 12 Angry Men 1957  N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Twelve Angry Men
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Ed Begley, E.G. Marshall, Jack Warden, Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Jack Klugman, Ed Binns, Joseph Sweeney, George Voskovec, Robert Webber, Joe Savoca
When a young Puerto Rican boy (Joe Savoca) is on trial, one conscientious juror–#8 (Henry Fonda)–stands alone against his other 11 jury panelists as he questions whether the defense lawyer really performed his duties. Academy Award nominations included Best Picture and Director.
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Advise and Consent 1962  N/R, 139 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Henry Fonda, Walter Pidgeon, Don Murray, Charles Laughton, Peter Lawford, George Grizzard, Gene Tierney, Franchot Tone, Burgess Meredith, Paul Ford, Lew Ayres, Eddie Hodges, Inga Swenson, Edward Andrews
Backstage politics are exemplified in this film concerned with the U.S. Senate Confirmation Hearings of the President's (Franchot Tone) newly appointed Secretary of State Robert A. Leffingwell (Henry Fonda). It provides an insightful look into Washington, D.C., politics.
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Ash Wednesday 1973  R, 99 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Larry Peerce
Cast: Elizabeth Taylor, Henry Fonda, Helmut Berger, Keith Baxter, Margaret Blye, Maurice Teynac, Monique Van Vooren, Henning Schluter
This drama involves a middle-aged woman, Barbara Sawyer (Elizabeth Taylor), who thinks plastic surgery will not only bring back her former looks but her husband as well. Get ready for some very graphic operating-room scenes.
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The Battle of Midway 1942 N/R, 17 min.
Genre: Documentary
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Donald Crisp, Jane Darwell, Irving Pichel
Using film footage of the actual World War II battle, this documentary deserved its Academy Award for Best Documentary. John Ford edited footage taken by a crew of naval photographers and added narration by Hollywood actors.
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 Battle of the Bulge 1965  N/R, 167 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ken Annakin
Cast: Henry Fonda, Robert Shaw, Robert Ryan, Dana Andrews, Charles Bronson, Telly Savalas, George Montgomery, Ty Hardin, Pier Angeli, Barbara Werle, Hans Christian Blech, Werner Peters, James MacArthur, Steve Rowland
In this very important battle of World War II, Hitler has ordered a fast attack to re-take French territory, but the plan fails leaving Germany with no chance of winning the war. Events are shown from the perspectives of American intelligence officer, Lt. Col Kiley (Henry Fonda), as well as that of German Panzer Commander Col. Hessler (Robert Shaw).
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 The Best Man 1964 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Cast: Henry Fonda, Cliff Robertson, Margaret Leighton, Lee Tracy, Edie Adams, Shelley Berman, Ann Sothern, Gene Raymond, Kevin McCarthy, Richard Arlen, Mahalia Jackson, Howard K. Smith, John Henry Faulk, George Kirgo, Tyler McVey
The President of the United States Art Hockstader (Lee Tracy) is dying, and political infighting peaks as two Presidential hopefuls William Russell and Joe Cartwell (Henry Fonda and Cliff Robertson) seek the President's blessing. They try so hard to outdo each other that, in the process, they do themselves in. Lee Tracy received an Academy Award nomination for his Supporting Actor's Role.
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A Big Hand for the Little Lady 1966 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama / Western
Director: Fielder Cook
Cast: Henry Fonda, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Charles Bickford, Burgess Meredith, Kevin McCarthy, Robert Middleton, Paul Ford, John Qualen, James Berwick, Jean-Michel Michenaud, Allen Collins, Jim Boles, Virginia Gregg, Chester Conklin
This film tells the story of what happens when a married couple, Mary and Meredith (Joanne Woodward and Henry Fonda), are involved in a high-stakes poker game that hinges on winning or losing a fortune.
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 The Big Street 1942  N/R, 88 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Irving Reis
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Barton MacLane, Eugene Pallette, Hans Conried, Agnes Moorehead, Sam Levene, Ray Collins, George Cleveland, Marion Martin
Henry Fonda plays a nightclub busboy who is in love with a beautiful singer (Lucille Ball). She ignores him until she experiences a crippling accident and must rely on his attentions in this comedy/drama.
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Blockade 1938 N/R, 73 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William Dieterle
Cast: Madeleine Carroll, Henry Fonda, Leo Carrillo, John Halliday, Vladimir Sokoloff, Robert Warwick, Reginald Denny, Peter Godfrey, Katherine DeMille, William B. Davidson
The Spanish Civil War becomes all too real in this film about espionage agents.
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The Boston Strangler 1968  N/R, 116 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Thriller
Director: Richard Fleischer
Cast: Tony Curtis, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Sally Kellerman, Hurd Hatfield, Murray Hamilton, Jeff Corey, William Marshall, George Voskovec, Leora Dana, Carolyn Conwell, Jeanne Cooper, Austin Willis, Lara Lindsay
For more than two years, from 1962 to 1964, Boston women seemed to be at the mercy of a psychopathic killer. He began strangling and raping elderly women and then switched to younger women–a total of 13 victims–by the end of his reign of terror. Boston Police Department detective John S. Bottomly (Henry Fonda) directs the investigation, and it is not until one victim, Diane Cluny (Sally Kellerman), survives her attack and reports that she bit her attacker's hand that the clues fit together and lead to the capture of serial killer Albert DeSalvo (Tony Curtis). 1 User Review
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| | Brilliantly noir & Tony at his serious best. | Anonymous 10/15/2007 | | |
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Chad Hanna 1940  N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry King
Cast: Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Linda Darnell, Guy Kibbee, Jane Darwell, John Carradine, Roscoe Ates, Olin Howland, Si Jenks, Frank Conlan
The circus in the 19th century is the world of Chad Hanna (Henry Fonda); the story follows his adventures, which aren't all that great.
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The Cheyenne Social Club 1970 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Gene Kelly
Cast: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Shirley Jones, Sue Ane Langdon, Robert Middleton, John Dehner, Richard Collier, Charles Tyner, Jason Wingreen, Robert J. Wilke
Henry Fonda and James Stewart are entertaining as two old cowpokes that inherit a whorehouse in the Wild West.
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City on Fire 1979 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alvin Rakoff
Cast: Barry Newman, Susan Clark, Shelley Winters, Leslie Nielsen, James Franciscus, Ava Gardner, Henry Fonda, Jonathan Welsh, Terry Haig, Richard Donat, Mavor Moore, Donald Pilon
This is a weak disaster film, despite the good cast. The plot involves an oil-refinery fire that quickly leaps out of control and threatens a drought-stricken community.
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Clarence Darrow 1978 TV, 81 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Rich
Cast: Henry Fonda
Henry Fonda stars in this one-man Broadway show that was taped for NBC. As Clarence Darrow, he talks about his progress as a lawyer from his days dealing with the Pullman strike, to the Leopold-Loeb murder case, and, finally, his work as the defense attorney in the Scopes "Monkey Trial."
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Daisy Kenyon 1947 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: Joan Crawford, Dana Andrews, Henry Fonda, Ruth Warrick, Martha Stewart, Peggy Ann Garner, Connie Marshall, Nicholas Joy, Roy Roberts, George E. Stone, Art Baker, Mae Marsh, Damon Runyon, Ann Staunton
Daisy Kenyon (Joan Crawford) works in the New York City fashion world and lives in Greenwich Village. Her dilemma is choosing between a rich lawyer (Dana Andrews) and a poor, former soldier (Henry Fonda) who are both in love with her.
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Drums Along the Mohawk 1939 N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Claudette Colbert, Edna May Oliver, John Carradine, Eddie Collins, Jessie Ralph, Arthur Shields, Robert Lowery, Roger Imhof, Ward Bond, Dorris Bowdon, Francis Ford, Kay Linaker, Spencer Charters
As settlers encroached more and more on Indian lands, those on the frontier outskirts were often victims of Indian attacks. This is the sympathetic story of one young couple (Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert) who tried to start life anew on the fringes of American civilization during the Revolutionary War.
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Fail-Safe 1964 N/R, 112 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton, Ed Binns, Fritz Weaver, Henry Fonda, Larry Hagman, Dom DeLuise, William Hansen, Sorrell Booke
The premise for this story is that the United States has accidentally dropped the hydrogen bomb on Russia. The ensuing events evolve as the leaders of both countries work to prevent total world annihilation. Good, tense attention-keeper.
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The Farmer Takes a Wife 1935 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Victor Fleming
Cast: Janet Gaynor, Henry Fonda, Charles Bickford, Slim Summerville, Andy Devine, Roger Imhof, Jane Withers, Margaret Hamilton, Sig Ruman, John Qualen
In Henry Fonda's film debut, he recreated his stage role of an Erie Canal worker's devoted labor on the Canal.
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Fedora 1978 PG, 110 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Billy Wilder
Cast: William Holden, Marthe Keller, Jose Ferrer, Frances Sternhagen, Henry Fonda, Michael York, Hildegarde Neff, Mario Adorf, Gottfried John, Hans Jaray
Adapted from Thomas Tryon's "Crowned Heads," this tale is about a down-on-his-luck movie producer, Barry Detweiler (William Holden), who tries to lure an elusive movie star, Fedora (Marthe Keller), out of her retirement on the Greek isles. Nothing is like appears, and the "surprise" ending is unsurprising. Kinda long.
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Firecreek 1968 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Vincent McEveety
Cast: James Stewart, Henry Fonda, Gary Lockwood, Inger Stevens, Dean Jagger, Ed Begley, Jay C. Flippen, Jack Elam, James Best, John Qualen
This Western involves a farmer (James Stewart) given the honorary title of sheriff. Events shortly go awry when Larkin (Henry Fonda) leads a gang of outlaws into town–goal: take over the town.
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Fort Apache 1948  N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, John Wayne, Ward Bond, John Agar, George O'Brien, Shirley Temple, Irene Rich, Victor McLaglen, Anna Lee, Pedro Armendariz, Dick Foran, Guy Kibbee, Grant Withers, Jack Pennick, Mae Marsh
Lt. Colonel Owen Thursday (Henry Fonda) is annoyed because he has been sent out West to command Fort Apache in Arizona after serving valiantly during the Civil War. After his daughter Philadelphia (Shirley Temple) and Lt. Michael O'Rourke (Ward Bond) discover the bodies of mutilated soldiers murdered by the Apaches, Thursday decides to stir up the Indians for his own fame and fortune. One of his officers, Capt. Kirby York (John Wayne), tries to teach him the realities of co-existing with the Indians and tells him that the real problem is not the Apaches, but, instead, it is the corrupt Indian agents promoting the problems. York's words go unheeded, and Thursday leads his men into a disastrous situation after which he is labeled a hero by the press.
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 The Fugitive 1947 N/R, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Dolores del Rio, Pedro Armendariz, Ward Bond, J. Carrol Naish, Leo Carrillo, Robert Armstrong, John Qualen, Fortunio Bonanova, Mel Ferrer, Chris-Pin Martin, Miguel Inclan, Fernando Fernandez
From Graham Greene's "The Power and the Glory" comes this film adaptation of the story of a priest (Henry Fonda) who is on the run from Mexican authorities. He has baptized a baby in spite of a Mexican dictatorship that has made religious worship illegal. The Fugitive runs into friends (Ward Bond) and enemies (J. Carrol Naish) during his fateful escape attempt. Very good–what else would you expect from John Ford?
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Gideon's Trumpet 1980 TV, 104 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Robert E. Collins
Cast: Henry Fonda, Jose Ferrer, John Houseman, Fay Wray, Sam Jaffe, Nicholas Pryor, William Prince, Dean Jagger, Lane Smith, Richard McKenzie, Dolph Sweet, Ford Rainey, David Sheiner, J. Patrick McNamara, Les Lannom
In 1961, Clarence Earl Gideon (Henry Fonda) is arrested in Panama City, Florida, for petty larceny. Because he cannot afford a lawyer, Gideon is sent to prison to serve a five year sentence. Gideon appeals, and the case goes to the Supreme Court where a landmark decision is reached giving free legal representation to anyone accused of a crime in the United States.
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 The Grapes of Wrath 1940 N/R, 128 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Jane Darwell, Russell Simpson, Charley Grapewin, John Carradine, Frank Faylen, John Qualen, Eddie Quillan, Frank Sully, Ward Bond, Dorris Bowdon, O.Z. Whitehead, Zeffie Tilbury, Frank Darien, Darryl Hickman
This is the film adaptation of John Steinbeck's moving novel about the plight of farmers escaping the Oklahoma "Dust Bowl" during the Great Depression. The Joad family packs up their belongings and moves to California in search of a better life. Although they are confronted with a whole new set of problems, Ma Joad (Jane Darwell) manages to hold her family together. John Ford won the Academy Award for Best Director, and Jane Darwell walked away with Best Supporting Actress honors. The film was also nominated for five other awards, including Best Picture and Actor (Henry Fonda).
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The Great Battle 1978  PG, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Battle Force
The Greatest Battle
Director: Umberto Lenzi
Cast: Helmut Berger, Samantha Eggar, Giuliano Gemma, John Huston, Stacy Keach, Henry Fonda, Edwige Fenech, Ray Lovelock, Aldo Massasso, Venantino Venantini, Rik Battaglia, Guy Doleman
Narrated by Orson Welles, this German film relates the final tank battles of the Panzer Corps in Tunisia during World War II. Poorly made and poorly acted by big-name stars.
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The Greatest Man in the World 1980 TV, 51 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Rosenblum
Cast: Brad Davis, Carol Kane, Howard Da Silva, Reed Birney, John McMartin, William Prince, Sudie Bond, Russell Horton, Henry Fonda
This made-for-TV tale, based on a James Thurber short story, is about a 1930s aviator who became famous after he flew around the world non-stop. The problem is that he is an illiterate dunderhead, and the media that made him a hero must now make him presentable.
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 How the West Was Won 1962 N/R, 155 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama / Western / Romance
Director: John Ford, Henry Hathaway, George Marshall, Richard Thorpe
Cast: Gregory Peck, Henry Fonda, James Stewart, John Wayne, Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan, Karl Malden, George Peppard, Spencer Tracy, Agnes Moorehead, Lee J. Cobb, Carolyn Jones, Carol Baker, Robert Preston, Richard Widmark
This stirring epic of the settling of the West uses the Preston family (Debbie Reynolds, Agnes Moorehead, Karl Malden, and Carol Baker) as its core for telling the trials and exhilarations of the move West. From farming to mining to fighting outlaws, this film is memorable. Dozens of movie stars add to the pleasure, as do the photography and musical score. The film won three Oscars and was nominated for five more, including Best Picture.
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I Dream Too Much 1935 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: John Cromwell
Cast: Lily Pons, Henry Fonda, Eric Blore, Osgood Perkins, Lucien Littlefield, Esther Dale, Lucille Ball, Mischa Auer, Paul Porcasi, Clarence Wilson
Metropolitan Opera diva Lily Pons takes on the role of aspiring opera singer, Annette. She and composer Jonathan (Henry Fonda) marry and go to Paris where they seek their fortunes.
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I Met My Love Again 1938 N/R, 77 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Joshua Logan, George Cukor, Arthur Ripley
Cast: Joan Bennett, Henry Fonda, Dame May Whitty, Alan Marshal, Louise Platt, Alan Baxter, Tim Holt, Dorothy Stickney
A young woman (Joan Bennett) leaves her small town to run away with her lover and lives to regret her actions.
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Immortal Sergeant 1943 N/R, 90 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John M. Stahl
Cast: Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, Thomas Mitchell, Allyn Joslyn, Reginald Gardiner, Melville Cooper, Bramwell Fletcher, Morton Lowry, Peter Lawford, Guy Kingsford
This is the story of a World War II desert patrol that suffers the loss of its leader. Faced with unwanted responsibility, Corporal Colin Spence (Henry Fonda) manages to get it together and lead the remaining patrol members to safety.
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In Harm's Way 1965 N/R, 165 min.
Genre: Adventure / Drama
Director: Otto Preminger
Cast: John Wayne, Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, George Kennedy, Patricia Neal, Tom Tryon, Paula Prentiss, Burgess Meredith, Slim Pickens, Dana Andrews, Brandon DeWilde, Jill Haworth, Stanley Holloway, Franchot Tone, Carroll O'Connor
The heroic efforts of the U.S. Navy following the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and the camaraderie of those men and women as they found ways to fight back is the theme of this movie. John Wayne plays the hero and romantic lead Capt. Rockwell Torrey, while Kirk Douglas takes on the role of the executive officer Commander Paul Eddington Jr. who creates problems.
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 Jesse James 1939 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Henry King
Cast: Tyrone Power, Henry Fonda, Nancy Kelly, Randolph Scott, Lon Chaney Jr., Henry Hull, Brian Donlevy, John Carradine, Jane Darwell, Donald Meek
Ruthless Jesse James (Tyrone Power) and his brother, Frank (Henry Fonda), seek revenge through bank robberies after the Midland Railroad fought for their family land. Fonda returns in a sequel: "The Return of Frank James."
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Jezebel 1938 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: William Wyler
Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Fay Bainter, George Brent, Margaret Lindsay, Donald Crisp, Spring Byington, Richard Cromwell, Henry O'Neill, John Litel, Gordon Oliver, Janet Shaw, Irving Pichel, Theresa Harris, Margaret Early
Set in New Orleans during the1850s, a Southern belle (Bette Davis) plays mind games with her two suitors (Henry Fonda and George Brent), but the results are not what she planned. Bette Davis received an Oscar for Best Actress, and Fay Bainter won for Best Supporting Actress. A nomination for Best Picture was also received.
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Jigsaw 1949 N/R, 71 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery
aka: Gun Moll
Director: Fletcher Markle
Cast: Franchot Tone, Jean Wallace, Myron McCormick, Marc Lawrence, Doe Avedon, Henry Fonda, Marlene Dietrich, Burgess Meredith, John Garfield, Winifred Lenihan, Walter Vaughan, George Breen, Robert Gist, Hester Sondergaard, Luella Gear
A series of murders are taking place in New York, and, after the gangsters kill New York Assistant District Attorney Howard Malloy's (Franchot Tone) friend Charles Riggs (Myron McCormick), he is dedicated to exposing them. The gangsters are a "hate group" involved in stirring up racial prejudice. The group sends Barbara (Jean Wallace) to seduce Howard, but after she has second thoughts, she is murdered also. Now, Malloy is even more determined to bring them to justice.
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The Lady Eve 1941 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Preston Sturges
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Eugene Pallette, William Demarest, Eric Blore, Melville Cooper, Martha O'Driscoll, Luis Alberni, Robert Greig, Janet Beecher, Dora Clement, Al Bridge, Eddie Hall, Bess Flowers
This not-to-be-missed comedy pits Charles Pike (Henry Fonda) and Jean Harrington (Barbara Stanwyck) as the romantic couple who meets aboard ship. Very rich Charles rejects Jean who in turn plots to get him back by posing as Lady Eve Sidwich. A fun ride.
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Last Days of Mussolini 1974 N/R, 126 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Mussolini: Ultimo Atto
Director: Carlo Lizzani
Cast: Rod Steiger, Franco Nero, Lisa Gastoni, Henry Fonda, Bruno Corazzari, Manfred Freyberger, Lino Capolicchio, Marco Guglielmi, Tom Felleghy, Luciano Pigozzi, John Stacy, Giuseppe Addobbati, Andrea Aureli, Umberto Raho
The last days of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (Rod Steiger) are the focus of this violent drama. Mussolini realizes that the Italian people are turning against him, and, with his mistress Claretta Petacci (Lisa Gastoni) by his side, he attempts an escape to Switzerland. At the same time, he is trying to hide from the Nazis, the Allies, the Italian government, and Italian freedom fighters–all of whom are on his trail.
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The Last of the Cowboys 1976 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Adventure
aka: The Great Smokey Roadblock
Director: John Leone
Cast: Henry Fonda, Eileen Brennan, Robert Englund, John Byner, Susan Sarandon, Austin Pendleton, Melanie Mayron, Dub Taylor, Leigh French, Valerie Curtin
This is the story of an aging trucker (Henry Fonda) who is deep in debt. To stay one step ahead of his creditors, he steals a truck and heads across country.
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Let Us Live! 1939 N/R, 68 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Maureen O'Sullivan, Henry Fonda, Ralph Bellamy, Alan Baxter, Stanley Ridges, Henry Kolker, Charles Trowbridge, Byron Foulger, George Douglas, Phillip Trent
Two innocent men are sentenced to death for a murder they did not commit, and the fiancee (Maureen O'Sullivan) of one of the prisoners (Henry Fonda) is determined to save her lover's life. Heavy soap.
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Lillian Russell 1940 N/R, 127 min.
Genre: Musical
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Alice Faye, Don Ameche, Henry Fonda, Edward Arnold, Warren William, Leo Carrillo, Nigel Bruce, Helen Westley, Dorothy Peterson, Ernest Truex
Alice Faye portrays 1890s' Broadway star Lillian Russell and sings such classics as "After the Ball" and "The Band Played On" in this musical presentation.
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The Long Night 1947 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Anatole Litvak
Cast: Henry Fonda, Barbara Bel Geddes, Vincent Price, Ann Dvorak, Elisha Cook Jr., Moroni Olsen, Will Wright, Queenie Smith, Mary Gordon, Byron Foulger
When Maximilian, a magician (Vincent Price), causes Joe's girlfriend (Barbara Bel Geddes) to leave him, Joe (Henry Fonda) kills Maximilian. Told in flashback, the girlfriend tries to talk Joe into surrendering to the police.
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 The Longest Day 1962 N/R, 180 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
Director: Ken Annakin, Andrew Marton, Bernard Wicki
Cast: John Wayne, Robert Mitchum, Robert Ryan, Curt Jurgens, Richard Burton, Henry Fonda, Rod Steiger, Sean Connery, Mel Ferrer, Eddie Albert, Richard Todd, Robert Wagner, Jeffrey Hunter, Roddy McDowall, Edmond O'Brien
The sixth of June, 1944–D-Day–is relived in this saga about the Allied invasion of Europe via the beaches at Normandy. This war film is based on Cornelius Ryan's book "The Longest Day" that he compiled through interviews with D-Day survivors. The story is told through the eyes of all participants including the German high command, the French Resistance, and the Allied side of the invasion. A great epic that was nominated for Best Picture and won Oscars for Best Cinematography and Special Effects.
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The Mad Miss Manton 1938 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Leigh Jason
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Sam Levene, Frances Mercer, Stanley Ridges, Vickie Lester, Whitney Bourne, Hattie McDaniel, Penny Singleton, Grady Sutton
This comedy/mystery is about a high-living socialite (Barbara Stanwyck) and her friends who get involved in a murder mystery and are determined to solve the case.
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Madigan 1968 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: Don Siegel
Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Inger Stevens, Harry Guardino, James Whitmore, Michael Dunn, Susan Clark, Steve Ihnat, Don Stroud, Sheree North
Detective Daniel Madigan (Richard Widmark) and Detective Rocco Bornaro (Harry Guardino) track down a psychopath who has stolen Madigan's service revolver and is using it on his victims. This excellent film spawned a TV series.
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The Magnificent Dope 1942 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Walter Lang
Cast: Henry Fonda, Lynn Bari, Don Ameche, Edward Everett Horton, George Barbier, Frank Orth, Roseanne Murray, Arthur Loft, Hobart Cavanaugh, Pierre Watkin
Country versus city is the theme for this film in which two men (Henry Fonda and Don Ameche) vie for a school secretary's (Lynn Bari) attention.
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The Male Animal 1942 N/R, 101 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Elliott Nugent
Cast: Henry Fonda, Olivia de Havilland, Jack Carson, Eugene Pallette, Joan Leslie, Herbert Anderson, Hattie McDaniel, Ivan F. Simpson, Don DeFore, William B. Davidson
This film was adapted from the James Thurber novel about a triangle made up of scholarly professor Tommy Turner (Henry Fonda), his wife Ellen (Olivia de Havilland), and football hero Joe Ferguson (Jack Carson). Too busy with university affairs, Turner fails to pick up warning signs about Ellen's possible extra-marital affair with Joe.
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The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg 1980 TV, 40 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Ralph Rosenblum
Cast: Robert Preston, Tom Aldredge, Fred Gwynne, Frances Sternhagen, Seth Allen, Kent Broadhurst, Brandon Maggart, Ken Costigan, Rex Everhart, Henry Fonda
This short TV film is based on a Mark Twain story A mysterious stranger (Robert Preston) who was insulted by the townsfolk of Hadleyburg, Vermont, returns to teach them a lesson. While the townsfolk pride themselves on their integrity, it soon becomes clear that its most revered citizens are willing to lie when the stranger offers gold to the person who helped him years before.
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The Man Who Understood Women 1959 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Nunnally Johnson
Cast: Leslie Caron, Henry Fonda, Cesare Danova, Myron McCormick, Marcel Dalio, Conrad Nagel, Frank Cady, Harry Ellerbe, Ben Astar, Edwin Jerome
Willie (Henry Fonda) is a very successful filmmaker; however, he is not so fortunate in his relationship with his actress-wife (Leslie Caron).
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Meteor 1979 PG, 103 min.
Genre: Sci-Fi
Director: Ronald Neame
Cast: Sean Connery, Karl Malden, Natalie Wood, Brian Keith, Henry Fonda, Martin Landau, Trevor Howard, Richard Dysart, Joseph Campanella, Bo Brundin
Huge chunks of a meteor are headed for Earth in this film that is aimed at those who are hooked on disaster movies. Will the U.S. convince Russia to join with them and divert their space-based atomic weapons and used them on the meteor? The good cast is largely wasted.
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Midway 1976  PG, 132 min.
Genre: Action / Drama
aka: The Battle of Midway
Director: Jack Smight
Cast: Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, James Coburn, Glenn Ford, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook, Cliff Robertson, Toshiro Mifune, Robert Wagner, Edward Albert, Robert Webber, Ed Nelson, James Shigeta, Christina Kokubo, Monte Markham
The naval battle of World War II in which enemy ships never saw each other is depicted well in this movie, clearly showing the importance of the U.S. Navy's carrier force. 1 User Review
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| | Minneapolis friend 04/13/2009 | | JACK'S EXPERIENCE AS A WWII AVIATOR WAS WELL USED. HE KNEW HIS AGENDA AND WAS INTELLIGENT WITHOUT BEING ARROGANT . IF YOU KNEW HIS TRUE FRIENDS THEY WERE ''NORMAL PEOPLE'' OR ACTORS/ACTRESSES WHO DIDN'T PLAY THE '' HOLLYWOOD SCENE''. MY FATHER GREW UP WITH BOTH JACK AND JOYCE AND DIDN'T SUFFER FOOLS. HE WASN'T IMPRESSED WITH CELEBRITIES NOR DID JACK. DADDY'S FAVORITE 'MOST DOWN TO EARTH, INTELLIGENT, GENUINE ARTICLE' WAS PAUL NEWMAN, ONE OF JACK'S BEST FRIENDS. JACK NEVER RECEIVED THE CREDIT HE DESERVED...HE WAS AN INTELLIGENT MAN BORN OF CATHOIC IMMIGRANTS....I NEVER OBSERVED ANY PRETENSE OR POSTURING IN JACK. HIS SON, TIM, VISITED WHEN I WAS OUT OF TOWN ON EMERGENCY FAMILY BUSINESS....HOW ARE YOU TIM? WE WERE AWARE OF DIFFERENCES AND ESTRANGEMENT.....PLEASE CALL ME....MOM HAS ALZTHEIMERS AND DOESN'T REMEMBER YOUR VISIT.......I'D LIKE TO TALK TO YOU....YOU LIVED WITH US FOR A YEAR AND I'M SORRY I MISSED YOU. THE GAL WHO IS YOUR AGE AND ELDEST, JBM |
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 Mister Roberts 1955 N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
Director: John Ford, Mervyn LeRoy
Cast: Henry Fonda, Jack Lemmon, James Cagney, William Powell, Betsy Palmer, Ward Bond, Nick Adams, Philip Carey, Harry Carey Jr., Ken Curtis, Perry Lopez, Robert Roark, Patrick Wayne, Frank Aletter, Buck Kartalian
Life on a military supply ship is VERY dull when compared to combat duty. Lt. Douglas Roberts (Henry Fonda) sends in a series of requests for transfer, and they are always denied by the captain (James Cagney). Ensign Pulver (Jack Lemmon) is Robert's friend and shipmate who steals the show as a bungling young Naval officer. Lemmon received an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and a nomination was received for Best Picture.
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The Moon's Our Home 1936 N/R, 80 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: William A. Seiter
Cast: Margaret Sullavan, Henry Fonda, Charles Butterworth, Beulah Bondi, Walter Brennan, Spencer Charters, Lucien Littlefield, Margaret Hamilton, Brandon Hurst, Andrea Leeds
The most interesting facet about this film is that its stars had been married and divorced in real life before working together on this project. This is a comedy/drama about problems encountered by a newly wed couple.
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 My Darling Clementine 1946 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Western
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Victor Mature, Walter Brennan, Linda Darnell, Ward Bond, Cathy Downs, Tim Holt, Alan Mowbray, John Ireland, Jane Darwell, Roy Roberts, Grant Withers, J. Farrell MacDonald, Russell Simpson
When his brother is killed, a cowpoke (Henry Fonda) takes the job as sheriff in a mining town. He plans to search for the killers and thinks he has found one (Victor Mature) when he runs into him in a saloon. Another fine John Ford film.
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My Name Is Nobody (Il Mio Nome E Nessuno) 1974 PG, 115 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Tonino Valerii
Cast: Terence Hill, Henry Fonda, Jean Martin, Piero Lulli, Leo Gordon, R.G. Armstrong, Steve Kanaly, Geoffrey Lewis, Neil Summers, Franco Angrisano
Making fun of spaghetti Westerns is the basis for this film in which Jack Beauregard must contend with one last group of outlaws before he can retire.
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On Golden Pond 1981 PG, 109 min.
Genre: Drama / Comedy
Director: Mark Rydell
Cast: Henry Fonda, Katharine Hepburn, Jane Fonda, Doug McKeon, Dabney Coleman, William Lanteau, Christopher Rydell, Troy Garity
This story is about growing up and growing old as seen through a man and his daughter who has a rocky past. Henry Fonda plays Norman Theyer, an old man with a feisty attitude, and Jane Fonda stars as his insecure daughter Chelsea. There is plenty of humor with touching moments in this excellent film. Katharine Hepburn as Ethel, Norman's understanding wife, received an Oscar for Best Actress. Henry Fonda also won an Oscar for Best Actor. In addition to one other Oscar for Screenplay, there were seven nominations, including Best Picture, Supporting Actress (Jane Fonda), and Director.
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On Our Merry Way 1948 N/R, 107 min.
Genre: Comedy / Drama
aka: A Miracle Can Happen
Director: Leslie Fenton, King Vidor, George Stevens, John Huston
Cast: Burgess Meredith, Paulette Goddard, Fred MacMurray, Hugh Herbert, James Stewart, Dorothy Lamour, Victor Moore, Eilene Janssen, Henry Fonda, William Demarest, Harry James, Charles D. Brown, Henry Hull, Eduardo Ciannelli, John Qualen
This film is a series of episodes tied together by the shell of a story about a newspaper reporter (Burgess Meredith) and his new wife (Paulette Goddard–his actual wife at the time). He asks a number of people how a child has changed their lives and gets a variety of answers.
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 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968 PG, 165 min.
Genre: Western / Action / Drama
Director: Sergio Leone
Cast: Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Charles Bronson, Jason Robards, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Keenan Wynn, Lionel Stander, Paolo Stoppa, Frank Wolff, Gabriele Ferzetti, Frank Brana, Benito Stefanelli, Aldo Sambrell
This movie is a classic, telling the story of the railroad's effect on the American West and how great wealth could be attained by owning land around it. The owner of a railroad, Morton (Gabriele Ferzetti), hires Frank (Henry Fonda) to kill any landowners around the railroad line who threaten the railroad's completion. Frank does what he was hired to do and murders landowner Brett McBain (Frank Wolff). Now Brett's widow (Claudia Cardinale) arrives on the scene to ensure that the family's land remains in her name. She is also out for revenge and hires two killers of her own choice, Harmonica and Cheyenne (Charles Bronson and Jason Robards), to kill Frank. And the quest to get even begins.
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The Ox-Bow Incident 1943 N/R, 76 min.
Genre: Western / Drama
Director: William A. Wellman
Cast: Henry Fonda, Harry Morgan, Dana Andrews, Anthony Quinn, Mary Beth Hughes, William Eythe, Jane Darwell, Marc Lawrence, Harry Davenport, Frank Conroy, Matt Briggs, Paul Hurst, Victor Kilian, Chris-Pin Martin, Willard Robertson
Cowboys Gil Carter (Henry Fonda) and Art Croft (Harry Morgan) ride into a small Nevada town and have a drink at a bar. The next thing they know, they are in the midst of a barroom brawl, which sets them apart from the locals. The sheriff is out of town, and a lynch mob forms, led by Major Tetley (Frank Conroy), when the news is revealed that a rancher has been killed by rustlers. The cowboys ride out of town and witness the mob hanging three men. When they learn that no rancher was killed, the cowboys' reaction is to search for the truth and bring justice to the killing of three innocent men. This film presents a psychological view of mob violence and its aftermath and is based on a true story that took place during 1885 in Nevada. A great Western that received an Academy Award nomination for Best Picture.
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The Red Pony 1973 TV, 102 min.
Genre: Family
Director: Robert Totten
Cast: Henry Fonda, Ben Johnson, Maureen O'Hara, Lieux Dressler, Jack Elam, Clint Howard, Richard Jaeckel, Rance Howard, Julian Rivero, Victor Sen Yung
Pretty good TV remake of the John Steinbeck story about the stern father (Henry Fonda) and his son (Clint Howard) in the early 1900s. A pony for the boy is a way to demonstrate the father's love, which is hard for him to express in words.
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The Return of Frank James 1940 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Jackie Cooper, Henry Hull, John Carradine, J. Edward Bromberg, Donald Meek, Eddie Collins, George Barbier, Ernest Whitman
This sequel to "Jesse James" depicts Frank James' (Henry Fonda) actions in avenging his brother's death.
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Rings on Her Fingers 1942 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Rouben Mamoulian
Cast: Henry Fonda, Gene Tierney, Laird Cregar, Shepperd Strudwick, Spring Byington, Frank Orth, Henry Stephenson, Marjorie Gateson, George Lessey, Iris Adrian
John Wheeler (Henry Fonda) is conned by a trio of swindlers. However, one of the culprits, Susan Miller (Gene Tierney), falls in love with John and helps him regain his lost money.
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Rollercoaster 1977 PG, 119 min.
Genre: Mystery
Director: James Goldstone
Cast: George Segal, Richard Widmark, Timothy Bottoms, Henry Fonda, Harry Guardino, Susan Strasberg, Helen Hunt, Dorothy Tristan, Craig Wasson, William Prince
When a crazed extortionist (Timothy Bottoms) sets out to blow up famous amusement parks as part of his plan to blackmail park owners, the suspense begins. This story examines the psychological aspects of hunters and the hunted.
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 The Rounders 1965 N/R, 85 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Sue Ane Langdon, Hope Holiday, Chill Wills, Edgar Buchanan, Denver Pyle, Barton MacLane, Doodles Weaver, Kathleen Freeman
Two angry cowhands (Glenn Ford and Henry Fonda) find trouble handling a difficult horse in this low-key comedy.
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The Serpent 1972 PG, 113 min.
Genre: Thriller
aka: Night Flight from Moscow
Le Serpent
Director: Henri Verneuil
Cast: Yul Brynner, Henry Fonda, Dirk Bogarde, Philippe Noiret, Virna Lisi, Farley Granger, Robert Alda, Marie Dubois, Michel Bouquet, Martin Held
In this film adaptation of Pierre Nord's "Le 13e Suicide" a Russian diplomat (Yul Brynner) defects to the West–along with top-secret Soviet documents.
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Sex and the Single Girl 1964 N/R, 114 min.
Genre: Comedy / Romance
Director: Richard Quine
Cast: Tony Curtis, Natalie Wood, Henry Fonda, Lauren Bacall, Mel Ferrer, Edward Everett Horton, Howard St. John, Stubby Kaye, Fran Jeffries, Otto Kruger, Barbara Bouchet, Leslie Parrish, Larry Storch, Max Showalter, Helen Kleeb
This satire on sexual mores is more-or-less based on the Helen Gurley Brown book by the same name. Helen Brown (Natalie Wood) is a 23-year-old therapist who advises women about sex. Bob Weston (Tony Curtis) is a magazine editor planning to write a story in which he will accuse Helen of being a virgin. But everything changes when they meet, and romance is definitely in the air–despite the fact that Bob is married–although maybe not legally–to Sylvia (Lauren Bacall). Problems ensue, which all lead to a wild taxi chase on the freeway where things are finally sorted out.
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Slim 1937 N/R, 86 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Ray Enright
Cast: Pat O'Brien, Henry Fonda, Margaret Lindsay, Stuart Erwin, J. Farrell MacDonald, Joe Sawyer, Dick Purcell, Jane Wyman, John Litel, Craig Reynolds
Actually, this is not a bad movie. Although the plot is not overwhelming, it is the story of two high-voltage linemen (Henry Fonda and Pat O'Brien) who vie for the love of Cally (Margaret Lindsay).
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Sometimes a Great Notion 1971  PG, 113 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Never Give an Inch
Director: Paul Newman
Cast: Paul Newman, Henry Fonda, Lee Remick, Michael Sarrazin, Richard Jaeckel, Cliff Potts, Linda Lawson, Joe Maross, Lee de Broux, Roy Poole
An Oregon logging family, the Stampers, suffer personal tragedy through the accidental deaths of two members while refusing to go along with a labor strike. Richard Jaeckel was nominated for an Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his work in this film. The drowning scene in which Jaeckel dies is a movie highlight. 1 User Review
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| | good 12/23/2007 | | This was one of my all time FAVORITE movies! I would love to be able to purchase it on DVD. |
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Spawn of the North 1938 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: George Raft, Henry Fonda, Dorothy Lamour, Akim Tamiroff, John Barrymore, Lynne Overman, Fuzzy Knight, Vladimir Sokoloff, Duncan Renaldo, Louise Platt
Set in the 1890s, this is the story of Alaskan fishermen and their struggles against Russian pirates who steal their traps. Good action-filled entry.
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Spencer's Mountain 1963 N/R, 121 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Delmer Daves
Cast: Henry Fonda, Maureen O'Hara, James MacArthur, Donald Crisp, Wally Cox, Mimsy Farmer, Virginia Gregg, Dub Taylor, Whit Bissell, Lillian Bronson
Clay Spencer (Henry Fonda) is a Wyoming farmer who dreams of sending his son to college. This story, based on the novel by Earl Hammer Jr., later became the basis for the popular television series, "The Waltons."
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Spendthrift 1936 N/R, 70 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Raoul Walsh
Cast: Henry Fonda, Pat Paterson, Mary Brian, George Barbier, Edward Brophy, Richard Carle, J.M. Kerrigan, Spencer Charters, Jonathan Hale, Halliwell Hobbes
Henry Fonda, in his first top-billed movie, is a rich playboy who lives it up until there is no more money. Losing his gold-digging wife as a result, he actually goes to work and finds his true love. A forgettable Fonda film.
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Stage Struck 1958 N/R, 95 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Sidney Lumet
Cast: Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Joan Greenwood, Herbert Marshall, Christopher Plummer, Pat Harrington Jr., Frank Campanella, John Fiedler, Jack Weston, Daniel Ocko
This remake of 1933's "Morning Glory" is good fare. It follows an aspiring actress as she finds success on Broadway.
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The Story of Alexander Graham Bell 1939 N/R, 97 min.
Genre: Drama
aka: Alexander Graham Bell
The Modern Miracle
Director: Irving Cummings
Cast: Don Ameche, Loretta Young, Henry Fonda, Charles Coburn, Spring Byington, Gene Lockhart, Sally Blane, Polly Ann Young, Jonathan Hale, Harry Davenport
This classic film tells the story of Alexander Graham Bell's (Don Ameche) struggles to invent the telephone and then his subsequent fight to keep the patent rights to his invention.
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The Swarm 1978 PG, 116 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Irwin Allen
Cast: Michael Caine, Katharine Ross, Richard Widmark, Richard Chamberlain, Olivia de Havilland, Lee Grant, Jose Ferrer, Patty Duke, Fred MacMurray, Henry Fonda
Killer bees attack Houston citizens in this film that was a waste of good actors and would be a waste of your time if you watched it.
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Tales of Manhattan 1942 N/R, 117 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Julien Duvivier
Cast: Charles Boyer, Rita Hayworth, Ginger Rogers, Henry Fonda, Charles Laughton, Edward G. Robinson, Paul Robeson, Ethel Waters, J. Carrol Naish, Elsa Lanchester
This comedy/drama/mystery is the story of an expensive coat that appears cursed as it passes from one owner to another, and those who wear it suffer bad luck.
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Tentacles 1977 PG, 92 min.
Genre: Horror / Thriller
Director: Ovidio G. Assonitis
Cast: John Huston, Shelley Winters, Bo Hopkins, Henry Fonda, Delia Boccardo, Cesare Danova, Alan Boyd, Sherry Buchanan, Franco Diogene, Claude Akins
This flick takes a dive to the bottom of filmdom. It is a very poor Italian-made movie about a monster octopus that attacks some California coastal residents. Will Gleason, marine biologist, comes to the rescue. How did they get this great cast to do this?
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That Certain Woman 1937 N/R, 91 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Edmund Goulding
Cast: Bette Davis, Henry Fonda, Ian Hunter, Anita Louise, Donald Crisp, Hugh O'Connell, Katharine Alexander, Mary Philips, Minor Watson, Sidney Toler
Following her marriage to Jack Merrick (Henry Fonda), a rich alcoholic, Mary (Bette Davis), finds her past life as a widow has been discovered. Merrick's father (Donald Crisp) forces an annulment of Mary's marriage. Later, when Merrick learns that Mary has a son, the Merricks try to gain custody of the boy.
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There Was a Crooked Man... 1970 R, 125 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
Cast: Kirk Douglas, Henry Fonda, Hume Cronyn, Warren Oates, Burgess Meredith, John Randolph, Arthur O'Connell, Martin Gabel, Michael Blodgett, Claudia McNeil
When Paris Pittman Jr. (Kirk Douglas) is caught stealing and sent to prison, the warden (Henry Fonda) takes a special interest in him in this Comedy/Western.
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The Tin Star 1957 N/R, 92 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Anthony Mann
Cast: Henry Fonda, Anthony Perkins, Betsy Palmer, Michel Ray, Neville Brand, John McIntire, Peter Baldwin, Lee Van Cleef, Richard Shannon, James Bell
While Nona (Betsy Palmer) tries to talk her boyfriend, Ben Owens (Anthony Perkins), out of his dangerous job of sheriff, Ben tries to bring order to their town. In desperation, he enlists the aid of bounty hunter Morg Hickman (Henry Fonda).
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Too Late the Hero 1970 PG, 133 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Suicide Run
Director: Robert Aldrich
Cast: Michael Caine, Cliff Robertson, Henry Fonda, Ian Bannen, Harry Andrews, Denholm Elliott, Ronald Fraser, Percy Herbert, Sam Kydd, Lance Percival
During World War II, America and Britain joined forces to destroy an enemy radio transmitter on an island in the Pacific Ocean. Good cast makes it watchable.
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Trail of the Lonesome Pine 1936 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Henry Hathaway
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Fred MacMurray, Fred Stone, Nigel Bruce, Beulah Bondi, Robert Barrat, Samuel S. Hinds, Henry Brandon, Fuzzy Knight
When the railroad comes to their area, the Tolliver and Falin families find irreconcilable differences.
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Wanda Nevada 1979 PG, 105 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: Peter Fonda
Cast: Peter Fonda, Brooke Shields, Fiona Lewis, Luke Askew, Henry Fonda, Paul Fix, Ted Markland, Severn Darden
A gambler, Beaudray Demerille (Peter Fonda), wins Wanda Nevada (Brooke Shields) in a poker game. The duo obtains a map indicating a gold strike, and they head for the Grand Canyon in search of the fortune.
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 War and Peace 1956 N/R, 208 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: King Vidor
Cast: Henry Fonda, Audrey Hepburn, Mel Ferrer, Herbert Lom, John Mills, Barry Jones, Vittorio Gassman, Anita Ekberg, Oskar Homolka, Mai Britt
Napoleon's invasion of Russia is the backdrop for this epic tale in which the Russian aristocracy, with its reverence for the church, is clearly brought out amidst the glamorous lifestyle. While Napoleon plans to invade Russia, Russian intellectual Pierre Bezukhov (Henry Fonda) falls in love with Natasha (Audrey Hepburn). But, after his father dies and he gains a large inheritance, Pierre marries Helene (Anita Ekberg). This proves to be a loveless marriage that ends quickly. Meanwhile, Napoleon has invaded Russia, and Pierre's friend Andrei (Mel Ferrer) is fighting in the war. Andrei returns home and falls in love with Natasha but returns to the battlefield and is critically wounded. Pierre witnesses the carnage and vows to kill Napoleon. The French are finally beaten, and, by story's end, Pierre is reunited with Natasha. King Vidor received an Oscar nomination for his directing.
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Warlock 1959 N/R, 122 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Edward Dmytryk
Cast: Richard Widmark, Henry Fonda, Anthony Quinn, Dorothy Malone, Richard Arlen, Regis Toomey, Dolores Michaels, Wallace Ford, Tom Drake, DeForest Kelley
Warlock is a Western town undergoing a metamorphosis from unlawful to peaceful existence. Threatened by a gang of horse thieves, a gunslinger (Henry Fonda) is hired to protect the town residents.
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Way Down East 1935 N/R, 83 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Director: Henry King
Cast: Rochelle Hudson, Henry Fonda, Slim Summerville, Edward Trevor, Russell Simpson, Spring Byington, Margaret Hamilton, Andy Devine, Sara Haden, Astrid Allwyn, Clem Bevans, William "Billy" Benedict, Al Lydell, Harry C. Bradley, Phil La Toska
A Maine farm girl, Anna (Rochelle Hudson), is the object of gossip because she has given birth to an illegitimate child. David Bartlett (Henry Fonda) loves Anna and bridges the gap between Anna and the town.
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Welcome to Hard Times 1967 N/R, 103 min.
Genre: Western
Director: Burt Kennedy
Cast: Henry Fonda, Janice Rule, Keenan Wynn, Janis Paige, Aldo Ray, Lon Chaney Jr., Warren Oates, Edgar Buchanan, Fay Spain, Denver Pyle
When a stranger from Bodie (Aldo Ray) victimizes a small Western town, the mayor, Will Blue (Henry Fonda) must save his townspeople at all cost.
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Wild Geese Calling 1941 N/R, 78 min.
Genre: Adventure
Director: John Brahm
Cast: Henry Fonda, Joan Bennett, Warren William, Ona Munson, Barton MacLane, Russell Simpson, Iris Adrian, James C. Morton, Stanley Andrews, Mary Field
During the 1890s the Murdocks, John (Henry Fonda) and Sally (Joan Bennett), trudge from Oregon to Alaska. John suspects Sally is being unfaithful while, in reality, she is pregnant.
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Wings of the Morning 1937 N/R, 89 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Harold D. Schuster
Cast: Annabella, Henry Fonda, John McCormack, Irene Vanbrugh, Philip Frost, Leslie Banks, Sam Livesey, Helen Haye, Evelyn Ankers
This is the first British attempt at filming in the process of Technicolor. Gypsies, horseracing, and a romance between Henry Fonda and Annabella don't add up to much, but the color is good.
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The Wrong Man 1956 N/R, 105 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Cast: Henry Fonda, Vera Miles, Anthony Quayle, Harold J. Stone, Nehemiah Persoff, Esther Minciotti, Laurinda Barrett, Doreen Lang, Dayton Lummis, Will Hare, John Heldabrand, Norma Connolly, Lola D'Annunzio, Charles Cooper
Manny Balestrero (Henry Fonda) is a musician wrongly identified as the perpetrator in a series of New York City robberies. He must go through a trial, and during this stressful time his wife, Rose (Vera Miles), cannot handle the pressure and has a nervous breakdown. Based on a true story, this is a different kind of film for Alfred Hitchcock.
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You Belong to Me 1941 N/R, 93 min.
Genre: Comedy
Director: Wesley Ruggles
Cast: Barbara Stanwyck, Henry Fonda, Edgar Buchanan, Roger Clark, Ruth Donnelly, Melville Cooper, Maude Eburne, Ralph Peters, Renie Riano, Mary Treen
Following an accident on the ski slopes, romance blooms between Helen (Barbara Stanwyck) and Peter (Henry Fonda) in this lame comedy.
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You Only Live Once 1937 N/R, 87 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: Fritz Lang
Cast: Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda, Barton MacLane, Jean Dixon, William Gargan, Warren Hymer, Charles "Chic" Sale, Margaret Hamilton, Guinn "Big Boy" Williams, Jerome Cowan
Just when ex-con Eddie Taylor (Henry Fonda) and his fiancee Joan Graham (Sylvia Sidney) were on the verge of finding happiness, Eddie is arrested for a robbery in which he had no part. Months later, Eddie kills the prison chaplain and breaks out of prison; he and Joan are forced to run from the police.
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Young Mr. Lincoln 1939 N/R, 100 min.
Genre: Drama
Director: John Ford
Cast: Henry Fonda, Alice Brady, Marjorie Weaver, Arleen Whelan, Donald Meek, Eddie Quillan, Spencer Charters, Ward Bond, Eddie Collins, Pauline Moore
The innate wisdom and common sense of Abraham Lincoln are depicted with Henry Fonda in the title role. His struggles as a young lawyer include defense of a young man accused of murder in Springfield, Illinois. A fine John Ford effort.
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 Yours, Mine and Ours 1968 N/R, 111 min.
Genre: Family / Comedy / Drama
Director: Melville Shavelson
Cast: Lucille Ball, Henry Fonda, Van Johnson, Tom Bosley, Louise Troy, Tim Matheson, Ben Murphy, Morgan Brittany, Jennifer Leak, Sidney Miller, Nancy Howard, Walter Brooke, Gil Rogers, Gary Goetzman, Nancy Roth
The widow of a U.S. Navy pilot, Helen North (Lucille Ball), falls in love with Frank Beardsley (Henry Fonda), a Navy man whose wife had died. One small complication: they have 18 children between them. This is the story of their new life together in Carmel, California.
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1. 12 Angry Men (1957)
aka: Twelve Angry Men
2. Advise and Consent (1962)
3. Ash Wednesday (1973)
4. The Battle of Midway (1942)
5. Battle of the Bulge (1965)
6. The Best Man (1964)
7. A Big Hand for the Little Lady (1966)
8. The Big Street (1942)
9. Blockade (1938)
10. The Boston Strangler (1968)
11. Chad Hanna (1940)
12. The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)
13. City on Fire (1979)
14. Clarence Darrow (1978)
15. Daisy Kenyon (1947)
16. The Dirty Game (1965)
17. Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)
18. Fail-Safe (1964)
19. The Farmer Takes a Wife (1935)
20. Fedora (1978)
21. Firecreek (1968)
22. Fort Apache (1948)
23. The Fugitive (1947)
24. Gideon's Trumpet (1980)
25. The Grapes of Wrath (1940)
26. The Great Battle (1978)
aka: Battle Force
aka: The Greatest Battle
27. The Greatest Man in the World (1980)
28. How the West Was Won (1962)
29. I Dream Too Much (1935)
30. I Met My Love Again (1938)
31. Immortal Sergeant (1943)
32. In Harm's Way (1965)
33. Jesse James (1939)
34. Jezebel (1938)
35. Jigsaw (1949)
aka: Gun Moll
36. The Lady Eve (1941)
37. Last Days of Mussolini (1974)
aka: Mussolini: Ultimo Atto
38. The Last of the Cowboys (1976)
aka: The Great Smokey Roadblock
39. Let Us Live! (1939)
40. Lillian Russell (1940)
41. The Long Night (1947)
42. The Longest Day (1962)
43. The Mad Miss Manton (1938)
44. Madigan (1968)
45. The Magnificent Dope (1942)
46. The Male Animal (1942)
47. The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg (1980)
48. The Man Who Understood Women (1959)
49. Meteor (1979)
50. Midway (1976)
aka: The Battle of Midway
51. Mister Roberts (1955)
52. The Moon's Our Home (1936)
53. My Darling Clementine (1946)
54. My Name Is Nobody (Il Mio Nome E Nessuno) (1974)
55. On Golden Pond (1981)
56. On Our Merry Way (1948)
aka: A Miracle Can Happen
57. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)
58. The Ox-Bow Incident (1943)
59. The Red Pony (1973)
60. The Return of Frank James (1940)
61. Rings on Her Fingers (1942)
62. Rollercoaster (1977)
63. The Rounders (1965)
64. The Serpent (1972)
aka: Night Flight from Moscow
aka: Le Serpent
65. Sex and the Single Girl (1964)
66. Slim (1937)
67. Sometimes a Great Notion (1971)
aka: Never Give an Inch
68. Spawn of the North (1938)
69. Spencer's Mountain (1963)
70. Spendthrift (1936)
71. Stage Struck (1958)
72. The Story of Alexander Graham Bell (1939)
aka: Alexander Graham Bell
aka: The Modern Miracle
73. The Swarm (1978)
74. Tales of Manhattan (1942)
75. Tentacles (1977)
76. That Certain Woman (1937)
77. There Was a Crooked Man... (1970)
78. The Tin Star (1957)
79. Too Late the Hero (1970)
aka: Suicide Run
80. Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1936)
81. Wanda Nevada (1979)
82. War and Peace (1956)
83. Warlock (1959)
84. Way Down East (1935)
85. Welcome to Hard Times (1967)
86. Wild Geese Calling (1941)
87. Wings of the Morning (1937)
88. The Wrong Man (1956)
89. You Belong to Me (1941)
90. You Only Live Once (1937)
91. Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)
92. Yours, Mine and Ours (1968)
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