Stagecoach
See how one movie changed an entire genre for the better.
Tag: John Ford
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
“Never apologize. It’s a sign of weakness.” – John Wayne as Captain Nathan Brittles
My Darling Clementine
“I ain’t gonna kill you. I hope you live a hundred years… so you’ll feel just a little what my pa’s gonna feel.” – Henry Fonda as Wyatt Earp
The Grapes of Wrath
“I been thinking about us, too, about our people living like pigs and good rich land layin’ fallow. Or maybe one guy with a million acres and a hundred thousand farmers starvin’. And I been wonderin’ if all our folks got together and yelled…” – Henry Fonda as Tom Joad
The Searchers
“I don’t believe in surrenders. Nope, I’ve still got my saber, Reverend. Didn’t beat it into no plowshare, neither.” – John Wayne as Ethan Edwards
Jimmy Stewart: Two Rode Together (1961)
“You know, sometimes it takes a lot more courage to live than it does to die.” – Jimmy Stewart as Marshal Guthrie McCabe
Jimmy Stewart: Cheyenne Autumn
A smaller role from Stewart in a massive epic by John Ford.
How Green Was My Valley
When he directed How Green Was My Valley in 1941, John Ford earned his third Best Director Oscar.
