne. One of them, a white renegade with only two fingers on his right hand, kills Brandon and scalps him. Davy is all alone now.

Gideon of Scotland Yard

1958

6.6

♡ 4

54%

John Ford Director

John Le Mesurier as Prosecuting Barrister

Jack Watling as Rev Julian Small

Howard Marion-Crawford as The Chief

Jimmy Charters as Workman

Scotland Yard Inspector George Gideon starts his day off on the wrong foot when he gets a traffic-violation ticket from a young police officer. From there, his 'typical day" consists in learning that one of his most-trusted detectives has accepted bribes; hunts an escaped maniac who has murdered a girl; tracks a young girl suspected of involvement in a payroll robbery and then helps break up a bank robbery.

The Wings of Eagles

1957

6.6

♡ 10

33%

John Ford Director

Forbes Murray as Congressman

Louis Jean Heydt as Dr. John Keye

Maureen O'Hara as Min Wead

Kenneth Gibson as Party Guest

The story of Frank W. "Spig" Wead - a Navy-flyer turned screenwriter.

The Last Hurrah

1958

7.3

♡ 10

83%

81%

husband wife relationship

black humor

Comedy

co-worker relationship

Drama

election campaign

irish-american

John Ford Director

Roy Jenson as Fighter

Chuck Hicks as Fighter

John Roy as Mourner at Wake

Carleton Young as Winslow

In a changing world where television has become the main source of information, Adam Caulfield, a young sports journalist, witnesses how his uncle, Frank Skeffington, a veteran and honest politician, mayor of a New England town, tries to be reelected while bankers and captains of industry conspire in the shadows to place a weak and manageable candidate in the city hall.

Cheyenne Autumn

1964

6.7

♡ 9

60%

John Ford Director

Karl Malden as Capt. Wessels

Carleton Young as Carl Schurz's Aide

Walter Baldwin as Jeremy Wright

Victor Jory as Tall Tree

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

Up the River

1930

5.9

♡ 7

14%

John Ford Director

Ward Bond as Inmate Socked by Saint Louis

Robert Emmett O'Connor as Prison Warden

Spencer Tracy as Saint Louis

Humphrey Bogart as Steve Jordan

Daily life at men and women's prison units where baseball and the marching band are serious business. Two prisoners escape in order to help paroled Steve from being blackmailed by his girlfriend's ex-partner-in-crime.

They Were Expendable

1945

7.2

♡ 16

92%

73%

John Ford Director

Cameron Mitchell as Ens. George Cross

John Roy as Man in Admiral's Office

Betty Blythe as Officer's Wife

Louis Jean Heydt as 'Ohio'

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.

The Sun Shines Bright

1953

6.9

♡ 1

60%

John Ford Director

Chuck Hayward as Deputy

Trevor Bardette as Rufe Ramseur

Hal Baylor as Rufe Ramseur Jr.

Jack Kenny as Townsman

With the election approaching, a judge in a Southern town at the turn of the 20th century is involved variously in revealing the real identity of a young woman, reliving his Civil War memories, and preventing the lynching of an African youth.

The Prisoner of Shark Island

1936

abraham lincoln assassination

7.2

♡ 3

89%

70%

lincoln assassination

yellow fever

John Ford Director

Paul Stanton as Agitating Orator

Lester Dorr as George A. Atzerodt

Francis McDonald as John Wilkes Booth

J.M. Kerrigan as Judge Maiben

After healing the leg of the murderer John Wilkes Booth, responsible for the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, perpetrated on April 14, 1865, during a performance at Ford's Theatre in Washington; Dr. Samuel A. Mudd, considered part of the atrocious conspiracy, is sentenced to life imprisonment and sent to the sinister Shark Island Prison.

3 Bad Men

1926

7.5

♡ 4

John Ford Director

George O'Brien as Dan O'Malley

Lou Tellegen as Layne Hunter

Olive Borden as Lee Carleton

Jay Hunt as Nat Lucas

Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

The Fugitive

1947

6.3

♡ 4

67%

John Ford Director

Henry Fonda as A Fugitive

John Qualen as A Refugee Doctor

Ward Bond as El Gringo

Fortunio Bonanova as The Governor's Cousin

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.

Hell Bent

1918

6.0

♡ 3

John Ford Director

Harry Carey as Cheyenne Harry

Duke R. Lee as Cimmaron Bill

Vester Pegg as Jack Thurston

Steve Clemente as Undetermined Role

A cowboy must save his girlfriend from captivity and then cross the desert on foot with a single waterhole on the way.

The Hurricane

1937

7.1

♡ 4

67%

Adventure

John Ford Director

William B. Davidson as Abusive Drunk Movita

Movita as Arai

Thomas Mitchell as Dr. Kersaint

Jon Hall as Terangi

A Polynesian sailor is separated from his wife when he's unjustly imprisoned for defending himself against a colonial bully. Members of the community petition the governor for clemency but all pretense of law and order are soon shattered by an incoming tropical storm.

Kentucky Pride

1925

6.1

♡ 1

John Ford Director

Malcolm Waite as Carter

Henry B. Walthall as Mr. Beaumont

Michael Dark as Mr. Ogden

Virginia's Future as Virginia's Future

This rare John Ford silent is a charming, sweetly sentimental tale of the relationship between humans and animals told largely from the point of view of a racehorse who observes as her breeder (Henry B. Walthall) is forced to sell her when he loses everything in a poker game. Several of the era’s most famous racehorses make appearances, including the legendary champion thoroughbred Man o’ War.

Doctor Bull

1933

6.4

♡ 3

36%

John Ford Director

Elizabeth Patterson as Aunt Patricia Banning

Georgie Billings as Bruce Upjohn

Helen Freeman as Helen Upjohn - New Winton Postmistress

Rochelle Hudson as Virginia

In this engaging adaptation of James Gould Cozzen's novel The Last Adam, film icon Will Rogers portrays Dr. George Bull, a compassionate, highly regarded small-town physician who often prescribes a healthy dose of common sense! But when Bull begins dating a widow (Vera Allen), the local gossips misconstrue the story. To make matters worse, Bull's plainspoken manner earns him an enemy in the wealthy owner of a nearby construction camp. But once it's learned that the camp has caused illness by polluting the local water supply, the good doctor steps in to try to restore the town's health - and his reputation!

The Black Watch

1929

5.6

♡ 7

Adventure

John Ford Director

Tom London as 42nd Highlander

Randolph Scott as 42nd Highlander

Jack Pennick as 42nd Highlander

Myrna Loy as Yasmani

Captain Donald King is sent to India to carry out a secret mission while the Black Watch, his regiment, leaves for France at the outbreak of the First World War.

Pilgrimage

1933

7.2

♡ 4

83%

John Ford Director

Betty Blythe as Janet Prescot

Norman Foster as Jim 'Jimmy' Jessop

Bess Flowers as Restaurant Patron

Heather Angel as Suzanne

A mother from Arkansas is very possessive of her grown son. To prevent him from getting married she has him drafted into WW I.

Drums Along the Mohawk

1939

7.0

♡ 12

82%

60%

husband wife relationship

countryside

Drama

frontiersman

historically inaccurate

History

John Ford Director

Ward Bond as Adam Hartman

Chief John Big Tree as Blue Back

Henry Fonda as Gilbert Martin

Edwin Maxwell as Rev. Daniel Gros

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.

Pinky

1949