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The Searchers (PG) - Sky Movies Classics - December 18th - 11:45am

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Classics at 11:45am, December 18th for 125 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Embittered former soldier Ethan Edwards vows to find the niece who was kidnapped during a Comanche raid on his brother's ranch years earlier. Western..

The Sun Shines Bright (PG) - Film4 - December 18th - 3:00pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 3:00pm, December 18th for 110 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

John Ford's favourite film features the same character, Judge Priest, that appeared in his eponymous 1934 film. This time the role of the upright small town lawyer Judge William Priest is taken by Charles Winniger, who sticks up for the ordinary people of the town, much to the disgust of the rich mansion owners who still miss the days of the Confederacy. Among the unpopular decisions Priest takes are to help a woman who keeps a house of ill repute, preventing the lynching of an innocent young black man and organising a decent funeral for a prostitute. But his position comes under threat when hotshot Yankee lawyer Horace Maydew stands against him for election. The portrayal of the town's black community is decidedly uncomfortable even for when the film was made, let alone now but otherwise, it is a congenial comedy drama with few surprises when the result of the election is announced.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (PG) - Film4 - December 18th - 4:50pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 4:50pm, December 18th for 140 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

"When the legend becomes fact, print the legend" is the famous quote from what is considered to be one of John Ford's finest westerns, and it pretty much sums up the film. Greenhorn lawyer Ransom Stoddard sets up in a frontier town where everyone, bar the tough-but-decent Tom Doniphon, fears the brutal bully Liberty Valance. As Stoddard's influence grows and Valance's wanes, a confrontation between the two seems inevitable. And duly it comes, with a result that shocks the town.

The Searchers (PG) - Sky Movies Classics - December 18th - 9:00pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Classics at 9:00pm, December 18th for 125 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Embittered former soldier Ethan Edwards vows to find the niece who was kidnapped during a Comanche raid on his brother's ranch years earlier. Western..

Donovan's Reef (U) - Film4 - December 20th - 2:45pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 2:45pm, December 20th for 130 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

John Ford directs John Wayne in this romantic comedy; their last film together. Wayne plays Michael Donovan who, with his ex-Navy pals Thomas Gilhooley and William Dedham, has ended up on a South Pacific island after the war. Donovan runs the bar, Gilhooley hangs out there and Dedham is the island doctor, married to one of the locals. But trouble threatens their paradise when Dedham's estranged daughter Amelia arrives with news that he's heir to the family's shipping company: but he could lose the inheritance to her if he's seen to be living in an "immoral" way. As Dedham is away on an emergency, Donovan convinces her that he's responsible for Dedham's children and, while he maintains the subterfuge, the beauty of the island and its way of life get under Amelia's skin, as do Donovan's romantic overtures.

The Quiet Man (U) - Film4 - December 21st - 11:00am

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 11:00am, December 21st for 160 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

John Ford's Oscar-winning romantic comedy stars John Wayne as John Thornton, an Irish-American boxer who, after a professional tragedy, returns to Ireland to retire. There, he meets and falls for the fiery Mary Kate Danaher, much to the disgust of her brother Squire Will Danaher. Eventually Thornton breaks down her defences and the pair marry, but even then it takes the mother of all fistfights to convince her brother to accept the union.

The Sun Shines Bright (PG) - Film4 - December 22nd - 11:00am

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 11:00am, December 22nd for 110 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (PG) - Film4 - December 23rd - 11:00am

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 11:00am, December 23rd for 140 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Donovan's Reef (U) - Film4 - December 24th - 11:00am

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Film4 at 11:00am, December 24th for 125 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (PG) - TG4 - December 24th - 4:40pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on TG4 at 4:40pm, December 24th for 137 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Scanraíonn Liberty Valence baile beag san iarthar agus ní théann ina choinne ach beirt fhear. Liberty Valence terrorises a western town and is opposed by only two men.

The Searchers (PG) - RTÉ 2 - December 25th - 2:15pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on RTÉ 2 at 2:15pm, December 25th for 115 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

John Ford's masterpiece about a seven-year search for a young girl abducted by Comanches. Her Indian-hating frontiersman uncle forms an uneasy alliance with her half-Indian foster brother as he undertakes the dangerous quest which becomes increasingly obsessive as the years go by. A complex exploration of Native American culture and the western myth.

Drums Along The Mohawk (PG) - Sky Movies Classics - December 26th - 6:30am

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Classics at 6:30am, December 26th for 120 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

As the Revolutionary War rages, Gilbert and Lana Martin head West to settle in Mohawk Valley in upstate New York but are soon fighting for their lives against Native Indians and English aggressors. Western.

Drums Along The Mohawk (PG) - Sky Movies Classics - December 26th - 3:10pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Classics at 3:10pm, December 26th for 110 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

What Price Glory (U) - Sky Movies Classics - December 27th - 10:10am

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Classics at 10:10am, December 27th for 120 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

While stationed in France during World War I, an alcoholic Marine Commander and his tough First Sergeant both fall for the local innkeeper's daughter.

The Searchers (PG) - Sky Movies Classics - December 27th - 12:10pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Classics at 12:10pm, December 27th for 120 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Embittered former soldier Ethan Edwards vows to find the niece who was kidnapped during a Comanche raid on his brother's ranch years earlier. Western..

The Searchers (PG) - Sky Movies Classics - December 27th - 9:30pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Classics at 9:30pm, December 27th for 125 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Embittered former soldier Ethan Edwards vows to find the niece who was kidnapped during a Comanche raid on his brother's ranch years earlier. Western..

The Searchers (PG) - TG4 - December 30th - 11:00am

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on TG4 at 11:00am, December 30th for 130 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Is saighdiúir é Ethan Edwards a bhí ag troid sna cogaí i gcoinne na mbundúchasach. Ethan Edwards returns from war to find his family massacred and his niece captured by Comanches.

What Price Glory (U) - Sky Movies Classics - December 31st - 9:00pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Sky Movies Classics at 9:00pm, December 31st for 110 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

While stationed in France during World War I, an alcoholic Marine Commander and his tough First Sergeant both fall for the local innkeeper's daughter.

The Searchers (PG) - Sky Screen 1 HD - January 2nd, 2010 - 4:15pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Sky Screen 1 HD at 4:15pm, January 2nd, 2010 for 120 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Embittered former soldier Ethan Edwards vows to find the niece who was kidnapped during a Comanche raid on his brother's ranch years earlier. Western..

The Searchers (PG) - Sky Screen 1 - January 2nd, 2010 - 4:15pm

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 21:15:47 GMT

Showing on Sky Screen 1 at 4:15pm, January 2nd, 2010 for 120 minutes. Get Reminder Alert

Embittered former soldier Ethan Edwards vows to find the niece who was kidnapped during a Comanche raid on his brother's ranch years earlier. Western..