"Director: John Ford"

• John Wayne - Best Of The West (5 Disc Boxset) | DVD | (06/08/2012) from £24.28   |  Saving you £0.71 (2.92%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Titles Comprise:True Grit:John Wayne earned the 1969 Best Actor Oscar for his larger-than-life performance as U.S. Marshal Rooster Cogburn, who is hired by a headstrong young girl (Kim Darby) to find the man who murdered her father and fled with the family savings.El Dorado:John Wayne and Robert Mitchum lead an all-star cast in this classic western drama from director Howard Hawks. Mitchum is an alcoholic but gutsy sheriff who joins forces with his gunfighter friend Wayne to battle the dark side of the Wild West. The Sons Of Katie Elder:Four brothers (John Wayne, Dean Martin, Earl Holliman and Michael Anderson, Jr.) return home to Clearwater, Texas, to pay their respects to their deceased mother. Henry Hathaway directs this he-man drama that also shows the maternal influence of Katie Elder. Hondo:As Apache war drums sound an ominous warning for an isolated female rancher (Geraldine Page) and her young son, cavalry rider Hondo Lane (John Wayne) becomes her designated protector and a father figure to her boy. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance: John Ford directs John Wayne, James Stewart, Vera Miles and Lee Marvin in this action-packed story of a town plagued by a larger-than-life nemesis and the big-city lawyer who teams up with a rugged local rancher to get rid of him.

• Retour de Flamme 05 - The Fabulous Days Of The Early Cinema | DVD | (04/12/2006) from £19.08   |  Saving you £5.91 (30.97%)   |  RRP £24.99

  Includes the following: Arthome Swallows his Clarinet The Cook All this & Rabbit stew Love & Advertising An Excursion to the Moon La Samaritaine Publi-cine By Indian Post Ctrano de Bergerac Ain't she Sweet The Flight Around the World

• John Wayne Collection - The Alamo/Red River/The Horse Soldiers/The Big Trail/North To Alaska/The Comancheros/The Undefeated | DVD | (14/05/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £49.99

  This fantastic seven feature box set showcases the Duke in some of his finest performances all packaged in a sublime collector's edition tin box set! Features Comprise: 1. The Alamo (Dir. John Wayne 1960) 2. Red River (Dir. Howard Hawks 1948) 3. The Horse Soldiers (Dir. John Ford 1959) 4. The Big Trail (Dir. Raoul Walsh 1930) 5. North To Alaska (Dir. Henry Hathaway 1960) 6. The Comancheros (Dir. Michael Curtiz John Wayne 1961) 7. The Undefeated (Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen 1969) For individual synopses please refer to the individual films.

• The Searchers | HD DVD | (18/12/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  With The Searchers John Wayne and director John Ford forged an indelible saga of the frontier and the men and women who challenged it. Wayne plays Ethan Edwards an ex-Confederate who sets out to find his niece captured by Comanches who massacred his family. He won't surrender to hunger thirst the elements or loneliness. And in his obsessive quest Ethan finds something unexpected: his own humanity. One of the most influential movies ever made.

• Two Rode Together | DVD | (04/06/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The first pairing of legendary Western director John Ford (six-time Oscar -winner whose credits include Stagecoach The Searchers and The Quiet Man) with star Jimmy Stewart Two Rode Together is a taut suspenseful story of two lawmen who invade Comanche Indian territory to rescue the white captives of the tribe. As in all of his seven previous Westerns Jimmy Stewart rode his lucky horse and wore his lucky sweat-stained Stetson (against the wishes of Ford who complained ""N

• Exposed: The Making Of A Legend | DVD | (22/05/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Once in every generation a film comes along... That's not usually a phrase used to describe a pornographic film but the cowboy fantasy BuckleRoos isn't your typical sex flick. Co-directed by Jerry Douglas and John Rutherford this two-part four-hour epic is a masterpiece of the genre and one of the most award-winning gay adult films in history. How it got made is the subject of this rollicking spirited documentary by female gay-porn videographer Mr. Pam. There's the sexy southerner who does porn to pay for law school the hunky Latino who's an ex-Pentecostal minister and the straight production assistant who lets it all hang out if an actor needs inspiration.

• John Wayne Boxset | DVD | (06/11/2006) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £149.99

  Featuring 32 classic John Wayne movies! 1. Angel And The Badman (1947) 2. Back To Bataan (1945) 3. The Conqueror (1956) 4. Dakota (1945) 5. Dark Command (1940) 6. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949) 7. The Fighting Seabees (1944) 8. Flame Of Barbary Coast (1945) 9. Flying Leathernecks (1951) 10. Flying Tigers (1942) 11. Fort Apache (1948) 12. Hellfighters (1968) 13. In Old California (1942) 14. Jet Pilot (1957) 15. Lady From Louisiana (1941) 16. Pittsburgh (1942) 17. The Quiet Man (1952) 18. Reap The Wild Wind (1942) 19. Rio Grande (1950) 20. Rooster Cogburn (1975) 21. Sands Of Iwo Jima (1949) 22. Seven Sinners (1940) 23. The Shepard Of The Hills (1941) 24. She Wore A Yellow Ribbon (1949) 25. The Spoilers (1942) 26. Stagecoach (1939) 27. Tall In The Sadle (1944) 28. Three Faces West (1940) 29. Tycoon (1947) 30. Wake Of The Red Witch (1948) 31. War Of The Wildcats (1943) 32. The War Wagon (1967)

• Pearl Harbor America's Darkest Day | DVD | (01/08/2002) from £20.33   |  Saving you £-0.34 (-1.70%)   |  RRP £19.99

  While negotiations took place between Tokyo and Washington Japanese planes attacked the U.S. Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor. Nineteen of the navy's vessels including eight battleships were sunk or damaged. 188 U.S. planes were destroyed. Military casualties: 1 109 wounded 2 280 killed. 68 civilians also died. Hours later America declared war on Japan...and the world would never be the same. There were many charges of negligence against those responsible for Pear Harbor's defence. A special commission appointed by president Roosevelt harshly accused the Army and Navy commanders at Pearl Harbor claiming that officers at the base were derelict in their duties. But were they? America's Darkest Day examines these questions about why the American forces at Pearl Harbour were caught so off-guard. Look behind the scenes in Washington where some claim that Roosevelt could have been given knowledge of the attack the night before the first strike. Was Roosevelt unaware of the impending attack or did he need a defining moment to get America around the Neutrality Act - a defining moment that would force America to help its allies alreay at war? America's Darkest Day also features actual footage shot on Japanese ships and includes hour by hour and minute by minute accounts of the events leading up to that fatal hour. Bonus Programmes: December 7 1941: The John Ford directed classic is one of the most well known and celebrated films concerning the now infamous attack. A combination of re-creation and actual footage this film won an Oscar for Best Short Subject in 1943. Kill That Zero: Discover what it was like to fly a carrier-based F6F Hellcat against the Japanese Zero in WWII. Includes actual in-cockpit footage as well as rarely seen Japanese archival footage. Kamikaze: This 1961 documentary provides additional insights into Japanese preparations for the Pearl Harbour attack. Includes rarely seen footage from the Japanese home front.

• World War II - In Colour | DVD | (12/05/2008) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £24.99

  These award winning documentaries are the work of some of Hollywood's finest producers and directors. Among them are John Ford's classic The Battle of Midway Report from the Aleutians by John Huston and William Wyler's Memphis Belle. Shot at the front with the filmmakers facing the same dangers as the fighting men you'll also see some of the war's most memorable war correspondents Ernest Hemingway and the GIs favorite Ernie Pyle. These films bursting with patriotism are the film-makers definitive legacy to the American servicemen and women who fought in history's greatest conflict. Disc 1: The Battle of Midway In 1942 - American forces fought the Japanese to a standstill in the pivotal Battle of Miday. This documentary is John Ford's stirring tribute to the men who fought for the island. Much of the action shown was filmed during the actual Japanese attack. The Memphis Belle: This is perhaps the best known documentary of WW II and the work of Hollywood legend William Wyler. It is the story of the first American bomber crew to complete their tour of duty by flying 25 missions in the hostile skies over Europe. Report From the Aleutians: This is director John Huston's first documentary film and was nominated for an Academy Award. It lays out the struggle of the United States Armed Forces against the relentless power of nature and the Empire of Japan in the Northern Pacific. Disc 2: The Fighting Lady: This film is a tribute to the crews and pilots who fought and lived aboard the U.S. Navy's fast attack carriers in WW II. Robert Taylor narrates the story of the 'Fighting Lady' and her actions as representative of all carriers. The 6th Marines At Okinawa: After three-and-a-half years of tough fighting the United States landed forces on the island of Okinawa at the very doorstep of Japan. Follow along with the Sixth Marine Division as it participates in the grueling brutal struggle fro Japan's last island bastion. The Last Bomb Fly: This film tracks the B-29 bombers as they escort P-51 fighters on their exhausting and dangerous missions over the Pacific. This critically acclaimed documentary details the final aerial campaign of WW II against the home islands of Japan.

• Gideon's Day | DVD | (13/08/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £12.99

  The activities in the life of Scotland Yard Inspector Gideon (Jack Hawkins) are followed as he investigates murders and robberies as part of his daily routine.

• Drums Along The Mohawk | DVD | (03/12/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £6.99

  One of John Ford's less-seen but equally memorable features shot in gorgeous Technicolour detailing the struggle of a newlywed couple to build their homestead before the Revolutionary War in America....

• The Grapes Of Wrath - Book & DVD | DVD | (08/08/2005) from £27.99   |  Saving you £-12.00 (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  John Ford's memorable screen version of John Steinbeck's epic novel of the Great Depression--often regarded as the director's best film--stars Henry Fonda as Tom Joad. After having served a brief prison sentence for manslaughter Joad arrives at his family's Oklahoma farm only to find it abandoned. Muley (John Qualen) a neighbor now nearly mad with grief tells Tom of the drought that has transformed the farmland of Oklahoma into a desert and of the preying land agents who have plowed under the shacks of the sharecroppers. Joined by former hellfire preacher Casy (John Carradine) Tom finds his extended family including Pa (Charles Grapewin) and his indomitable Ma (Jane Darwell) packing their ramshackle truck to seek work in the fields of California. As the family treks across the country their dissolution begins with the deaths of Tom's grandparents at close intervals. When they arrive in California the Joads find only an abundance of poverty-stricken migrants like themselves and little in the way of potential work. Yet ever resilient they maintain their dignity hoping for the best. Among the talented cast Fonda does perhaps the best work of his career as does Qualen in the film's most haunting sequence. Director of photography Gregg Toland captures the suffering and the weathered luminous nobility of the Joads and the other uprooted drifting families creating striking images equal to the best work of Dorothea Lange and Walker Evans. In a stirring film that stands as a microcosm of the depression experience of millions Ford gives poverty a human face in a way that was rare then and even rarer in the decades to follow as Hollywood films with a sense of class consciousness dwindled like a species nearing extinction.

• Mackenna's Gold/Bend of the River/Two Rode Together | DVD | (12/11/2007) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £19.99

  MacKenna's Gold (1968): A U.S. Sheriff entrusted with a map of the legendary Valley of Gold is attacked by an unruly bandit gang and his own local townspeople. They are all fired by greed and gold lust but bound together by a fear of their common enemy - the Apache. Based on a novel by Will Henry with music by Quincy Jones. Bend Of The River (1952): The second of the terrific Stewart/Mann Westerns is characteristic of their pairings: adult themes played out against prairie vistas in which betrayal and violence can erupt at any time. Formerly a vicious Missouri raider Stewart now leads a wagon train through Indian raids and hijackings to the new boom town of Portland where he becomes embroiled in the conflict between wealthy miners and farmers. Two Rode Together (1961): John Ford's criminally overlooked western (the first collaboration between Ford and James Stewart) finally makes its way to DVD for the first time! A group of children are held captive by the Indians. A Lieutenant enlists the help of a Texas Marshall in a rescue attempt. Based on the novel by Will Cook. Rare Breed (1966): In the 1880s Englishwoman Martha Price (Maureen O'Hara) and her daughter Hilary (Juliet Mills) come to America to sell their prize Hereford bull at an auction. When he is purchased by Bowen a wild Scotsman (Brian Keith) the women hire a footloose cowhand named Burnett (James Stewart) to help them transport the animal to its new owner. So begins an adventure that tests the mettle of all involved as they battle killers cattle stampedes and each other. But when they reach Bowen's ranch even greater obstacles force them to summon up extraordinary courage if they and the prize bull are to survive...