The best Paul Ford’s movies

Paul Ford

Paul Ford

02/11/1901- 12/04/1976
Today we present the best Paul Ford’s movies. If you are a great movie fan, you will surely know most of them, but we hope to discover a movie that you have not yet seen … and that you love! Let’s go there with the best Paul Ford’s movies.
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It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World

It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World
7.5/10
A group of strangers come across a man dying after a car crash who proceeds to tell them about the $350,000 he buried in California. What follows is the madcap adventures of those strangers as each attempts to claim the prize for himself.

All the King's Men

All the King's Men
7.4/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 16/11/1949
  • Character: Spokesman for Impeachment (Uncredited)
All The King's Men is the story of the rise of politician Willie Stark from a rural county seat to the governor's mansion.

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!

The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!
7/10
  • Genre: ComedyWar
  • Release: 25/05/1966
  • Character: Fendall Hawkins
When a Soviet submarine gets stuck on a sandbar off the coast of a New England island, its commander orders his second-in-command, Lieutenant Rozanov, to get them moving again before there is an international incident. Rozanov seeks assistance from the island locals, including the police chief and a vacationing television writer, while trying to allay their fears of a Communist invasion by claiming he and his crew are Norwegian sailors.

A Big Hand for the Little Lady

A Big Hand for the Little Lady
7.3/10
  • Genre: Western
  • Release: 31/05/1966
  • Character: Ballinger
A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.

The Music Man

The Music Man
7.7/10
A con man comes to an Iowa town with a scam using a boy's marching band program, but things don't go according to plan.

The Teahouse of the August Moon

The Teahouse of the August Moon
6.6/10
  • Genre: ComedyTV Movie
  • Release: 01/07/1957
  • Character: Wainwright Purdy III
An Okinawan translator introduces U.S. occupation forces to the joys of local life.

Advise & Consent

Advise & Consent
7.7/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 06/06/1962
  • Character: Senator Stanley Danta
A Senate investigation into the President's newly-nominated Secretary of State gives light to a secret from the past, which may not only ruin the candidate, but the President's character as well.

The Matchmaker

The Matchmaker
6.8/10
  • Genre: ComedyRomance
  • Release: 12/08/1958
  • Character: Horace Vandergelder
Thornton Wilder's tale of a matchmaker who desires the man she's supposed to be pairing with another woman.

Twinky

Twinky
5.2/10
A middle aged writer of pornographic novels meets and falls in love with a sixteen year old school girl. This alone is cause for concern but when the couple get married and move to America, the trouble (and fun) really begins.

The Comedians

The Comedians
6.3/10
  • Genre: Drama
  • Release: 31/10/1967
  • Character: Smith
American and British tourists get caught up in political unrest in Haiti.

Journey Back to Oz

Journey Back to Oz
5.7/10
Revisit the enchanting Land of Oz as Dorothy and Toto return to find the Scarecrow as ruler of the Emerald City. Unfortunately for the new mayor, the wicked Mombi is conspiring to take over the city for herself. With the help of the Tin Woodsman, the Cowardly Lion and other familiar friends, the brave lass from Kansas sets out to save Oz. This animated musical film features an impressive voice cast, including Liza Minnelli and Ethel Merman.

Perfect Strangers

Perfect Strangers
6/10
  • Genre: DramaRomance
  • Release: 11/03/1950
  • Character: James Byron
Separated from their normal lives, jurors Terry Scott and David Campbell start to fall in love. Romance at a murder trial with a pair of jurors who are the only ones who think that the woman in the dock is innocent.

Lust for Gold

Lust for Gold
6.8/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 10/06/1949
  • Character: Sheriff Lynn Early
A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of the mine has lead her to double-cross her husband.

The Kid from Texas

The Kid from Texas
6.3/10
  • Genre: ActionWestern
  • Release: 01/03/1950
  • Character: Sheriff Copeland
Billy the Kid becomes embroiled in Lincoln County, NM, land wars. When rancher who gave him a break is killed by rival henchman, Billy vows revenge. New employer takes advantage of his naivety to kill rivals, lets the Kid take rap. Kid takes to the hills with friends until caught. Escapes hanging but remains in area to be near employer's young wife with whom he's infatuated

Bloomer Girl

Bloomer Girl
7.2/10
In 1956, BLOOMER GIRL was presented in a live television production starring the magnificent Barbara Cook, whose star was then on the rise, with leading roles in CANDIDE and THE MUSIC MAN still in her future. A solid success when it opened on Broadway in 1944, BLOOMER GIRL boasts a glorious score by the legendary team of Harold Arlen and E.Y. Harburg (THE WIZARD OF OZ). The book by Fred Saidy is set at the brink of the Civil War and addresses issues of women's equality (priorities were the right to vote and to wear bloomers, a liberating alternative to hoop skirts) and racial equality.

The Missouri Traveler

The Missouri Traveler
6.3/10
Byron Turner, a 15-year-old runaway from the Eatondale Orphan Asylum, receives a ride into the rural Missouri town of Delphi with rich land-owner Tobias Brown.

In Name Only

In Name Only
5.9/10
In this romantic comedy, an unwed couple who run a wedding planning business discover, to their horror, that the Justice of the Peace who had officiated their first three weddings was only an actor. Hilarity ensues as they set about trying to get these marrieds married...again.

Richard

Richard
7.1/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 31/07/1972
  • Character: Washington Doctor
A satirical biopic of a fictional US president Richard, who in many ways intentionally resembles the then-current real life U.S. president, Richard Nixon.

Who's Got the Action?

Who's Got the Action?
5.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 25/12/1962
  • Character: Judge Boatwright
A lawyer begins to win after his wife secretly becomes his bookie to save their money.

Never Too Late

Never Too Late
6.5/10
  • Genre: Comedy
  • Release: 04/11/1965
  • Character: Harry Lambert
A 60-year-old lumber supply businessman is dismayed to learn his 50-year-old wife is pregnant. A film adaptation of the hit Broadway comedy, with Paul Ford repeating his stage role as the flabbergasted papa-to-be.

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