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1. The Searchers (1956)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, Jeffrey Hunter, Vera Miles, Ward Bond, Natalie WoodIf John Ford is the greatest Western director, The Searchers is arguably his greatest film, at once a grand outdoor spectacle like such Ford classics ... More
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2. Hondo (1953)
directed by John Farrow
featuring John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James ArnessHondo is so "perfect" a John Ford western that many people assume it was directed by John Ford--or at the very least, Andrew McLaglen. Actually the ... More
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3. They Were Expendable (1945)
directed by John Ford
featuring Robert Montgomery, John Wayne, Donna Reed, Cameron Mitchell, Ward BondJohn Brickley (Robert Montgomery) believes in PT boats, and as a lowly U.S. Navy lieutenant stationed in the Philippines, that makes him a radical ... More
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4. The Three Godfathers (1948)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, Harry Carey, Jr., Ward Bond, Mae MarshJohn Ford had already directed one of the three previous film versions of Peter Kyne's novel under the title Marked Men (1919) with his mentor Harry ... More
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5. The Quiet Man (1952)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Victor McLaglen, Barry Fitzgerald, Ward BondReturning to the Ireland of his birth, director John Ford fashions a irresistable valentine to the "Auld Sod" in The Quiet Man. Irish-American boxer ... More
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6. The Maltese Falcon (1941)
directed by John Huston
featuring Humphrey Bogart, Mary Astor, Peter Lorre, Sydney Greenstreet, Ward Bond, Barton MacLane, Gladys GeorgeAfter two previous film versions of Dashiell Hammett's detective classic The Maltese Falcon, Warner Bros. finally got it right in 1941--or, rather, ... More
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7. Escape by Night (1937)
directed by Hamilton MacFadden
featuring William Hall, Anne Nagel, Dean Jagger, Steffi Duna, Ward BondIn this pastoral drama, a ruthless gang of fugitives, hide from the law on a remote farm. There they find themselves profoundly affected by the old ... More
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8. They Came to Blow up America (1943)
directed by Edward Ludwig
featuring George Sanders, Anna Sten, Ward Bond, Dennis Hoey, Sig RumannIn this provocative WW II drama, an American agent sneaks into a Nazi spy ring to learn the identities of certain double-agents. The hero works for ... More
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9. On Dangerous Ground (1951)
directed by Nicholas Ray
featuring Ida Lupino, Robert Ryan, Ward Bond, Charles Kemper, Anthony RossRobert Ryan plays Jim Wilson, a tough police detective embittered by years of dealing with low-life urban scum, in Nicholas Ray's moving film noir. ... More
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10. Dakota (1945)
directed by Joseph Kane
featuring John Wayne, Vera Ralston, Walter Brennan, Ward Bond, Mike MazurkiAccording to Hollywood lore, both John Wayne and director Frank Borzage refused to work with Vera Hruba Ralston, the Czech-born inamorata (and future ... More
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11. The Moonlighter (1953)
directed by Roy Rowland
featuring Barbara Stanwyck, Fred MacMurray, Ward Bond, William Ching, John DierkesList of all editionsDisreputable wanderer Wes Anderson (Fred MacMurray) has been thrown in a frontier town calaboose, accused of being a "moonlighter" -- a cowpuncher ... More
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12. Hitler: Dead or Alive (1942)
directed by Nick Grinde
featuring Ward Bond, Dorothy Tree, Warren Hymer, Paul Fix, Russell HicksList of all editionsBelieve it or not, this bizarre wartime "B"-picture was based on a true story. In the early stages of WWII, a prominent American businessman offered ... More
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13. The Halliday Brand (1957)
directed by Joseph H. Lewis
featuring Joseph Cotten, Viveca Lindfors, Betsy Blair, Ward Bond, Bill WilliamsList of all editionsIt's "Freud on the Frontier" time in the tension-filled western The Halliday Brand. Ward Bond plays Big Dan, the despotic head of the Halliday clan, ... More
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14. Prison Break (1938)
directed by Arthur Lubin
featuring Barton MacLane, Glenda Farrell, Paul Hurst, Constance Moore, Ward BondList of all editionsIn this drama, a tuna fisherman is wrongly convicted for murder. Because he is a model, and oft-times heroic prisoner, he is up for early parole. ... More
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15. Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye (1950)
directed by Gordon M. Douglas
featuring James Cagney, Barbara Payton, Helena Carter, Ward Bond, Luther AdlerList of all editionsBased on a novel by Horace McCoy (They Shoot Horses, Don't They), Kiss Tomorrow Goodbye offers James Cagney at his nastiest. The star plays career ... More
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16. Operation Pacific (1951)
directed by George Waggner
featuring John Wayne, Patricia Neal, Ward Bond, Scott Forbes, Philip CareyList of all editionsSet during WW II, this film casts John Wayne as Duke Gifford, two-fisted submarine commander. Patricia Neal co-stars as Mary Stuart, Duke's former ... More
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17. Dakota Incident (1956)
directed by Lewis R. Foster
featuring Dale Robertson, Linda Darnell, John Lund, Ward Bond, Regis ToomeySome good performances overcome the scripted cliches in Dakota Incident. In the tradition of Stagecoach, the film offers a disparate group of ... More
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18. Canyon Passage (1946)
directed by Jacques Tourneur
featuring Dana Andrews, Ward Bond, Lloyd Bridges, Hoagy Carmichael, Victor CutlerList of all editionsDana Andrews -- in one of the best performances of his career -- plays Logan Stuart, a bold, ambitious general store and freight company owner based ... More
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19. Kit Carson (1940)
directed by George B. Seitz
featuring Jon Hall, Lynn Bari, Dana Andrews, Harold Huber, Ward BondThis typically economical Edward Small historical drama stars Jon Hall as legendary frontiersman Kit Carson. Wasting no time, the film gets off to an ... More
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20. Fort Apache (1948)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, Henry Fonda, Shirley Temple, Ward Bond, John Agar, Dick Foran, Pedro ArmendárizList of all editionsThe first of John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy", Fort Apache stars John Wayne as captain Kirby York and Henry Fonda as Custer clone Lt. Col. Owen Thursday ... More
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21. Hellgate (1952)
directed by Charles Marquis Warren
featuring Sterling Hayden, Joan Leslie, Ward Bond, James Arness, Marshall BradfordList of all editionsThis western stars Sterling Hayden as a man who innocently tends to the needs of a mysterious stranger. When it turns out that the stranger was part ... More
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22. The Great Missouri Raid (1950)
directed by Gordon M. Douglas
featuring Wendell Corey, MacDonald Carey, Ward Bond, Ellen Drew, Bruce BennettThe Great Missouri Raid stars Wendell Corey and MacDonald Carey as famed Kansas outlaws Frank and Jesse James. Once more, the James Boys are depicted ... More
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23. The Wings of Eagles (1957)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, Dan Dailey, Maureen O'Hara, Ward Bond, Ken CurtisList of all editionsThe Wings of Eagles is filmmaker John Ford's paean to his frequent collaborator--and, it is rumored, drinking buddy--Cmdr. Frank "Spig" Wead. John ... More
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24. Wagon Master (1950)
directed by John Ford
featuring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey, Jr., Ward Bond, Joanne Dru, Alan Mowbray, Charles KemperList of all editionsWagon Master, splendidly directed by John Ford, is a superlative western. The film is the outwardly simple tale of a Mormon wagon train headed for ... More
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25. My Darling Clementine (1946)
directed by John Ford
featuring Henry Fonda, Linda Darnell, Victor Mature, Jane Darwell, Walter Brennan, Cathy Downs, Ward BondList of all editionsOne of the greatest movie Westerns, John Ford's My Darling Clementine is hardly the most accurate film version of the Wyatt Earp legend, but it is ... More







