Foreman, Carl

High noon by Fred Zinnemann ( Visual )
65 editions published between 1952 and 2010 in English and Undetermined and held by 3,454 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A retired marshal's wedding is interrupted when he learns a killer he had sent to jail will return to town on the noon train to seek revenge. The townspeople refuse to help him, so he is forced to take up his badge and guns again, alienating his new bride, a Quaker who is opposed to violence

The bridge on the River Kwai by David Lean ( Visual )
46 editions published between 1957 and 2013 in 4 languages and held by 2,930 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
British POWs are forced to build a railway bridge for their WWII Japanese captors, unaware of an Allied mission to blow it up

The guns of Navarone by J. Lee Thompson ( Visual )
36 editions published between 1961 and 2011 in 3 languages and held by 1,774 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A team of Allied military specialists are recruited for a dangerous but imperative mission: to infiltrate a Nazi-occupied fortress in Greece and disable two long-range field guns so that 2,000 trapped British soldiers may be rescued. Faced with an unforgiving sea voyage, hazardous terrain, and the possibility of a traitor among them, the team must overcome the impossible without losing their own lives

Born free by Joy Adamson ( Visual )
3 editions published between 1994 and 2003 in English and held by 846 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
When game warden George Admson is forced to kill a lion and lioness, he and his wife Joy adopt their three cubs. Two are sent off to zoos but the third is kept, a female they name Elsa. When Elsa is fully grown, the Adamsons realize she must be taught to survive on her own

Cyrano de Bergerac by Michael Gordon ( Visual )
45 editions published between 1950 and 2012 in 3 languages and held by 742 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Cyrano de Bergerac is a 17th century French soldier-poet and swordsman who loves his cousin Roxane, but believes she will never love him because of his enormous nose. He courts and wins her, not for himself, but for his inexperienced and prosaic friend, Christian, who dies in battle. Years later, as Cyrano himself is dying, he confesses his love to Roxane, who suddenly realizes that it was Cyrano's words she had heard from Christian, and Cyrano that she had always loved

Mackenna's gold by J. Lee Thompson ( Visual )
8 editions published between 1984 and 2010 in English and held by 466 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
In the Arizona Territory of the 1870's, Marshal Sam Mackenna is the only living person who knows the tortuous route to the fabulous "Canon del Oro". During his journey, Mackenna is captured by Colorado, a brutal Mexican bandit who has long sought his death. But, if Mackenna is to lead the cutthroat gang to the lost treasure, Colorado must keep him alive

Young man with a horn by Michael Curtiz ( Visual )
10 editions published between 1950 and 2005 in English and French and held by 401 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A lonely little boy peeks into the window of a Skid Row dive. Mesmerized by the soaring magic played by a small jazz combo, he longs to create the same sounds. So with the guidance of a brilliant bluesman, the boy develops into a superb artist but as man, struggles with an impossible note trapped in his mind

Champion by Mark Robson ( Visual )
11 editions published between 1983 and 2013 in English and held by 345 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
An unscrupulous boxer pursues professional success & sexual gratification, at any cost

High noon ( Visual )
2 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 215 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
Just-married lawman Will Kane is about to retire as a small-town sheriff and begin a new life with his bride when he learns that gunslinger Frank Miller is due to arrive at high noon to settle an old score. Kane seeks assistance from deputies and townsfolk but soon realizes he'll have to stand alone in his showdown with Miller and his henchmen

The men ( Visual )
1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 138 WorldCat member libraries worldwide
A war veteran paralyzed in combat returns home and finds he will never walk again, bitterly refusing to see his fiancé. She must force him to confront reality and break his physical and emotional confinement. When feeling starts to return to his legs, it could be his last hope, or final downfall