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4 days ago · His last wartime film was They Were Expendable (MGM, 1945), an account of America's disastrous defeat in The Philippines, told from the viewpoint of a PT boat squadron and its commander. Ford created a part for the recovering Ward Bond , who needed money.
4 days ago · 2:15 AM They Were Expendable (1945) Honorable mentions to Richard Thorpe’s Apache Trail (1942) to see Donna Reed in a Western that used discarded footage from Ford’s Stagecoach (1939), and Michael Curtiz’s Trouble Along the Way (1953) for its memorable cast, including SUTS honoree, John Wayne.
5 days ago · ‘The Duke’ even convinced a producer to lie on his behalf to the man he called ‘Pappy’ when they were shooting The Horse Soldiers, which came at a time when Ford had been instructed to abandon his hard-drinking ways for the sake of his health. Wayne was under no such advice, and he felt himself struck by the urge to sink a few beverages.
1 day ago · His best-known films include Out of the Past (1947), Angel Face (1953), River of No Return (1954), The Night of the Hunter (1955), Heaven Knows, Mr. Allison (1957), Thunder Road (1958), The Sundowners (1960), Cape Fear (1962), El Dorado (1966), Ryan's Daughter (1970), The Friends of Eddie Coyle (1973), and Farewell, My Lovely (1975).
3 days ago · Be the first to post. Carrie, The Departed, and The Blair Witch Project are among the best movies where everyone, or nearly everyone, is dead by the ending.
2 days ago · Marion Robert Morrison (May 26, 1907 – June 11, 1979), professionally known as John Wayne and nicknamed "the Duke", was an American actor who became a popular icon through his starring roles in films which were produced during Hollywood's Golden Age, especially in Western and war movies.
2 days ago · Bad Day at Black Rock is a 1955 thriller directed by John Sturges, featuring Spencer Tracy as a one-armed stranger who visits a rural town and uncovers a dark secret. As his presence disrupts the community, tension escalates, revealing underlying prejudices and violence.
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