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1. 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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2. She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar, Ben Johnson, Victor McLaglenThe second of John Ford's "Cavalry Trilogy," this film stars John Wayne as Cavalry Captain Nathan Brittles. In his last days before his compulsory ... More
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3. 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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4. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles, Lee Marvin, Edmond O'BrienLike Pontius Pilate, director John Ford asks "What is truth?" in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance--but unlike Pilate, Ford waits for an answer. The ... More
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5. Donovan's Reef (1963)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, Lee Marvin, Jack Warden, Elizabeth Allen, Cesar Romero, Dick ForanJohn Ford's last film to deal with World War II, Donovan's Reef is an alternately comical and sentimental look back on the fighting Navy men from ... More
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6. How Green Was My Valley (1941)
directed by John Ford
featuring Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara, Donald Crisp, Roddy McDowall, Barry Fitzgerald, Anna LeeSpanning 50 years, director John Ford's How Green Was My Valley revolves around the life of the Morgans, a Welsh mining family, as told through the ... More
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7. The Horse Soldiers (1959)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, William Holden, Constance Towers, Althea Gibson, Hoot GibsonBased on an actual Civil War mission, Colonel Marlowe (John Wayne) and Major Kendall (William Holden) are ordered by General Grant to take three ... More
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8. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
directed by John Ford
featuring Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Charles Grapewin, Doris BowdenThe adaptation of Nobel Prize-winner John Steinbeck's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel of dirt-poor Dust Bowl migrants by 4-time Oscar-winning director ... More
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9. Rio Grande (1950)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson, Claude Jarman, Jr., Harry Carey, Jr.John Wayne stars as Lt. Col. Kirby Yorke, whose devotion to duty has cost him his marriage to his beloved Kathleen (Maureen O'Hara). Yorke gets word ... More
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10. 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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11. Stagecoach (1939)
directed by John Ford
featuring Claire Trevor, John Wayne, Andy Devine, Thomas Mitchell, George Bancroft, John CarradineList of all editionsAlthough there were Westerns before it, Stagecoach quickly became a template for all movie Westerns to come. Director John Ford combined action, ... More
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12. The Three Godfathers (1948)
directed by John Ford
featuring John Wayne, Harry Carey, Jr., Ward Bond, Mae MarshList of all editionsJohn 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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13. 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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14. 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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15. 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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16. The Fugitive (1948)
directed by John Ford
featuring Henry Fonda, Dolores Del Rio, Pedro Armendáriz, J. Carrol Naish, Leo CarrilloList of all editionsThe Fugitive was shot on location in Mexico by that country's premiere cinematographer, Gabriel Figueroa. Henry Fonda plays a Christ-like priest in ... More
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17. 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
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18. Mogambo (1953)
directed by John Ford
featuring Clark Gable, Ava Gardner, Grace Kelly, Donald Sinden, Eric Pohlmann, Philip StaintonList of all editionsThe 1953 Clark Gable film Mogambo is a remake of Gable's 1932 seriocomic adventure Red Dust. Where the earlier film was lensed on the MGM backlot, ... More
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19. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
directed by John Ford
featuring Claudette Colbert, Henry Fonda, Edna May Oliver, Arthur Shields, Eddie Collins, Ward Bond, John CarradineList of all editionsJohn Ford directed this outdoor adventure set in the American Colonial period. Gilbert and Lana Martin (Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert) are a ... More
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20. Mister Roberts (1955)
directed by John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
featuring Henry Fonda, James Cagney, William Powell, Jack Lemmon, Betsy PalmerList of all editionsHenry Fonda returned to films after an eight-year absence in this masterful adaptation of the actor's Broadway hit Mister Roberts. Written and ... More
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21. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
directed by John Ford
featuring Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Pauline Moore, Richard CromwellList of all editionsJohn Ford's fine direction distinguishes this highly fictionalized account of the early life of Abraham Lincoln. The film shows Lincoln (Henry Fonda) ... More
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22. Wee Willie Winkie (1937)
directed by John Ford
featuring Shirley Temple, Victor McLaglen, C. Aubrey Smith, June Lang, Michael WhalenList of all editionsIn this lovely John Ford film, Joyce Williams (June Lang) and her young daughter, Priscilla (Shirley Temple), travel to India to live on a British ... More
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23. What Price Glory? (1952)
directed by John Ford
featuring James Cagney, Dan Dailey, Corinne Calvet, William Demarest, Craig Hill, Robert WagnerList of all editionsJames Cagney signed on to play Captain Flagg in 20th Century Fox's 1952 remake of the 1926 classic What Price Glory after being told that the old ... More
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24. The Long Gray Line (1955)
directed by John Ford
featuring Tyrone Power, Maureen O'Hara, Robert Francis, Ward Bond, Donald CrispList of all editionsThe life story of West Point athletic director Marty Maher was the inspiration for John Ford's The Long Gray Line. Told in flashback, the film ... More
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25. The Prisoner of Shark Island (1936)
directed by John Ford
featuring Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart, Claude Gillingwater, Arthur Byron, Harry Carey, O.P. HeggieList of all editionsWarner Baxter plays Dr. Samuel Mudd, American history's most famous victim of circumstance. In 1865, Dr. Mudd, a known Confederate sympathizer, sets ... More







