The actor visited the film festival in 1985 on behalf of Peter Weir’s crime thriller, in which he played a police detective called upon to protect an Amish woman and her son.
, in which he played a police detective called upon to protect an Amish woman and her son, it provided the opportunity to show he was interested in doing more than high-octane blockbusters. Yet when he sat down with British journalist Barry Norman, Norman was more interested in talking about Ford’s three movies and two Indiana Jones films.
Noting that “it’s always been my ambition to do different sorts of films, play different characters,” Ford added, “I’m not going to do another film. That episode in my life is concluded.” And he continued, “We’re due to make one moreRead More About:
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