The best Francis Ford’s action movies

Francis Ford

Francis Ford

14/08/1881- 05/09/1953
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Stagecoach

Stagecoach
7.8/10
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.

Pirate Treasure

Pirate Treasure
5.6/10
  • Genre: ActionAdventure
  • Release: 29/01/1934
  • Character: Dick's Friend at the Airfield
An accomplished aviator sets out to locate treasure hidden by one of his ancestors. He encounters interference from various adversaries.

In Old Chicago

In Old Chicago
6.7/10
  • Genre: ActionDrama
  • Release: 15/04/1938
  • Character: Driver
The O'Leary brothers -- honest Jack and roguish Dion -- become powerful figures, and eventually rivals, in Chicago on the eve of its Great Fire.

The Trail of '98

The Trail of '98
7/10
  • Genre: ActionAdventure
  • Release: 20/03/1928
  • Character: Gold Commissioner's Assistant (uncredited)
Fortune hunters from all over the country rushing to the Klondike in 1897 to seek their fortunes in the gold are tested by hardships of the journey.

The Lost Special

The Lost Special
5.2/10
A lady reporter and two college students search for the "Gold Special," a train that disappeared without a trace.

Frontier Investigator

Frontier Investigator
6.8/10
Rocky Lane, out to find the murderer of his brother, runs into a battle between two stage lines for a mail contract.

The Far Frontier

The Far Frontier
6.2/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 29/12/1948
  • Character: Alf Sharper
Willis Newcomb and Bart Carroll head a gang engaged in smuggling wanted-American criminals back into the United States from Mexico. Operating from Sharperville, an oil town on the American side of the border, they transport their human cargo in oil drums loaded on trucks. Border Patrolman Tom Sharper intercepts one of the trucks but is overpowered and left for dead. Carroll, having already been paid for the job and not wanting any evidence to walk around, get caught and lead back to him, backs the human-cargo trucks to the edge of a cliff and sends the drums crashing to the boulder far below. Judge Cookie Bullfincher and Border Patrolman Roy Rogers conduct a search for the missing Tom, but the crooks have gone back for him and find him in a state of amnesia. They rob the bank and pin it on Tom. It is now up to Roy to clear his friend and also put an end to Carroll's human-smuggling racket.

The White Gorilla

The White Gorilla
2.8/10
A white gorilla causes trouble in the deepest heart of Africa. The film uses footage from the silent 1927 serial Perils Of The Jungle which was written by director of The White Gorilla Harry L Fraser under the name Harry P.Crist

Eyes of Texas

Eyes of Texas
6.3/10
A ranch owner (Francis Ford) turns his place into a home for boys who have lost their fathers in World War II. His evil female lawyer (Nana Bryant) covets the ranch and works in cahoots with Ford's long-lost nephew and a pack of killer dogs to get it. U.S. Marshal Roy Rogers puts an end to her plans.

The Heart of Maryland

The Heart of Maryland
5.4/10
At the outbreak of the War Between the States, Maryland Calvert is loved by Maj. Alan Kendrick, son of a Virginia general, and Capt. Fulton Thorpe. Nancy, whom Thorpe has loved unwisely, follows him to Washington and commits suicide when she learns he will not marry her; as a result, Alan is forced to request his resignation. When Fort Sumter is fired upon, Alan, who admires Lincoln's principles, joins the Union Army though his father is among the Secessionist leaders; as a result, he is estranged from Maryland. Thorpe, who has joined the Confederacy as a spy, is responsible for Alan's arrest, but Maryland victoriously comes to his aid by ringing the alarm bell.

The Man from Monterey

The Man from Monterey
5.2/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 15/07/1933
  • Character: Don Pablo Gonzales
A cavalry officer helps save a family's ranch from land grabbers

Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery

Lucille Love: The Girl of Mystery
6.7/10
  • Genre: Action
  • Release: 02/01/1914
15-episode serial from which only fragments of 4 episodes survive today. Directed by Francis Ford.

The Jade Box

The Jade Box
5.2/10
  • Genre: ActionCrime
  • Release: 24/03/1930
  • Character: Martin Morgan
Released in both sound and silent versions, this ten-chapter serial starred former cowboy ace Jack Perrin and chapterplay veteran Louise Lorraine.

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