Henry Fonda
Series
Criterion collection volume 320
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
In this unforgettable portrait of the early life of the Great Emancipator, young Mr. Lincoln, after teaching himself law, has barely started practicing when an Independence Day celebration ends with a stabbing. Abe first stops a lynch mob from killing brothers Matt and Adam Clay, and then defends them against a seasoned prosecutor and his crafty adviser. As presented here, Lincoln is a strong but peaceful frontier democrat, his quiet, awkward, folksy...
2) Warlock
Publisher
ECHELONSTUDIOS
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
A famous gunman becomes the marshal of WARLOCK to end a gang's rampages, but is met with some opposition by a former gang member turned deputy sheriff who wants to follow only legal methods.
Publisher
Shout Factory
Pub. Date
1981.
Language
English
Description
The loons are back again on Golden Pond and so are Norman Thayer, a retired professor, and Ethel who have had a summer cottage there since early in their marriage. This summer their daughter Chelsea -- whom they haven't seen for years -- feels she must be there for Norman's birthday. She and her fiance are on their way to Europe the next day but will be back in a couple of weeks to pick up the fiance's son. When she returns Chelsea is married and...
5) The Tin Star
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1957.
Language
English
Description
A rugged bounty hunter. A tenderfoot sheriff. Unlikely partners in the Old West. Henry Fonda and Anthony Perkins headline THE TIN STAR, a tough-minded character-driven western nominated for an Oscar. for its story and screenplay. Perkins plays Ben Owens, a greenhorn sheriff who hasn't worn his badge long... and who won't live to wear it much longer unless he gets some savvy help. Fonda, bringing to his role the presence and plain speaking that made...
6) The tin star
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
[2004]
Language
English
Description
An ex-lawman turned bounty hunter works with a young sheriff to teach him the job.
7) Fail safe
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
The unnerving procedural thriller painstakingly details an all-too-plausible nightmare scenario in which a mechanical failure jams the United States military2s chain of command and sends the country hurtling toward nuclear war with the Soviet Union.
8) Daisy Kenyon
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
Joan Crawford stars as a commercial artist caught in a romantic triangle with a man she loves and another whose love she cannot return.
9) 12 Angry Men
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life is in their hands...death is on their minds. Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley and Jack Klugman lead the distinctive cast in this powerful, classic film. Eleven jurors are convinced that the defendant is guilty of murder. The twelfth has no doubt of his innocence. How can this one man steer the others toward the same conclusion? It's a case of seemingly overwhelming evidence against a teenager accused of killing his father in "one of the best...
Series
Publisher
Universal Studios
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"Based on the best-selling novel about a two-fisted Oregon lumber family, the story focuses on a family that bucks their close-knit timber community in order to deliver a shipment of logs in defiance of a strike. In the process, one man is killed, the family patriarch Henry (Henry Fonda) is injured, and the eldest son Hank (Paul Newman) almost loses his wife (Lee Remick) to his half brother (Michael Sarrazin). Filled with complex characters and issues...
11) In Harm's Way
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1965.
Language
English
Description
Director Otto Preminger's epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor details the devastating attack on the Hawaiian naval base as well as the explosive, behind-the-scenes stories. An awesome cast - including John Wayne, Kirk Douglas and Henry Fonda is interwoven into this account of the attack itself, as well as into the triumphs and tragedies of disobeyed orders, the American counter-offensive, father-son reunions, battles at sea, and layers of...
12) War and Peace
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
1956.
Language
English
Description
Leo Tolstoy's literary masterpiece comes to life in this epic film classic, featuring the talents of some of the greatest names from Hollywood's Golden Age. Starring Audrey Hepburn as Natasha, Henry Fonda as Pierre, and Mel Ferrer as Prince Andrei, WAR AND PEACE is a compelling **Oscar**-nominated drama of international conflict, spectacular adventure, gripping intrigue and tragic romance set against the sweeping backdrop of Napoleon's invasion of...
13) Fort Apache
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
The soldiers at Fort Apache may disagree with the tactics of their glory-seeking new commander. But to a man, they're duty bound to obey - even when it means almost certain disaster.
14) War and peace
Series
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
Set during Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812, the film centers around disenchanted aristocrat and unhappily married Pierre and Prince Andrei, who both are in love with an innocent young woman, Natasha.
15) On our merry way
Publisher
Kino on Video
Pub. Date
2000.
Language
English
Description
A pair of impoverished swing band musicians attempt to change their luck by rigging a talent contest.
16) The best man
Publisher
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
English
Description
Story of two candidates for their party's presidential nomination. One is an intellectual with a sense of morality, the other an opportunist who would win at all costs. The deciding factor is the endorsement of the out-going president who thrives on political in-fighting and deplores indecision.
17) Ox-bow incident
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Appears on list
Description
An angry mob kills a man after a popular rancher is murdered.
Series
Criterion collection volume 732
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Wyatt Earp is the sturdy lawman who sets about the task of shaping up the disorderly Arizona town of Tombstone, with the help of the boozy, tubercular gambler and gunman Doc Holliday. Though initially at cross-purposes, the pair ultimately team up to confront the violent Clanton gang.
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