Michael Knox-SmithAug 20, 2025
Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond https://mikesfilmtalk.com/2013/05/09/three-bad-men-john-ford-john-wayne-ward-bond/ #HankWorden, #JohnFord, #JohnMcIntire, #JohnWayne, #ManWhoShotLibertyValance, #ScottAllenNollen, #TheSearchers, #WardBond
Three Bad Men: John Ford, John Wayne, Ward Bond

Scott Allen Nollen gives us a brilliant look at the three bad men who helped shape western cinema. These gentlemen drank and fought

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Andrew ShieldsOct 2, 2024
“Such stuff as dreams are made of” at the end of John Huston’s “The Maltese Falcon” (1941). #111Words #JohnHuston #TheMalteseFalcon #DashiellHammett #HumphreyBogart #WardBond #WilliamShakespeare #TheTempest #Prospero #Movies #Literature https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2024/10/such-stuff-as-dreams-are-made-of-at-end.html
“Such stuff as dreams are made of” at the end of John Huston’s “The Maltese Falcon” (1941)

At the end of "The Maltese Falcon", John Huston's 1941 adaptation of Dashiell Hammett's 1930 novel, Detective Tom Polhaus (Ward Bond) picks ...

Evil LarryApr 9, 2023
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A ★★½ review of Hitler- Dead or Alive (1942)

Weird early propaganda film. A wealthy American scientist places a million dollar bounty on Hitler after his brother was murdered by the Gestapo. A trio of gangsters led by Ward Bond take up his contract (they actually get a signed contract!). The gangsters skip to Canada, join the Canadian Army, and become paratroopers. They bail out (along with a pilot) over Europe and pretend to surrender and offer info for Hitler's ears only. Most of the film is lighthearted until Bond learns about Nazi war crimes. This also changes his motivation. The plot twist is ridiculous. Another film Tarantino "borrowed"