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Directed by Otto Brower,
John FordOrigin USAGenres Drama,
WesternThemes Films about families,
Transport films,
Films about the labor movement,
Films about automobiles,
Political films,
Road movies,
Children's filmsActors Henry Fonda,
Jane Darwell,
John Carradine,
Shirley Mills,
John Qualen,
Eddie QuillanRating80%
The film opens with Tom Joad (Henry Fonda), released from prison and hitchhiking his way back to his parents' family farm in Oklahoma. Tom finds an itinerant ex-preacher named Jim Casy (John Carradine) sitting under a tree by the side of the road. Casy was the preacher who baptized Tom, but now Casy has "lost the spirit" and his faith (presaging his imminent conversion to communism). Casy goes with Tom to the Joad property only to find it deserted. There, they meet Muley Graves (John Qualen) who is hiding out. In a flashback, he describes how farmers all over the area were forced from their farms by the deed holders of the land. A local boy (Irving Bacon), hired for the purpose, is shown knocking down Muley's house with a Caterpillar tractor. Following this, Tom and Casy move on to find the Joad family at Tom's Uncle John's place. His family is happy to see Tom and explain they have made plans to head for California in search of employment, as their farm has been foreclosed on by the bank. The large Joad family of twelve leaves at daybreak, along with Casy who decides to accompany them. They pack everything into a dilapidated 1926 Hudson "Super Six" sedan adapted to serve as a truck in order to make the long journey to the promised land of California., 1h35
Directed by Otto Brower,
Harry Joe Brown,
Darryl F. Zanuck,
Fritz LangOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Historical,
WesternThemes Children's filmsActors Robert Young,
Randolph Scott,
Dean Jagger,
John Carradine,
Virginia Gilmore,
Slim SummervilleRating66%
While surveying a telegraph line in 1861, Western Union engineer Edward Creighton (Dean Jagger) is severely injured in an accident. He is discovered by Vance Shaw (Randolph Scott), an outlaw on the run from a posse. Forced to travel on foot after his horse was hurt, Shaw at first considers stealing Creighton's horse, but changes his mind and takes the man with him, saving his life., 1h26
Directed by Henry KingOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Historical,
RomanceThemes Circus films,
Children's filmsActors Henry Fonda,
Dorothy Lamour,
Linda Darnell,
Guy Kibbee,
Jane Darwell,
John CarradineRating61%
In the 1840s Chad Hanna (Henry Fonda), a New York country boy working along the canal in Canastota, New York, joins a travelling Huguenine circus. He falls in love with beautiful bareback rider Albany Yates (Dorothy Lamour), but she spurns him. Chad Hanna then finds himself attracted to another runaway, country girl Caroline Tridd Hanna (Linda Darnell). Though everybody assumes that the boy is slow on the uptake, Chad Hanna manages to save the circus from financial ruin., 2h7
Directed by Irving CummingsOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
MusicalThemes Films about music and musicians,
Musical films,
Children's filmsActors Alice Faye,
Don Ameche,
Henry Fonda,
Tyrone Power,
Edward Arnold,
Warren WilliamRating63%
Helen Leonard (Faye) has a beautiful voice. As she grows up, she trains to become an opera singer. Her instructor, however, informs her that her voice is pleasing, but not suitable for grand opera. Returning home one day, she and her grandmother (Westley) are saved by a handsome young man, newspaperman Alexander Moore (Fonda). Meanwhile, Helen's mother, Cynthia (Peterson), has political aspirations, but only receives a handful of votes for mayor., 1h35
Directed by Henry King,
Robert D. WebbOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Musical theatre,
Action,
HistoricalThemes Films about families,
La fin du monde,
Films about the labor movement,
Children's films,
Disaster films,
American disaster filmsActors Tyrone Power,
Alice Faye,
Don Ameche,
Alice Brady,
Andy Devine,
Phyllis BrooksRating66%
The O'Leary family are travelling to Chicago to start a new life when Patrick O'Leary tries to race a steam train in his wagon. He is killed when his horses bolt. His wife Molly and their three boys are left to survive on their own. In town she agrees to prove her skills as a laundress when a woman's dress is accidentally spattered with mud. She quickly proves herself and builds up a laundry business in an area known as "the Patch". Her sons are educated. One, Jack, becomes a reforming lawyer, but another, Dion, is involved in gambling. While washing a sheet, Mrs O'Leary discovers a drawing, apparently created by Gil Warren, a devious local businessman. Her sons realise that it reveals that he has a plan to run a tramline along a street that he and his cronies intend to buy up cheaply., 1h53
Directed by Otto Brower,
Henry HathawayOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
Historical,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films about religion,
Children's filmsActors Tyrone Power,
Linda Darnell,
Dean Jagger,
Brian Donlevy,
Jane Darwell,
John CarradineRating62%
The story begins in frontier-town Nauvoo, Illinois in 1844. It follows the main body of the Church as they are forced to leave Illinois, choosing to settle temporarily in Nebraska and then to travel by wagon train to the Great Basin. Much of the story's plot revolves around two of the group, Jonathan Kent and Zina Webb., 1h27
Directed by Henry King,
Albert R. BroccoliOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Swashbuckler,
Action,
Adventure,
RomanceThemes Seafaring films,
Transport films,
Pirate films,
Children's filmsActors Tyrone Power,
Maureen O'Hara,
Laird Cregar,
Thomas Mitchell,
George Sanders,
Anthony QuinnRating66%
After England and Spain make peace, notorious pirate Henry Morgan (Laird Cregar) decides to reform. As a reward, he is made Governor of Jamaica, with a mandate to rid the Caribbean of his former comrades, by persuasion or force if necessary. He replaces the former governor, Lord Denby (George Zucco), but is not trusted by either the lawful residents or the pirates., 1h27
Directed by Irving CummingsOrigin USAGenres Biography,
WesternThemes Political films,
Children's films,
Gangster filmsActors Gene Tierney,
Randolph Scott,
Dana Andrews,
Shepperd Strudwick,
Elizabeth Patterson,
Chill WillsRating57%
After her family's mansion is burned down by Yankee soldiers for hiding the rebel leader Captain Sam Starr (Randolph Scott), Belle Shirley (Gene Tierney) vows to take revenge. Breaking Starr out of prison, she joins his small guerrilla group for a series of raids on banks and railroads, carpetbaggers and enemy troops. Belle's bravado during the attacks earns her a reputation among the locals as well as the love of Starr himself. The pair get married, but their relationship starts to break down when Sam Starr lets a couple of psychotic rebels into the gang, leaving Belle to wonder if he really cares about the Southern cause., 1h51
Directed by Henry King,
Gerd OswaldOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Comedy,
Action,
Adventure,
Romance,
WesternThemes Films set in Africa,
Children's filmsActors Tyrone Power,
Susan Hayward,
Richard Egan,
Agnes Moorehead,
Brad Dexter,
Henry O'NeillRating59%
Dutchman Paul van Riebeck (Tyrone Power) a Boer cavalry commander travels to Ireland from his native South Africa in 1847 to buy horses for his commandos back home, who need them to fight Zulu tribal warriors. He meets lovely Katie O'Neill (Susan Hayward), daughter of the man selling the horses. She falls in love, but Paul feels he must return home alone., 1h38
Directed by Irving CummingsOrigin USAGenres Drama,
Biography,
HistoricalThemes Children's filmsActors Don Ameche,
Loretta Young,
Henry Fonda,
Charles Coburn,
Beryl Mercer,
Gene LockhartRating69%
The first half of the film concentrates on the hero's romantic, financial, and scientific struggles, starting in 1873. Most scenes are set in Boston and vicinity; a few late scenes are in London.