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Glenn Ford: Vietnam War
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Synopsis: Jim Killian (Glenn Ford) is a reformed gunslinger who takes a job as a local preacher in Vinagaroon, Arizona. He arrives during a time of conflict between shepherds and cattlemen who are engaged in a bloody range war. When Coke Beck (David Carradine) hangs a local Indian, the victim's daughterRead More
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Glenn Ford gives a stormy performance as a Colorado judge transformed by the Civil War into a raving sadist, and William Holden is an army friend trying to protect the town from his violence. Ellen Drew and Edgar Buchanan co-star. 98 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Japanese.
Ford went to Vietnam in 1967 for a month's tour of duty as a location scout for combat scenes in a training film entitled Global Marine. He traveled with a combat camera crew from the demilitarized zone south to the Mekong Delta. For his service in Vietnam, the Navy awarded him a Navy Commendation Medal. His World War II decorations are as follows: American Campaign Medal, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Rifle Marksman Badge, and the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Medal. He retired from the Naval Reserve in the 1970s at the rank of captain.[5]
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Frontier drama stars Glenn Ford as a Civil War veteran who renounces violence and turns to ranching, but finds his ideals tested when grasping landowner Edward G. Robinson starts a bloody campaign for control of his spread. Barbara Stanwyck is superb as Robinson's ambitious wife; with Dianne Foster, Brian Keith. 96 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital 3.0; Subtitles: English, Japanese.
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Top-notch thriller set after World War II featuring Glenn Ford as an ex-paratrooper hired by a church to find a bejeweled glove lifted by ex-Nazi crook George Macready. Geraldine Brooks and Gaby Andre ... star in this atmospheric yarn. 89 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English. Plays All Regions.
In 1942, Ford's film career was interrupted when he volunteered for duty in World War II with the U.S. Marine Corps. His interest in the military continued as, during both the Korean War and the Vietnam War, Ford took the time to make goodwill visits to the American troops.
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