Ben Johnson
Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Joanne Dru, John Agar…
- Cavalry officer John Wayne is about to retire on the eve of impending war with Indians. Followed by RIO GRANDE.
- Mighty Joe Young (1949)
- Dir. Ernest B. Schoedsack
Feat. Terry Moore, Ben Johnson, Robert Armstrong…
- Worthy successor to KING KONG, reunites many of the cast and crew, with a compellingly different slant on the 'Giant Ape' premise.
Here, Armstrong…
- Rio Grande (1950)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, Ben Johnson
- Concluding instalment of John Ford's cavalry trilogy has John Wayne in more trouble with Indians on the Mexican border. Even minor Ford stands tall.
- Wagon Master, The (1950)
- Dir. John Ford
Feat. Ben Johnson
- Pioneering saga starring Ben Johnson. A personal favourite of its director.
- One Eyed Jacks (1961)
- Dir. Marlon Brando
Feat. Marlon Brando, Karl Malden, Katy Jurado…
- Marlon Brando is an outlaw battling a sheriff in this psychological Western played out against a brooding landscape. Bursts of violence punctuate the…
- Wild Bunch, The (1969)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. William Holden, Ernest Borgnine, Robert Ryan…
- Sam Peckinpah's uncompromising Western bloodbath with William Holden and Ernest Borgnine leading the famous band of unruly marauders. Astonishing in…
- Chisum (1970)
- Dir. Andrew V. McLaglen
Feat. John Wayne, Forrest Tucker, Christopher George…
- A western starring John Wayne, very loosely based around events from the Lincoln County War in 1878, when a conflict arose over the control of goods…
- Junior Bonner (1972)
- Dir. Sam Peckinpah
Feat. Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino…
- Rodeo–rider Steve McQueen is on the end of a losing streak when he revisits his hometown, and a last chance at a new life. Filled with amiable…
- Dillinger (1973)
- Dir. John Milius
Feat. Warren Oates, Ben Johnson, Cloris Leachman…
- A tough portait of the Depression–era bank robber that like BONNIE AND CLYDE, invests the criminal with the mythic qualities of the outlaw.…
- Hustle (1975)
- Dir. Robert Aldrich
Feat. Burt Reynolds, Catherine Deneuve, Eddie Albert…
- A case–hardened Los Angeles detective finds himself drawn into a dark, complex puzzle involving the death of a teenage girl, but his…
- Breakheart Pass (1975)
- Dir. Tom Gries
Feat. Charles Bronson, Ben Johnson, Richard Crenna…
- Charles Bronson plays a prisoner being transported on a train with a small U.S. army unit and medical supplies through the Rocky mountains. The…
- Terror Train (1980)
- Dir. Roger Spottiswoode
Feat. Jamie Lee Curtis, Ben Johnson, Hart Bochner…
- Fresh from HALLOWEEN, Jamie Lee Curtis reprises a 'scream queen' for this teen slasher pic set aboard a chartered locomotive. A gamut of masquerade…
- Hunter, The (1980)
- Dir. Buzz Kulik
Feat. Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold…
- McQueen's final film, playing a bounty hunter (apparently based on Papa Thorson) who tracks down bail jumpers and other criminal miscreants. Not…
- Tex (1982)
- Dir. Tim Hunter
Feat. Matt Dillon, Jim Metzler, Meg Tilly…
- Arguably the best adaptation of S.E. Hinton’s teen fictions (THE OUTSIDERS etc.), with Matt Dillon giving an early, heartbreaking performance as a…
- Cherry 2000 (1988)
- Dir. Steve DeJarnatt
Feat. Melanie Griffith, Ben Johnson, David Andrews
- Melanie Griffith stars as a sort of bazuka–wielding female MAD MAX in this tongue–in–cheek blast from the future. An A–grade…
- Radio Flyer (1992)
- Dir. Richard Donner
Feat. Lorraine Bracco, John Heard, Adam Baldwin…
- Bittersweet story of two young brothers who free themselves from their wicked stepfather by transforming a red wagon into a fantastical flying…
- Evening Star, The (1996)
- Dir. Robert Harling
Feat. Shirley Maclaine, Juliette Lewis, Bill Paxton…
- Long touted 'sequel' to TERMS OF ENDEARMENT, continues the smalltown odyssey of feisty, eccentric Aurora Greenway (Shirley Maclaine), now bedevilled…