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Henry Fonda: John Ford
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Henry Fonda stars in the true story of Clarence Gideon, a drifter arrested in Florida in 1961 and convicted without benefit of counsel. While in prison, Gideon studies law and eventually takes his landmark appeal to the Supreme Court. Jose Ferrer, John Houseman, and Fay Wray (in her final screen appearance) ... star in this highly acclaimed drama originally broadcast on the "Hallmark Hall of Fame" series. 104 min. Standard; Soundtrack: English Dolby Digital stereo; filmographies.
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If one actor could be taken as the personification of liberal America, it would have to be Henry Fonda. In contrast to the twofisted, redneck persona of John Ford's other favorite protagonist, John Wayne, Fonda stood for a quiet, troubled decency. His was a figure of reasoned integrity, slow to anger, aiming always to overcome his opponents by persuasion rather than force, if humanly possible. Dreamy idealism emanated from his shy, gangling lope. Four years into his film career he played Young Mr. Lincoln; his Tom Joad aside, this portrait of Lincoln as a struggling, truth-seeking young lawyer is the definitive early Fonda performance.
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Henry Fonda returns as former outlaw Frank James, out to avenge his brother Jesse's murder in this standout "western noir" directed by Fritz Lang. The top-notch supporting cast includes Gene Tierney (her film debut), John Carradine, Jackie Cooper, and Henry Hull. 92 min. Standard; Soundtracks: English Dolby Digital stereo, Dolby Digital mono, French Dolby Digital mono, Spanish Dolby Digital mono; Subtitles: English, Spanish.
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After the war, Fonda took a break from movies and attended Hollywood parties and enjoyed civilian life. He and Stewart would listen to records and invite Johnny Mercer, Hoagy Carmichael, Dinah Shore, and Nat King Cole over for music, with the latter giving the family piano lessons.[18]Fonda played Wyatt Earp in John Ford’s My Darling Clementine (1946) and appeared in the film Fort Apache (1948) as a rigid Army colonel, along with John Wayne and Shirley Temple in her first adult role. Fonda did seven post-war films then his contract with Fox expired.
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Fast and funny fable has Henry Fonda as a trucker on his last run before retiring. The catch: his cargo is a band of prostitutes. Eileen Brennan, Susan Sarandon, John Byner co-star. AKA: "The Last of the Cowboys." 100 min.
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John Ford supplied Fonda with several of his best masks. In addition to his Abe Lincoln, he was a serenely heroic Wyatt Earp in the mythopoetic My Darling Clementine, and the emotional power of his Tom Joad in The Grapes of Wrath—building skillfully on his own Midwest rural background—lent validity to that film's populism. Ford ... made shrewd use of Fonda's stuffier side, casting him against type as the stiff-necked martinet to John Wayne's easygoing subordinate in Fort Apache.
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