Yeah, John Ford was awesome, one of the great directors of all time. Ingmar Bergman once called him the greatest living film director back in the 60's. Kurosawa was heavily influenced by him too. Bergman's longtime cameraman, Sven Nyquist, cited The Long Voyage Home as the main film that inspired him to become a cinematographer.

My dad is the one who introduced me to this movie years ago, and I have loved it since. Hope you like it too.