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Released
1987 · FILM

Ford: The Man and the Machine

A determined Henry Ford rises from humble beginnings to revolutionize the automobile industry, but his relentless pursuit of progress forces him to confront the moral cost of industrial power.

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Runtime
200 min

Synopsis

Adapted from a book by Robert Lacey, this biographical film chronicles both the private and public life of automobile manufacturer Henry Ford (Cliff Robertson).

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Principal cast & crew: 20

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by George RoulstonShot by Thomas BurstynScored by Paul ZazaDesigned by William Beeton

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