List of the best Glenn Ford movies: The Big Heat(1953), Blackboard Jungle(1955), Pocketful of Miracles(1961), The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse(1962), Day of the Evil Gun(1968), The Green Glove(1952), Love Is a Ball(1963), The Fastest Gun Alive(1956), The Gazebo(1959), Gilda(1946), 3:10 to Yuma(1957), The Teahouse of the August Moon(1956) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1953
90 Minutes
Det. Sgt. Dave Bannion
Glenn Ford Gloria Grahame Jocelyn Brando Alexander Scourby Lee Marvin Jeanette Nolan Peter Whitney Willis Bouchey Robert Burton Adam Williams Howard Wendell
gangster kingpin police detective wife husband mistress dark gritty suspenseful melodramatic city nightclub household police station penthouse police corruption murder plot investigation conspiracy organized crime
Tough cop Dave Bannion takes on a politically powerful crime syndicate.
Drama
USA
1955
101 Minutes
Richard Dadier
Glenn Ford Vic Morrow Anne Francis Louis Calhern Margaret Hayes John Hoyt Richard Kiley Emile Meyer Warner Anderson Basil Ruysdael Sidney Poitier
teacher student principal wife gritty fiery new york city boys school troubled youth inner-city life teaching race relations generational divide rock 'n' roll underdog quest rivalry 1950s
A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1961
136 Minutes
Glenn Ford Bette Davis Hope Lange Thomas Mitchell Peter Falk Edward Everett Horton Ann-Margret Mickey Shaughnessy David Brian Sheldon Leonard Barton MacLane
beggar mobster daughter aristocrat girlfriend madcap tender new york city street ballroom apartment nightclub class conflict family mother/daughter relationship crime identity deception transformation underdog
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
Drama
Mexico|USA
1962
153 Minutes
Glenn Ford Ingrid Thulin Charles Boyer Lee J. Cobb Paul Henreid Paul Lukas Yvette Mimieux Karl Boehm Harriet MacGibbon Kathryn Givney Marcel Hillaire
nazi patriarch grandchild pilot nephew playboy bleak emotional fiery gripping powerful argentina germany france family death betrayal honor world war ii rivalry
In Argentina, one daughter of patriarch Madariaga is married to a Frenchman while the other is married to a German thus leading to a crisis when Nazi Germany occupies France and some Madariaga family members fight on opposite sides.
Western
USA|Mexico
1968
95 Minutes
Lorn Warfield
Glenn Ford Arthur Kennedy Dean Jagger John Anderson Paul Fix Nico Minardos Harry Dean Stanton Pilar Pellicer Parley Baer Royal Dano Ross Elliot
gunslinger trader bandit apache neighbor rival brutal melodramatic gritty wild west indian territory ranch kidnapping love triangle marriage reform search abandonment pursuit rivalry
A woman and two children are kidnapped by Apaches. The husband of the captured woman enlists the help of his neighbor to find the Apaches that seized his family; not knowing his neighbor has unknown reasons of his own for helping him.
Crime, Drama
France|USA
1952
88 Minutes
Glenn Ford Geraldine Brooks Cedric Hardwicke George Macready Gaby Andre Jany Holt Roger Treville Georges Tabet Meg Lemonnier Paul Bonifas Juliette Gréco
software designer toulouse-lautrec nazi collaborator enemy spotter countess dark intense melodramatic thrilling france church chateau eiffel tower theft espionage treasure world war ii redemption integrity
An ex-soldier and his new girlfriend comb France for a valuable relic...which others are willing to kill for.
Comedy
USA
1963
111 Minutes
John Lathrop Davis
Glenn Ford Hope Lange Charles Boyer Ricardo Montalban Telly Savalas Ruth McDevitt Ulla Jacobsson Georgette Anys Robert Bettoni Mony Dalmès
heiress duke boat captain matchmaker amusing lighthearted emotional italy coast boat city matchmaking love triangle wealth royalty aristocracy manners love rivalry 1960s
On the French Riviera, a professional matchmaker assisted by an American adventurer arranges for convenience marriages between titled impoverished aristocratic men and rich low-bred women.
Western
1956
92 Minutes
George Temple, George Kelby, Jr.
Glenn Ford Jeanne Crain Broderick Crawford Russ Tamblyn Allyn Joslyn Leif Erickson John Dehner Noah Beery Jr. J.M. Kerrigan Rhys Williams Virginia Gregg
shopkeeper gunslinger neighbor wife criminal boy thrilling tense wild west shop household small town secret showdown peace running away competition alcohol quest rivalry
An outlaw (Broderick Crawford) forces a showdown with a quick-draw artist (Glenn Ford) who just wants to live in peace with his wife (Jeanne Crain).
Comedy
1959
100 Minutes
Elliott Nash
Glenn Ford Debbie Reynolds Carl Reiner John McGiver Mabel Albertson Doro Merande Bert Freed Martin Landau Robert Ellenstein Richard Wessel
writer broadway star blackmailer district attorney bird real estate agent madcap outlandish lighthearted household television studio garden gazebo blackmail marriage murder secret plans sabotage pursuit underdog
A TV writer (Glenn Ford) kills a suspected blackmailer, then hides the body on the site of a backyard gazebo.
Gay & Lesbian, Romance
USA
1946
110 Minutes
Johnny Farrell, Narrator
Rita Hayworth Glenn Ford George Macready Joseph Calleia Steven Geray Joe Sawyer Gerald Mohr
gambler businessperson sexy woman sultry melodramatic gutsy buenos aires, argentina casino nightclub love triangle gambling revenge desire deception wretched excess forbidden love temptation 1940s
A small-time gambler hired to work in a Buenos Aires casino discovers his employer's new wife is his former lover.
Western
USA
1957
92 Minutes
Van Heflin Glenn Ford Felicia Farr Leora Dana Henry Jones Richard Jaeckel Robert Emhardt Sheridan Comerate
rancher murderer henchman brother marshal drunk gripping suspenseful wild west arizona small town police station train station countryside daunting task murder justice journey quest temptation
Broke small-time rancher Dan Evans is hired by the stagecoach line to put big-time captured outlaw leader Ben Wade on the 3:10 train to Yuma but Wade's gang tries to free him.
Comedy
USA
1956
123 Minutes
Marlon Brando Glenn Ford Machiko Ky? Eddie Albert Paul Ford Harry Morgan
military officer interpreter native villager geisha amusing lighthearted playful madcap winsome japan army base island culture clash world war ii discovery 1940s
In post-WWII Japan, an American captain is brought in to help build a school, but the locals want a teahouse instead.
War
USA
1943
99 Minutes
Mickey Donohue
welder officer lieutenant captain crew member japanese soldier brash inspiring spirited pacific ocean ship san diego naval warfare world war ii submarine air raids sinking ship respect transformation adventure
A new World War 2 destroyer fails its sea trials so it is assigned to mail runs, but the crew ends up having to engage Japanese planes and a submarine anyway.
Horror, Sci-Fi
Italy
1979
90 Minutes
Mel Ferrer Glenn Ford Lance Henriksen John Huston Joanne Nail Sam Peckinpah Shelley Winters Paige Conner Franco Nero
The soul of a young girl with telekinetic powers becomes the prize in a fight between forces of God and the Devil.
War
USA
1976
132 Minutes
Rear Admiral Raymond A. Spruance
Charlton Heston Henry Fonda James Coburn Glenn Ford Hal Holbrook Robert Mitchum Cliff Robertson Toshirô Mifune Robert Wagner Edward Albert Robert Webber
naval officer admiral captain japanese soldier pilot gripping tense thrilling military base aircraft carrier japan world war ii japan naval warfare father/son relationship code breaking battle of midway quest adventure underdog
A dramatization of the battle that was widely heralded as a turning point of the Pacific Theatre of World War II.
Adventure, Drama
1980
103 Minutes
President Richardson
Sonny Chiba Chuck Connors Stephanie Faulkner Glenn Ford Stuart Gillard Olivia Hussey George Kennedy Cecil Linder Ken Ogata Edward James Olmos Henry Silva
Survivors of a worldwide catastrophe attempt to rebuild civilization from their Antarctic stronghold.
Action
Italy
1990
85 Minutes
Maj. Gen. Williams
Jason Connery Francesco Quinn Jinny Steffan Manfred Lehmann Jean Sorel Donald Pleasence Glenn Ford Luisa Maneri John Evans
winston churchill secret agent american soldier nazi girlfriend nun suspenseful spirited thrilling airplane hotel shower market train allied forces secret mission protection espionage hijacking kidnapping
In 1942, a commando is assigned to protect Winston Churchill when it is learned that the Nazis are plotting to kidnap him.
Sci-Fi, Adventure, Fantasy, Action
USA|UK|Canada|Switzerland|Panama
1978
143 Minutes
Jonathan Kent
Christopher Reeve Gene Hackman Marlon Brando Margot Kidder Ned Beatty Jackie Cooper Marc McClure Glenn Ford Valerie Perrine Phyllis Thaxter Jeff East
superman father mother reporter villain superhero confident spectacular metropolis smallville krypton newsroom family home fortress of solitude superhuman abilities secret daunting task adventure discovery 1970s
An alien orphan is sent from his dying planet to Earth, where he grows up to become his adoptive home's first and greatest superhero.
War
France|USA
1966
173 Minutes
Lt. Gen. Omar N. Bradley
Jean-Paul Belmondo Charles Boyer Leslie Caron Jean-Pierre Cassel George Chakiris Bruno Cremer Claude Dauphin Alain Delon Kirk Douglas Glenn Ford Gert Froebe
adolf hitler general dietrich von choltitz soldier resistance leader german soldier nazi brooding intense uneasy occupied france office apartment paris world war ii occupied france freedom history resistance military discovery
The departure of the German Army from Paris in 1944.