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They Were Expendable

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They Were Expendable (1945)

135 min - Drama, War - 7 December 1945
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Shortly after Pearl Harbor, a squadron of PT-boat crews in the Philippines must battle the Navy brass between skirmishes with the Japanese. The title says it all about the Navy's attitude towards the PT-boats and their crews.

Director:  John Ford
Writers:  Frank Wead
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Stagecoach

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Stagecoach (1939)

NR 96 min - Western, Adventure, Action, Drama, Romance - 3 March 1939
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A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

Director:  John Ford
Writers:  Dudley Nichols
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Fort Apache

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Fort Apache (1948)

NR 125 min - Western - 14 June 1948
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Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.

Director:  John Ford
Writers:  Frank S. Nugent
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

PG-13 123 min - Western - 15 April 1962
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A senator, who became famous for killing a notorious outlaw, returns for the funeral of an old friend and tells the truth about his deed.

Director:  John Ford
Writers:  James Warner Bellah, Willis Goldbeck
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The Comancheros

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The Comancheros (1961)

NR 105 min - Romance, Western, Action, Adventure - 30 October 1961
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Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

Director:  Michael Curtiz, John Wayne
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