Directed by John Ford

• Director: Peter Bogdanovich
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• Genre: Film, TV & Radio
• Movie Type: Film & Television History, Biography
• Themes: Filmmaking
• Main Cast: Henry Fonda, John Ford, John Wayne
• Release Year: 1971
• Country: US
• Run Time: 95 minutes

Plot

This documentary profiles the great American filmmaker John Ford (1895-1973). Among the films he directed were The Young Lincoln, Stagecoach, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, and The Grapes of Wrath. Ford's work was distinguished by its great emotional clarity, which some see as sentimentality, and storytelling which evokes and defines what it is to be American. The film features interviews with Ford and with many of his stars, as well as exemplary clips from his films. Many of Ford's films were westerns, and interviews with him are filmed in Monument Valley, one of his favorite film settings. It is narrated by director Peter Bogdonavich, whose own work shows Ford's influence. Among the actors interviewed are John Wayne, Jimmy Stewart and Henry Fonda. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide

Cast

Henry Fonda; James Stewart; Peter Bogdanovich - Interviewer; John Ford; John Wayne; Orson Welles - Narrator

Credit

Peter Bogdanovich - Director, Laszlo Kovacs - Cinematographer, James R. Silke - Producer, George Stevens, Jr. - Producer, Peter Bogdanovich - Screenwriter

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