3 Movies Starring Ward Bond

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1949-04-15

Languages:

English

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

145 min

Rated:

UNRATED

IMDB Ratings:

6.5 (1803 Reviews)

Director:

Victor Fleming

Cast:

Writer:

Maxwell Anderson (play)

Maxwell Anderson (screenplay)

Andrew Solt (screenplay)

Fullplot:

In the Fifteenth Century, France is a defeated and ruined nation after the One Hundred Years War against England. The fourteen years old farm girl Joan of Arc claims to hear voices from Heaven asking her to lead God's Army against Orleans and crowning the weak Dauphin Charles VII as King of France. Joan gathers the people with her faith, forms an army and conquerors Orleans. When her army is ready to attack Paris, the corrupt Charles sells his country to England and dismiss the army. Joan is arrested, sold to the Burgundians England and submitted to a shameful political trial in Rouen castle.

The Quiet Man

The Quiet Man

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1952-09-14

Languages:

English, Irish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

129 min

Rated:

NOT RATED

IMDB Ratings:

7.9 (24705 Reviews)

Director:

John Ford

Cast:

Writer:

Frank S. Nugent (screenplay)

Maurice Walsh (from the story by)

Fullplot:

Sean Thornton has returned from America to reclaim his homestead and escape his past. Sean's eye is caught by Mary Kate Danaher, a beautiful but poor maiden, and younger sister of ill-tempered "Red" Will Danaher. The riotous relationship that forms between Sean and Mary Kate, punctuated by Will's pugnacious attempts to keep them apart, form the main plot, with Sean's past as the dark undercurrent.

The Searchers

The Searchers

Basic Info:

Released Date:

1956-03-13

Languages:

English, Navajo, Spanish

Countries:

USA

Runtime:

119 min

Rated:

APPROVED

IMDB Ratings:

(57747 Reviews)

Director:

John Ford

Cast:

Writer:

Frank S. Nugent (screenplay)

Alan Le May (from the novel by)

Fullplot:

Ethan Edwards, returned from the Civil War to the Texas ranch of his brother, hopes to find a home with his family and to be near the woman he obviously but secretly loves. But a Comanche raid destroys these plans, and Ethan sets out, along with his 1/8 Indian nephew Martin, on a years-long journey to find the niece kidnapped by the Indians under Chief Scar. But as the quest goes on, Martin begins to realize that his uncle's hatred for the Indians is beginning to spill over onto his now-assimilated niece. Martin becomes uncertain whether Ethan plans to rescue Debbie...or kill her.

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