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Duration: 1 hour, 27 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Two Northern Ireland (Analogue)Latest broadcast: on BBC Two England

Frontier tale. Misogynist ranch hand Rocklin arrives in Arizona to take a foreman's job, only to discover that the property is run by two women. Show more

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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.

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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, 24 minutes

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

A rousing western in which an embittered Indian scout attempts to escort a homesteader's wife and her son back to safety after her cowardly husband deserts her during an attack. Show more

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Hondo Lane:
John Wayne
Director:
John Farrow
Angie Lowe:
Geraldine Page
Johnny Lowe:
Lee Aaker
Buffalo Baker:
Ward Bond
Vittorio:
Michael Pate
Ed Lowe:
Leo Gordon
Major Sherry:
Paul Fix
Lowe's Partner:
Frank McGrath
Lieutenant McKay:
Tom Irish

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Duration: 2 hours, 19 minutes

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

Historical epic. A young French peasant woman leads an army against the English. Show more

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Jeanne d'Arc:
Ingrid Bergman
Father Jean Massieu:
Shepperd Strudwick
Georges la Tremouille:
Gene Lockhart
Isabelle d'Arc:
Selena Royle
Count John of Luxembourg:
J Carrol Naish
La Hire:
Ward Bond
Jean Dunois:
Leif Erickson
Jean Le Maistre:
Cecil Kellaway
Pierre Cauchon:
Francis L Sullivan
Charles VII:
Jose Ferrer
Producer:
Walter Wanger

Duration: 1 hour

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

Thriller. When his client turns up dead, an apparently simple case for private investigator Gay Lawrence becomes inextricably linked to a prison escapee's search for his girl. Show more

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Gay Lawrence/The Falcon:
George Sanders
Ann Riordan:
Lynn Bari
Moose Malloy:
Ward Bond
Goldy Locke:
Allen Jenkins
Inspector Mike O'Hara:
James Gleason
Diana Kenyon:
Helen Gilbert
Jessie Florian:
Anne Revere
Writer:
Lynn Root
Director:
Irving Reis

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Duration: 2 hours, 15 minutes

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

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Characterful classic western. Holding a killer spells trouble for Sheriff Chance in a remote Texan town. Show more

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Colorado Ryan:
Ricky Nelson
Director:
Howard Hawks
Joe Burdette:
Claude Akins
Consuela Robante:
Estelita Rodriguez
Pat Wheeler:
Ward Bond
Nathan Burdette:
John Russell
Producer:
Howard Hawks
John T Chance:
John Wayne

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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, 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, 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, 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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