Charles Morton

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance -- Like Pontius Pilate, director John Ford asks 'What is truth?' in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance but unlike Pilate, Ford waits for an answer.

Lumberjack -- (1944) Julie's husband is murdered and she can't deliver on a logging contract. Hoppy steps in to make good on the logging and solve the murder, but becomes a target himself.

A sex farce very loosely based on "Sex and the Single Girl" by Helen Gurley Brown.

A sex farce very loosely based on "Sex and the Single Girl" by Helen Gurley Brown.

A sex farce very loosely based on "Sex and the Single Girl" by Helen Gurley Brown.

Bob Weston, a writer for the scandal sheet "Dirt," is working on an article on psychologist Helen Brown and her best-selling book. Bob needs to interview Helen, but she refuses to see him. He attempts many moves and romantic entanglement ensues.

Ranking with Stagecoach as one of the greatest of its genre, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is the modern-day western to beat all westerns. John Ford, whose very name is synonymous with " westerns," directed the ideal cast. Jimmy Stewart plays the bungling but charming big-city lawyer determined to rid the fair village of Shinbone of its number one nuisance and bad man: Liberty Valance (Lee Marvin). And as if all that weren't enough, the biggest star that ever aimed a six-shooter plays the Man of the title: John Wayne. Super sincere Stewart and rugged rancher Wayne also share the same love interest (Vera Miles). One gets the gunman, but the other gets the gal.

Like Pontius Pilate, director John Ford asks "What is truth?" in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance but unlike Pilate, Ford waits for an answer.

Like Pontius Pilate, director John Ford asks "What is truth?" in The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance but unlike Pilate, Ford waits for an answer.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is the modern-day Western to beat all Westerns. John Ford, whose very name is synonymous with "Westerns," directed the ideal cast. Jimmy Stewart plays the bungling but charming big-city lawyer determined to rid the fair village of Shinbone of its number one nuisance and Bad Man: Liberty Valance. And as if all that weren't enough, the biggest star that ever aimed a six-shooter plays the Man of the title: John Wayne. Super-sincere Stewart and rugged rancher Wayne also share the same love interest. One gets the gunman but the other gets the gal.

As the Civil War spills our nation's blood, Capt. John Hayes (Randolph Scott) fights on a vital but little-known battlefront. He aims to ship gold to Union banks through a small Colorado town, defying Southern sympathizers who aim to stop him. At any cost. As chiseled and bone-lean as its star, Westbound is the sixth of seven Westerns Scott made with director Budd Boetticher, films that - along with the James Stewart-Anthony Mann Westerns - helped remake the genre in the 50s, substituting grit and veracity for white-hat heroics.

As the Civil War spills our nation's blood, Capt. John Hayes fights on a vital but little-known battlefront. He aims to ship gold to Union banks through a small Colorado town, defying Southern sympathizers who aim to stop him. At any cost.