Want to know the best Glenn Ford movies? How about the worst Glenn Ford movies? Curious about Glenn Ford’s box office grosses or which Glenn Ford movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Glenn Ford movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences and which got the worst reviews? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.
One of our first requested pages (5 years and 2 website homes ago) was for Glenn Ford (1916-2006). So why the delay? The main reason is that we generally stay away from Columbia Pictures performers. The reason for this reluctance, is the fact that it is almost impossible to find box office numbers for Columbia Pictures movies from 1930 to 1980. Getting box office numbers is one of the most important factors in our rankings. Recently we got another request for Ford. A deeper look into Ford’s career showed that many of his movies made Variety’s Top Grossing yearly movie charts. So Søren, Flora, William, Hinton66 and Tom….finally here is your requested page.
Glenn Ford (1916-2006) was a Canadian-born American Golden Globe® winning actor. Ford’s acting career covered 7 decades…from the 1930s to the 1990s. His IMDb page shows 110 acting credits from 1937-1991. This page ranks Glenn Ford movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, and movies not released in North America were not included in the rankings.
Glenn Ford Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Year
Movie (Year)
Rating
S
Year Movie (Year) Rating S
1946
Gilda (1946)
1980
Superman II (1980)
1978
Superman (1978)
1955
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
1946
A Stolen Life (1946)
1956
The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956)
1976
Midway (1976)
1948
The Loves of Carmen (1948)
1955
Trial (1955)
1949
The Undercover Man (1949)
1957
Don't Go Near the Water (1957)
1952
Affair in Trinidad (1952)
1957
3:10 to Yuma (1957)
1956
The Fastest Gun Alive (1956)
1955
The Violent Men (1955)
1953
The Big Heat (1953)
1941
So Ends Our Night (1941)
1955
Interrupted Melody (1955)
1943
Destroyer (1943)
1948
The Mating of Millie (1948)
1961
Pocketful of Miracles (1961)
1949
Lust For Gold (1949)
1959
The Gazebo (1959)
1940
Blondie Plays Cupid (1940)
1943
The Desperadoes (1943)
1946
Gallant Journey (1946)
1949
Mr. Soft Touch (1949)
1962
Experiment in Terror (1962)
1960
Cimarron (1960)
1959
It Started with a Kiss (1959)
1956
Jubal (1956)
1948
The Man From Colorado (1948)
1958
Imitation General (1958)
1947
Framed (1947)
1951
The Secret of Convict Lake (1951)
1953
The Man from the Alamo (1953)
1951
Follow The Sun (1951)
1956
Ransom! (1956)
1958
The Sheepman (1958)
1940
The Lady in Question (1940)
1964
Fate Is The Hunter (1964)
1949
The Doctor and the Girl (1949)
1950
The White Tower (1950)
1954
Human Desire (1954)
1950
Convicted (1950)
1951
The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951)
1941
Go West, Young Lady (1941)
1961
Cry For Happy (1961)
1958
Cowboy (1958)
1962
The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962)
1963
The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963)
1942
Flight Lieutenant (1942)
1966
Is Paris Burning? (1966)
1964
Dear Heart (1964)
1948
The Return of October (1948)
1958
Torpedo Run (1958)
1950
The Flying Missile (1950)
1952
The Green Glove (1952)
1942
The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942)
1965
The Rounders (1965)
1953
Plunder of the Sun (1953)
1955
The Americano (1955)
1941
Texas (1941)
1963
Love Is a Ball (1963)
1953
Appointment in Honduras (1953)
1965
The Money Trap (1965)
1969
Smith! (1969)
1940
Men Without Souls (1940)
1981
Happy Birthday To Me (1981)
1968
Day Of The Evil Gun (1968)
1964
Advance To The Rear (1964)
1969
Heaven With A Gun (1969)
1967
The Last Challenge (1967)
1940
Babies For Sale (1940)
1980
Virus (1980)
Film Festival Circuit Only
1939
My Son Is Guilty (1939)
1939
Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939)
1952
Young Man with Ideas (1952)
1967
A Time for Killing (1967)
1953
Terror On A Train/Time Bomb (1953)
1979
The Visitor (1979)
1979
Day Of The Assassin (1979)
1991
Raw Nerve (1991)
Limited Release
Glenn Ford Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.
- Sort Glenn Ford movies by co-stars of his movies.
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- Sort by how many Oscar® nominations each Glenn Ford movie received and how many Oscar® wins each Glenn Ford movie won.
- Sort Glenn Ford movies by Ultimate Movie Rankings (UMR) Score. UMR Score puts box office, reviews and awards into a mathematical equation and gives each movie a score.
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| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | Movie (Year) | UMR Co-Star Links | Actual B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Domestic (mil) | Adj. B.O. Worldwide (mil) | B.O. Rank by Year | Review | Oscar Nom / Win | UMR Score | S |
| 2 | Gilda (1946) | Rita Hayworth | 10.30 | 316.3 | 316.30 | 18 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 98.5 | |
| 3 | Superman II (1980) | Gene Hackman & Christopher Reeve |
111.20 | 461.1 | 965.00 | 3 | 86 | 00 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 1 | Superman (1978) | Marlon Brando & Christopher Reeve |
134.30 | 618.7 | 1,383.40 | 3 | 83 | 03 / 00 | 98.4 | |
| 4 | Blackboard Jungle (1955) | Sidney Poitier | 15.60 | 323.3 | 323.30 | 13 | 75 | 04 / 00 | 97.0 | |
| 5 | A Stolen Life (1946) | Bette Davis & Walter Brennan |
8.70 | 268.2 | 398.30 | 29 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 95.8 | |
| 6 | The Teahouse of the August Moon (1956) | Marlon Brando | 16.30 | 319.9 | 319.90 | 10 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 95.2 | |
| 7 | Midway (1976) | Charlton Heston & Henry Fonda |
65.50 | 331.4 | 331.40 | 7 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 92.4 | |
| 10 | The Loves of Carmen (1948) | Rita Hayworth | 6.60 | 177.3 | 177.30 | 36 | 62 | 01 / 00 | 91.0 | |
| 9 | Trial (1955) | Dorothy McGuire & Arthur Kennedy |
6.60 | 136.9 | 136.90 | 45 | 74 | 01 / 00 | 90.6 | |
| 11 | The Undercover Man (1949) | James Whitmore | 5.40 | 135.8 | 135.80 | 49 | 71 | 00 / 00 | 89.1 | |
| 11 | Don't Go Near the Water (1957) | Anne Francis & Eva Gabor |
12.20 | 234.6 | 234.60 | 10 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 89.0 | |
| 13 | Affair in Trinidad (1952) | Rita Hayworth | 7.50 | 147.0 | 147.00 | 24 | 65 | 01 / 00 | 88.8 | |
| 12 | 3:10 to Yuma (1957) | Van Heflin | 5.30 | 101.7 | 101.70 | 44 | 79 | 00 / 00 | 88.4 | |
| 15 | The Fastest Gun Alive (1956) | Broderick Crawford & Jeanne Crain |
6.30 | 124.3 | 124.30 | 39 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 88.2 | |
| 16 | The Violent Men (1955) | Barbara Stanwyck & Edward G. Robinson |
5.60 | 115.5 | 115.50 | 60 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 87.6 | |
| 14 | The Big Heat (1953) | Lee Marvin | 3.80 | 68.1 | 68.10 | 97 | 87 | 00 / 00 | 87.4 | |
| 17 | So Ends Our Night (1941) | Fredric March & Margaret Sullavan |
2.40 | 91.3 | 91.30 | 101 | 77 | 01 / 00 | 86.7 | |
| 18 | Interrupted Melody (1955) | Eleanor Parker & Glenn Ford |
5.10 | 106.6 | 238.50 | 66 | 69 | 03 / 01 | 86.7 | |
| 19 | Destroyer (1943) | Edward G. Robinson | 3.70 | 133.5 | 133.50 | 84 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 86.6 | |
| 20 | The Mating of Millie (1948) | Evelyn Keyes | 3.70 | 99.3 | 99.30 | 96 | 73 | 00 / 00 | 85.6 | |
| 21 | Pocketful of Miracles (1961) | Bette Davis | 7.00 | 101.9 | 101.90 | 33 | 67 | 03 / 00 | 84.6 | |
| 22 | Lust For Gold (1949) | Ida Lupino | 4.20 | 104.1 | 104.10 | 85 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 84.4 | |
| 23 | The Gazebo (1959) | Debbie Reynolds & Carl Reiner |
5.30 | 95.0 | 95.00 | 46 | 69 | 01 / 00 | 83.8 | |
| 24 | Blondie Plays Cupid (1940) | Penny Singleton & Arthur Lake |
2.40 | 93.0 | 93.00 | 79 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 83.0 | |
| 26 | The Desperadoes (1943) | Randolph Scott & Claire Trevor |
3.10 | 112.9 | 112.90 | 95 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 82.6 | |
| 27 | Gallant Journey (1946) | Janet Blair & Charles Ruggles |
3.60 | 110.3 | 110.30 | 88 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 82.5 | |
| 28 | Mr. Soft Touch (1949) | Evelyn Keyes & John Ireland |
4.40 | 111.4 | 111.40 | 68 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 82.1 | |
| 28 | Experiment in Terror (1962) | Lee Remick & Stefanie Powers |
4.00 | 57.5 | 57.50 | 61 | 78 | 00 / 00 | 81.8 | |
| 29 | Cimarron (1960) | Anne Baxter & Harry Morgan |
6.60 | 103.8 | 215.40 | 43 | 62 | 02 / 00 | 81.7 | |
| 30 | It Started with a Kiss (1959) | Debbie Reynolds | 7.90 | 141.2 | 141.20 | 30 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 81.4 | |
| 30 | Jubal (1956) | Charles Bronson | 5.10 | 100.8 | 100.80 | 58 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 81.1 | |
| 32 | The Man From Colorado (1948) | William Holden | 5.30 | 141.8 | 141.80 | 67 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 81.0 | |
| 31 | Imitation General (1958) | Red Buttons | 5.50 | 98.3 | 98.30 | 48 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 81.0 | |
| 32 | Framed (1947) | Janis Carter | 3.40 | 98.4 | 98.40 | 101 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 80.6 | |
| 35 | The Secret of Convict Lake (1951) | Gene Tierney & Ethel Barrymore |
3.90 | 83.2 | 83.20 | 91 | 65 | 00 / 00 | 78.8 | |
| 34 | The Man from the Alamo (1953) | Julie Adams & Chill Wills |
3.40 | 60.7 | 60.70 | 113 | 72 | 00 / 00 | 78.7 | |
| 36 | Follow The Sun (1951) | Anne Baxter & June Havoc |
3.30 | 70.8 | 70.80 | 111 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 78.5 | |
| 38 | Ransom! (1956) | Donna Reed & Leslie Nielsen |
3.50 | 68.5 | 68.50 | 96 | 69 | 00 / 00 | 78.4 | |
| 39 | The Sheepman (1958) | Shirley MacLaine | 4.30 | 77.0 | 77.00 | 55 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 76.9 | |
| 42 | The Lady in Question (1940) | Rita Hayworth | 2.70 | 104.5 | 104.50 | 65 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 76.7 | |
| 40 | Fate Is The Hunter (1964) | Rod Taylor & Jane Russell |
5.70 | 65.5 | 65.50 | 48 | 67 | 01 / 00 | 76.2 | |
| 42 | The Doctor and the Girl (1949) | Janet Leigh & Charles Coburn |
5.30 | 132.3 | 132.30 | 52 | 46 | 00 / 00 | 76.1 | |
| 43 | The White Tower (1950) | Claude Rains & Lloyd Bridges |
3.70 | 82.5 | 140.20 | 90 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 75.3 | |
| 44 | Human Desire (1954) | Gloria Grahame & Broderick Crawford |
2.30 | 53.6 | 53.60 | 115 | 70 | 00 / 00 | 74.7 | |
| 44 | Convicted (1950) | Broderick Crawford | 3.30 | 73.8 | 73.80 | 99 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 45 | The Redhead and the Cowboy (1951) | Edmond O'Brien & Rhonda Fleming |
3.60 | 77.0 | 77.00 | 105 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 74.6 | |
| 47 | Go West, Young Lady (1941) | Penny Singleton | 2.20 | 83.8 | 83.80 | 110 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 73.3 | |
| 49 | Cry For Happy (1961) | Donald O'Connor | 5.10 | 74.9 | 74.90 | 45 | 61 | 00 / 00 | 73.0 | |
| 49 | Cowboy (1958) | Jack Lemmon | 3.60 | 63.9 | 63.90 | 62 | 64 | 01 / 00 | 72.9 | |
| 48 | The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse (1962) | Charles Boyer & Lee J. Cobb |
4.60 | 65.7 | 168.40 | 54 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 72.7 | |
| 51 | The Courtship of Eddie's Father (1963) | Ron Howard | 5.40 | 68.0 | 68.00 | 54 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 72.4 | |
| 53 | Flight Lieutenant (1942) | Pat O'Brien | 2.30 | 87.1 | 87.10 | 111 | 56 | 00 / 00 | 71.8 | |
| 52 | Is Paris Burning? (1966) | Orson Welles & Kirk Douglas |
2.00 | 19.6 | 68.10 | 101 | 73 | 02 / 00 | 68.5 | |
| 54 | Dear Heart (1964) | Geraldine Page & Angela Lansbury |
2.10 | 23.9 | 23.90 | 110 | 72 | 01 / 00 | 67.9 | |
| 56 | The Return of October (1948) | Terry Moore | 2.50 | 67.8 | 67.80 | 121 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 66.7 | |
| 55 | Torpedo Run (1958) | Ernest Borgnine & Dean Jones |
3.30 | 58.8 | 58.80 | 66 | 60 | 01 / 00 | 66.4 | |
| 57 | The Flying Missile (1950) | Viveca Lindfors | 2.60 | 57.9 | 57.90 | 119 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 63.1 | |
| 58 | The Green Glove (1952) | George Macready | 2.10 | 40.4 | 40.40 | 153 | 63 | 00 / 00 | 60.8 | |
| 59 | The Adventures of Martin Eden (1942) | Claire Trevor | 0.90 | 34.1 | 34.10 | 183 | 64 | 00 / 00 | 60.0 | |
| 60 | The Rounders (1965) | Henry Fonda | 3.90 | 40.7 | 40.70 | 69 | 62 | 00 / 00 | 59.3 | |
| 61 | Plunder of the Sun (1953) | Diana Lynn & Patricia Medina |
3.00 | 54.4 | 54.40 | 122 | 55 | 00 / 00 | 55.6 | |
| 62 | The Americano (1955) | Frank Lovejoy & Cesar Romero |
3.60 | 74.0 | 74.00 | 93 | 48 | 00 / 00 | 53.1 | |
| 64 | Texas (1941) | William Holden & Claire Trevor |
2.40 | 92.6 | 92.60 | 99 | 42 | 00 / 00 | 53.0 | |
| 64 | Love Is a Ball (1963) | Hope Lange | 1.90 | 24.2 | 24.20 | 92 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 46.5 | |
| 66 | Appointment in Honduras (1953) | Zachary Scott & Ann Sheridan |
2.40 | 43.6 | 43.60 | 146 | 54 | 00 / 00 | 45.9 | |
| 65 | The Money Trap (1965) | Rita Hayworth | 2.30 | 24.3 | 24.30 | 101 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 45.6 | |
| 67 | Smith! (1969) | Warren Oates & Dean Jagger |
3.70 | 28.2 | 28.20 | 61 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 43.9 | |
| 68 | Men Without Souls (1940) | Barton MacLane | 0.50 | 17.5 | 17.50 | 211 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 41.3 | |
| 70 | Happy Birthday To Me (1981) | Melissa Sun Anderson | 10.60 | 41.1 | 41.10 | 75 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 40.4 | |
| 69 | Day Of The Evil Gun (1968) | Arthur Kennedy & Dean Jagger |
1.70 | 14.4 | 14.40 | 138 | 60 | 00 / 00 | 40.2 | |
| 71 | Advance To The Rear (1964) | Stella Stevens & Melvyn Douglas |
3.10 | 36.0 | 36.00 | 80 | 52 | 00 / 00 | 36.3 | |
| 72 | Heaven With A Gun (1969) | David Carradine | 0.90 | 6.6 | 6.60 | 143 | 59 | 00 / 00 | 31.0 | |
| 73 | The Last Challenge (1967) | Angie Dickinson | 1.20 | 10.4 | 10.40 | 135 | 57 | 00 / 00 | 29.4 | |
| 74 | Babies For Sale (1940) | Rochelle Hudson | 0.70 | 26.8 | 26.80 | 187 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 26.9 | |
| 75 | Virus (1980) Film Festival Circuit Only |
George Kennedy | 0.00 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 203 | 58 | 00 / 00 | 25.2 | |
| 75 | My Son Is Guilty (1939) | Bruce Cabot | 0.60 | 21.7 | 21.70 | 213 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 25.0 | |
| 76 | Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence (1939) | Jean Rogers | 0.50 | 19.2 | 19.20 | 218 | 51 | 00 / 00 | 24.3 | |
| 78 | Young Man with Ideas (1952) | Ruth Roman & Sheldon Leonard |
1.60 | 30.8 | 30.80 | 175 | 47 | 00 / 00 | 22.7 | |
| 77 | A Time for Killing (1967) | Harrison Ford | 1.10 | 9.5 | 9.50 | 140 | 53 | 00 / 00 | 21.8 | |
| 80 | Terror On A Train/Time Bomb (1953) | Harcourt Williams | 1.00 | 18.8 | 40.60 | 211 | 45 | 00 / 00 | 14.2 | |
| 79 | The Visitor (1979) | Mel Ferrer | 0.40 | 1.7 | 1.70 | 155 | 50 | 00 / 00 | 13.4 | |
| 81 | Day Of The Assassin (1979) | Richard Roundtree | 0.10 | 0.2 | 0.20 | 177 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 5.9 | |
| 82 | Raw Nerve (1991) Limited Release |
Jan-Michael Vincent | 0.10 | 0.1 | 0.10 | 219 | 43 | 00 / 00 | 5.7 |
Possibly Interesting Facts About Glenn Ford
1. Gwyllyn Samuel Newton Ford was born in Quebec, Canada in 1916. Ford was related to U.S. President Martin Van Buren.
2. Glenn Ford’s path to stardom: 1. After graduating high school started working in small theater groups. 2. Was taught horsemanship by Will Rogers. 3. Performed with West Coast stage companies. 4. Signed a movie contract with Columbia. 5. After some weak B movies hit a homerun with 1941’s So Ends Our Night. 6. After serving in the Marines during World War 2 he returned to movies. 7. In 1946, Ford appeared in one of his most famous roles, Gilda. Ford was a star the rest of his life.
3. Gummo Marx helped get Glenn Ford his first Columbia movie contract. Gummo was the 2nd youngest Marx Brother.
4. Glenn Ford was never nominated for an Academy Award®. For more on this please visit our Classic Actors Who Got Hosed By The Academy page.
5. Glenn Ford did get nominated for 3 Golden Globe® awards. He received nominations for 1956’s The Teahouse of the August Moon and 1957’s Don’t Go Near The Water. He won the Golden Globe® Best Actor for 1961’s A Pocketful of Miracles.
6. Glenn Ford was married 4 times. His first marriage to singer, dancer, actress Eleanor Powell was from 1943 to 1959. They had one child….Peter Ford who became an actor and writer.
7. Glenn Ford is credited with being the fastest “gun” in Hollywood westerns, able to draw and fire in 0.4 seconds.
8. Glenn Ford was among Hollywood’s Top 10 box office stars 3 times: He ranked 5th in 1956, 1st in 1958, and 6th in 1959.
9. Glenn Ford appeared in 5 movies with Rita Hayworth: The Lady in Question (1940), Affair in Trinidad (1952), The Loves of Carmen (1948), The Money Trap (1965) and of course Gilda (1946). The Ford/Hayworth team is one of the greatest in movie history.
10. Check out Glenn Ford‘s career compared to current and classic actors. Most 100 Million Dollar Movies of All-Time.
Finally: Just want to take a minute to acknowledge a very awesome book on Glenn Ford. Glenn Ford A Life by Peter Ford is a fascinating read. Book offers a look at both Ford’s screen life and his off screen personal life. If you like Glenn Ford then you have to check out this book. Glenn Ford A Life.
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For comments….all you need is a name and a comment….please ignore the rest.
This guy had little appeal to me but he made a couple films I liked.
He had some classics…like Gilda, The Big Heat, Experiment in Terror and The Blackboard Jungle. For some reason I started to associate him with Bruce Willis while I was working on this page. One of the games I play in my mind is matching current actors with classic actors.
I have never done that. Matched actors that is. Wouldn’t know where to start.
I always seem to match Tom Hanks with everybody…lol. Hanks the new Grant…Hanks the new Cooper. Hanks the new Stewart. I do think Spencer Tracy and Morgan Freeman have matching acting skills….Denzel to Sidney…an obvious one. One day I will put all of these down on paper.
That would be an interesting read.
Hey Max…..if only I could put it all together…lol.
Hello, Bruce!
Thanks for a long awaited Glenn Ford page. As you can tell I am a big fan of Glenn Ford. Most of the trivia I already knew although I have not read his son’s book. He actually made a movie called The Fastest Gun Alive. Excellent.
Note: in the list of 5 movies he made with Rita Hayworth you only listed 4. The one you are missing is The Affair in Trinidad, the first movie she made after her divorce from the prince.
Regarding the missing movies that you could not find information on box office: I have seen 4 of them:
Go West Young Lady
The Undercover Man
Lust for Gold
Convicted
The highest rated movie I have seen is The Big Heat at number 1.
The lowest rated movie I have seen is Terror on a Train/Time Bomb at number 57.
The highest rated movie I have not seen is Superman at number 4. I am generally not interested in superhero movies even if I do watch Batman tv and a few Batman movies. I did not know he was in Superman, actually. Similar to my interest in Gregory Peck, I want to see every movie Glenn Ford ever made at least once-so Superman goes on my list of to-see films.
Viewing By Rankings:
I have seen 4 of Ford’s top 5
8 of his top 10
12 of top 15
17 of top 20
20 of top 25
24 of top 30
28 of top 35
32 of top 40
35 of top 45
39 of top 50
I have seen 40 of these movies listed overall.
With the 4 missing box office movies I have seen 44 of Mr. Ford’s career.
I love Ford in all types of genres.
My favourite 5 movies is very difficult to choose. I want to instead list my top 10 Glenn Ford movies:
Gilda
The Teahouse of the August Moon
3:10 To Yuma
The Big Heat
The Gazebo
The Fastest Gun Alive
Experiment in Terror
The Money Trap
The Rounders
The Courtship of Eddie’s Father
There are plenty of movies I record by PVR on TCM or SSC which I keep recorded long enough to watch them and then delete. However, there are a number of them which I have recorded which I have no intention of ever deleting. A large number of them are Glenn Ford movies.
Well, I had resigned myself to the idea of a Glenn Ford page never being done. I am so happy that there were enough people who requested him that it did get done.
Cheers, Flora
Hey Flora. Before I respond to your comment…I have a question for you. Ever since I told my mom that I was working on a Glenn Ford page she has been trying to remember the name of a Ford movie she really liked. In that one Ford is overseas…and fighting with his family….Ford is the good one….but at the end Ford and his family all die when bombs are dropped on them. She thinks the movie is The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse. If you have seen that movie…just it sound like the description given in this e-mail? Thanks for the help.
The Four Men of the Apocalypse is indeed the movie your Mom is trying to remember. There are several generations in that family, and some of them are on opposite sides of the war. I saw it last year for the first time.
I did not know your Mom was born in Canada.
Cheers,
Flora
Hey Flora….thanks for the confirmation….she has been trying to figure out the title of the movie for 3 days now. Including going through old video books….turns out that The Four Men of the Apocalypse was her first guess….then she convinced herself that it was the wrong movie. Yep she is a Canuck too…..born and raised in Montreal…..while on vacation to Va Beach, Va…she met my dad on the beach….about a year later they were married and she moved to Virginia.
Hey Flora.
1. Better late than never. I do not have the notes….but I am pretty sure that you originally made your Glenn Ford request back when we were on HubPages…all the way back in 2011.
2. Thanks for the mini-mini- review on The Fastest Gun Alive
3. I will add the 5th Rita movie to the interesting part of the page…thanks for the catch.
4. I spent a lot of time trying to find box office information on Lust For Gold…as well as Convicted….one of the books I used listed both of those movies as some of his best performances of his career. I really wish they were in the table.
5. Your %…80%, 80%, 80%, 85%, 80%, 80%, 80%, 80% (wow that has not happened before) and finally 77%. Very impressive.
6. Tally count….40 for you….I am at 10. I am betting that Steve will surpass that number but not yours…I have 0 of the 10 I want to include in the page.
7. I have seen 4 of your Top 10….with 3:10 To Yuma and The Big Heat being my favorites….I like Gilda …but I do not love that one. Of the other 6 you list…I would say Experiment In Terror is the one I want to watch the most.
8. Sounds like you have lots of options to find Glenn Ford movies….I use all the local libraries to find my movies….there are about 10 near me I can easily track down and finally watch.
9. Seems that I always end up watching more of a movie subject AFTER I write the page…..so I will be on the look out for more Ford movies.
10. Sorry it took so long….whenever I looked at his movie list…I also struggled with the beginning and ending part of his career…thankfully he was so successful from 1946 to 1965…that I found almost all of his movies made during his prime.
Thanks for stopping by and talking Ford movies.
Back in the 1950s I remember Glenn Ford being the biggest star going. Right up there with Gary Cooper and John Wayne. His fast trigger finger was something everybody knew back then. So many memorable movies. My favorites would be The Man From Colorado, Lust For Gold and The Big Heat.
Hey Glenn Fan….Ford, Cooper, Wayne and Randolph Scott ruled the westerns from 1940 to the late 1950s. I like The Big Heat as well. The other two movies you mentioned have made it to my list of movies to watch. Thanks for checking out my Ford page.
Hey, I did not know that Glenn Ford was a Canadian born in Quebec. Is that Quebec City or the Province of Quebec? How about that!!! I enjoyed his movies very much – some really good ones. I liked Love Is A Ball with Hope Lange = that was good…..I would like to see that one again. .Gilda of course one must mention – that was really good and I have seen that one many times especially on TMC. THANKS SO VERY MUCH FOR THIS SITE.
Hey Bern1960…..Ford was born in Quebec City…probably only miles away from where you were born. Glad you enjoyed his movies. According to Glenn Ford A Life….Hope Lange and Glenn Ford were in love off screen as well….and that Ford’s time spent making Love Is A Ball where some of his happiest times. Gilda is probably his most famous role. Glad TMC is so helpful.
Loved Glenn Ford. Easily my favorite actor and I really miss him being around. The Oscar people ought to be ashamed of themselves for not giving him a Honorery Oscar.
Hey Curtisy…very cool….hopefully you found this webpage worthy of your favorite actor. I agree with you that the Oscar people should have done more to honor Mr. Ford. Thanks for stopping by.