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Duration: 1 hour, 24 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two HDLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Drama. A dim-witted drunkard during the Irish Rebellion dreams of escaping to America with his girlfriend, and is presented with the opportunity of realising his dream. Show more

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Gypo Nolan:
Victor McLaglen
Mary McPhillip:
Heather Angel
Dan Gallagher:
Preston Foster
Katie Madden:
Margot Grahame
Frankie McPhillip:
Wallace Ford
Mrs McPhillip:
Una O'Connor
Director:
John Ford
Producer:
Cliff Reid

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Duration: 1 hour, 47 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern IrelandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Scotland

Drama set in Arizona in 1881. A sergeant in the all-black 9th Cavalry is falsely accused of the murder of his white commander and the rape and murder of the man's daughter. Show more

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Lieutenant Thomas Cantrell:
Jeffrey Hunter
1st Sergeant Braxton Rutledge:
Woody Strode
Mary Beecher:
Constance Towers
Colonel Fosgate:
Willis Bouchey
Mrs Fosgate:
Billie Burke
Captain Shattuck:
Carleton Young
Lieutenant Mulqueen:
Judson Pratt
Sergeant Skidmore:
Juano Hernandez
Nellie:
Mae Marsh
Dr Ecker:
Charles Seel
Director:
John Ford
Producer:
Patrick Ford

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Duration: 1 hour, 53 minutes

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

Classic John Ford western. Believing the Comanche have abducted his young niece, embittered Ethan Edwards sets out to save her, accompanied by hot-headed Martin. But their long quest takes its toll.

Contributors

Laurie Jorgensen:
Vera Miles
Ethan Edwards:
John Wayne
Martin Pawley:
Jeffrey Hunter
Lars Jorgensen:
John Qualen
Charlie McCorry:
Ken Curtis
Mrs Jorgensen:
Olive Carey
Rev Capt Samuel Johnston Clayton:
Ward Bond
Director:
John Ford
Brad Jorgensen:
Harry Carey Jr
Mose Harper:
Hank Worden

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Duration: 1 hour, 54 minutes

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

Action adventure based on a true incident in the American Civil War. Two Union officers lead a small cavalry unit to sabotage a strategic railway supply line. Show more

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

Contributors

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, 45 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two EnglandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Western. Marshal Guthrie McCabe (James Stewart) enters negotiations with the Comanches in order to secure the release of prisoners. But things do not go as smoothly as planned. Show more

Contributors

Marshal Guthrie McCabe:
James Stewart
First Lt Jim Gary:
Richard Widmark
Marty Purcell:
Shirley Jones
Major Frazer:
John McIntire
Elena de la Madriaga:
Linda Cristal
Sgt Darius P Posey:
Andy Devine
Judge Edward Purcell:
Paul Birch
Mr Harry J Wringle:
Willis Bouchey
Ortho Clegg:
Harry Carey Jr
Ole Knudsen:
John Qualen
Stone Calf:
Woody Strode
Director:
John Ford
Producer:
Stan Shpetner

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Duration: 1 hour, 57 minutes

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

Historical drama. The headstrong Mary Stuart arrives from France to assume the Scottish throne, but her cousin Queen Elizabeth is afraid she has designs on the English monarchy. Show more

Contributors

Queen Mary Stuart:
Katharine Hepburn
Bothwell:
Fredric March
Elizabeth Tudor:
Florence Eldridge
Leicester:
Gavin Muir
Moray:
Ian Keith
Knox, John:
Moroni Olsen
Randolph:
Ralph Forbes
Throckmorton:
Alan Mowbray
Director:
John Ford

Duration: 1 hour, 22 minutes

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

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Western. A group of Mormons head west in search of the promised land, encountering fugitive gunfighters and Native Americans on the way. With Ben Johnson and Ward Bond. Show more

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Travis Blue:
Ben Johnson
Denver:
Joanne Dru
Elder Wiggs:
Ward Bond
Uncle Shiloh Clegg:
Charles Kemper
Dr A Locksley Hall:
Alan Mowbray
Sister Ledyard:
Jane Darwell
Fleuretty Phyffe:
Ruth Clifford
Adam Perkins:
Russell Simpson
Prudence Perkins:
Kathleen O'Malley
Director:
John Ford

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Duration: 1 hour, 45 minutes

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

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Western drama with John Wayne as a US cavalry officer on his last duty before retiring, escorting two women civilians to a stagecoach. The second in John Ford's cavalry trilogy. Show more

Contributors

Captain Brittles:
John Wayne
Olivia:
Joanne Dru
Lt Cohill:
John Agar
Lt Pennell:
Harry Carey Jr
Sgt Quincannon:
Victor McLaglen
Mrs Allshard:
Mildred Natwick
Dr O'Laughlin:
Arthur Shields
Major Allshard:
George O'Brien
Pony-That-Walks:
Chief John Big Tree
Director:
John Ford

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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.

Contributors

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, 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

Contributors

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, 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, 41 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two ScotlandLatest broadcast: on BBC Two Wales (Analogue)

A powerful saga of merchant seamen during the early days of World War II as they sail into seas threatened by German U-boats and bombers. Based on four plays by Eugene O'Neill. Show more

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