John Ford
          Director, Actor  
	
	Films to Rent  on DVD
				 
	  
	        
Iron Horse, The (1924)
 
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. George O'Brien, Madge Bellamy 
- An early silent western presenting an idealised portrayal of the development of the first American transcontinental railroad. Its romantic,…
 
Prisoner of Shark Island, The (1936)
 
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Warner Baxter, Gloria Stuart 
- Gripping John Ford–directed prison yarn is based on the ordeal of Dr. Samuel Mudd, a famous victim of circumstance who unknowingly cared for…
 
Mary of Scotland (1936) 
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Fredric March, John Carradine… 
- Katharine Hepburn stars as Mary, Queen of Scots who, after languishing in jail for 18 years at Elizabeth I's command, is offered a pardon if she will…
 
Stagecoach (1939) 
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Claire Trevor, John Wayne, John Carradine 
- As the first fully realised Western, this blazed the trail for all subsequent efforts, as well as carrying John Wayne to stardom.  Panoramic…
 
Young Mr. Lincoln (1939) 
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver… 
- A fresh–faced Henry Fonda gives credence to the formative years of Abraham Lincoln, seen here as a country boy–turned–lawyer…
 
Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) 
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert, Edna May Oliver… 
- Minor Ford drama with Fonda and Colbert as newlyweds whose farming career gets stymied by the Revolutionary War and attacks from Native Americans.…
 
Grapes of Wrath (1940)
 
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Henry Fonda, John Carradine 
- Henry Fonda stars in this masterful humanist film about a group of destitute Oklahoma farmers that trek to California in hope of a better life. One…
 
Long Voyage Home, The (1940) 
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell, Ian Hunter… 
- John Wayne is a Swedish sailor aboard a doom–ridden tramp steamer circa. WWII, in this portmanteau of four stories by Eugene O'Neill. An…
 
How Green Was My Valley (1941)
 
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Walter Pidgeon, Maureen O'Hara 
- Memories of childhood in a Welsh mining village are vividly portrayed in this highly emotive drama. Winner of 5 Oscars including Best Picture.
 
They Were Expendable (1945) 
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Robert Montgomery 
- Fine tribute to the US Torpedo–boat troops who were last to retreat from the Philippines after Pearl Harbour. John Wayne and Robert Montgomery…