Henry Hathaway

Henry Hathaway was an American film director and producer, whose career spanned from the 1930s through the 1970s. He was best known as a director of Western, adventure, and noir films, especially starring John Wayne, Gary Cooper, Randolph Scott, and Gregory Peck. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director for The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935), starring Cooper. According to the BFI, Hathaway "epitomised what’s known as the ‘journeyman’ director."

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