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Duration: 1 hour, 44 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

A brooding tale set in a small Latin American country, where an authority-defying priest falls foul of anticlerical decrees. Starring Henry Fonda.

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The Fugitive:
Henry Fonda
Police Lieutenant:
Pedro Armendariz
El Gringo:
Ward Bond
Police Sergeant:
Robert Armstrong
Refugee Doctor:
John Qualen
Director:
John Ford

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Duration: 2 hours, 12 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Tense drama of Washington politics based on Allen Drury's bestselling novel. The appointment of a new secretary of state sparks off a fierce battle for power. With Henry Fonda. Show more

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Robert Leffingwell:
Henry Fonda
Sen Seabright 'Seab' Cooley:
Charles Laughton
Sen Brigham Anderson:
Don Murray
Sen Bob Munson:
Walter Pidgeon
Sen Lafe Smith:
Peter Lawford
Sen Fred Van Ackerman:
George Grizzard
Dolly Harrison:
Gene Tierney
The President:
Franchot Tone
The Vice-President:
Lew Ayres
Herbert Gelman:
Burgess Meredith

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Duration: 2 hours, 2 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC FourLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

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The first of John Ford's cavalry trilogy, in which a demoted commanding officer takes his resentment out on the men of Fort Apache, a remote outpost in the Arizona desert. Show more

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Captain Kirby York:
John Wayne
Lieutenant Col Owen Thursday:
Henry Fonda
Philadelphia Thursday:
Shirley Temple
Sergeant Major Michael O'Rourke:
Ward Bond
Lieutenant Michael O'Rourke:
John Agar
Sergeant Beaufort:
Pedro Armendariz
Captain Collingwood:
George O'Brien
Sergeant Festus Mulcahy:
Victor McLaglen
Mrs Collingwood:
Anna Lee
Mrs O'Rourke:
Irene Rich
Chief Cochise:
Miguel Inclan
Johnny Reb:
Jack Pennick
Director:
John Ford

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Duration: 1 hour, 32 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Vivid sequel to the 1939 western Jesse James. When Jesse's murderers are set free, his brother Frank vows revenge and, accompanied by his ward, sets out to track them down. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 56 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC One WalesLatest broadcast: on BBC One Yorkshire

Grimly powerful semi-documentary about the man who murdered 13 women in the Boston, Massachusetts area in the early 1960s, and the huge police effort to track him down. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 43 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland

Classic historical adventure of settlers in colonial New York fighting off the native Indians and the British in director John Ford's version of how North America was settled. Show more

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Duration: 1 hour, 25 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Drama starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda about a nightclub singer and gangster's moll who is worshipped from afar by a lowly busboy. Show more

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Little Pinks:
Henry Fonda
Nicely Nicely Johnson:
Eugene Pallette
Mrs Venus:
Marion Martin
Professor B:
Ray Collins
Horsethief:
Sam Levene
Case Ables:
Barton MacLane
Decatur Reed:
William T Orr
Colonel Venus:
George Cleveland
Mrs Levkowitz:
Vera Gordon
Himself:
Ozzie Nelson
Director:
Irving Reis
Producer:
Damon Runyon

Duration: 1 hour, 30 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

A small-town actress (Susan Strasberg) comes to New York to try her luck on Broadway and develops a crush on a Broadway producer (Henry Fonda). Show more

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Lewis Easton:
Henry Fonda
Eva Lovelace:
Susan Strasberg
Robert Hedges:
Herbert Marshall
Rita Vernon:
Joan Greenwood
Joe Sheridan:
Christopher Plummer
Constantine:
Daniel Ocko
Elizabeth:
Sally Gracie
Director:
Sidney Lumet
Producer:
Stuart Millar
Writer:
Ruth Goetz

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Duration: 1 hour, 16 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Screwball comedy and mystery starring Barbara Stanwyck and Henry Fonda. A wealthy socialite finds a dead body but it disappears before the police arrive. Show more

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Melsa Manton:
Barbara Stanwyck
Peter Ames:
Henry Fonda
Lieut Brent:
Sam Levene
Helen Frayne:
Frances Mercer
Edward Norris:
Stanley Ridges
Pat James:
Whitney Bourne
Director:
Leigh Jason

Duration: 2 hours, 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Disaster movie about an entomologist (Michael Caine) who finds out that a swarm of killer bees is heading straight for the city of Houston. Can he discover the cause in time? Show more

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Brad Crane:
Michael Caine
General Slater:
Richard Widmark
Anne MacGregor:
Lee Grant
Dr Andrews:
Jose Ferrer
Jud Hawkins:
Slim Pickens
Major Baker:
Bradford Dillman
Dr Walter Krim:
Henry Fonda
Director:
Irwin Allen
Producer:
Irwin Allen

Duration: 3 hours, 18 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

Lavish adaptation of Tolstoy's novel concerning the complex story of two men's love for one woman, set against Napoleon's attempt to conquer Russia. Show more

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Pierre Bezukhov:
Henry Fonda
Natasha Rostova:
Audrey Hepburn
Prince Andrei Bolkonsky:
Mel Ferrer
Napoleon:
Herbert Lom
Helene Kuragina:
Anita Ekberg
Anatol Kuragin:
Vittorio Gassman
Nikolai Rostov:
Jeremy Brett
Prince Mikhail Andreevich Rostov:
Barry Jones
Field Marshal Kutuzov:
Oskar Homolka
Platon Karataev:
John Mills
Lisa Bolkonskaya:
Milly Vitale
Prince Bolkonsky:
Wilfred Lawson
Maria Bolkonskaya:
Anna Maria Ferrero
Sonia Rostova:
May Britt
Director:
King Vidor
Composer:
Nino Rota
Director of photography:
Jack Cardiff

Duration: 2 hours, 26 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Four HD

Epic western about three generations of a pioneer family, showing how its fortunes fluctuated during the dynamic westward expansion of America during the 19th century. Show more

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Lilith Prescott:
Debbie Reynolds
Cleve Van Valen:
Gregory Peck
Linus Rawlings:
James Stewart
Eve Prescott:
Carroll Baker
Zeb Rawlings:
George Peppard
Jethro Stuart:
Henry Fonda
General William Tecumseh Sherman:
John Wayne
Mike King:
Richard Widmark
Julie Rawlings:
Carolyn Jones
Zebulon Prescott:
Karl Malden
Abraham Lincoln:
Raymond Massey
Charlie Gant:
Eli Wallach
Marshal Lou Ramsey:
Lee J Cobb
Roger Morgan:
Robert Preston
Narrator:
Spencer Tracy
Dora Hawkins:
Brigid Bazlen
Colonel Jeb Hawkins:
Walter Brennan
Rebecca Prescott:
Agnes Moorehead
General Ulysses S Grant:
Harry Morgan
Agatha Clegg:
Thelma Ritter
Confederate Deserter:
Russ Tamblyn
Director:
John Ford
Producer:
Bernard Smith
Composer:
Alfred Newman
Director of photography:
William H Daniels
Director of photography:
Milton Krasner
Director of photography:
Charles Lang Jr
Director of photography:
Joseph LaShelle

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Duration: 1 hour, 40 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two HD

The calm of a peaceful town is shattered by the menacing arrival of a gang of hired killers whose behaviour brings them into contact with the peace-loving sheriff.

Contributors

Johnny Cobb:
James Stewart
Bob Larkin:
Henry Fonda
Whittier:
Dean Jagger
Preacher Broyles:
Ed Begley
Mr Pittman:
Jay C Flippen
Earl Norman:
Jack Elam
Henrietta Cobb:
Jacqueline Scott
Producer:
John Mantley
Director of photography:
William H Clothier
Composer:
Alfred Newman

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Duration: 1 hour, 38 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales

Comedy western about a Texas cowboy who inherits a house of ill-repute. His plans to close the place down meet with opposition from the local townsfolk. Starring James Stewart. Show more

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John O'Hanlan:
James Stewart
Harley Sullivan:
Henry Fonda
Annie Jo:
Jackie Joseph
Pauline:
Elaine Devry
Carrie Virginnia:
Jackie Russell
Sara Jean:
Sharon Debord
Marshal JL Barrett:
Arch Johnson
Corey Bannister:
Robert J Wilke
Charlie Bannister:
Charles Tyner
Director:
Gene Kelly

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Duration: 2 hours, 49 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales HD

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Epic WWII movie recounting the events of the D-Day landings. In English, German and French with some English subtitles.

Contributors

Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Vandervoort:
John Wayne
Brigadier General Norman Cota:
Robert Mitchum
Private Flanagan:
Sean Connery
Brigadier General James M Gavin:
Robert Ryan
Private Martini:
Sal Mineo
Major John Howard:
Richard Todd
Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr:
Henry Fonda
Director:
Ken Annakin
Director:
Andrew Marton

Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Hitchcock drama about a bass player who is mistakenly arrested for robbery when he tries to borrow money against his wife's insurance policy. Starring Henry Fonda and Vera Miles. Show more

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Christopher Emmanuel 'Manny' Balestrero:
Henry Fonda
Rose Balestrero:
Vera Miles
Frank D O'Connor:
Anthony Quayle
Det Lt Bowers:
Harold J Stone
Ann James:
Doreen Lang
Betty Todd:
Norma Connolly
Olga Conforti, Manny's Sister:
Lola D'Annunzio
Gregory Balestrero:
Robert Essen
Judge Groat:
Dayton Lummis
Det Matthews:
Charles Cooper
Mama Balestrero:
Esther Minciotti

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