Hondo (film)
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| Hondo | |
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 1953 movie poster |
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| Directed by | John Farrow |
| Produced by | Robert M. Fellows John Wayne |
| Written by | screenplay by James Edward Grant from a short story by Louis L'Amour |
| Starring | John Wayne Geraldine Page Ward Bond Michael Pate James Arness Leo Gordon |
| Music by | Hugo W. Friedhofer Emil Newman |
| Cinematography | Robert Burks Louis Clyde Stoumen Archie J. Stout |
| Editing by | Ralph Dawson |
| Distributed by | Warner Brothers |
| Release date(s) | November 27, 1953 |
| Running time | 84 min |
| Country | USA |
| Language | English |
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| IMDb profile | |
Hondo is a 1953 western film starring John Wayne. It is somewhat a retelling of Hamlet, in that Hondo kills a young boy's father, marries the boy's mother and becomes a father figure for the boy. The screenplay is based on the short story The Gift of Cochise by Louis L'Amour. The story tells the adventures of a cavalry scout and his relation with a frontier woman and her son at an isolated ranch. Geraldine Page played the girl and Ward Bond played Wayne's sidekick. The main story line tells of Hondo Lane, a cavalry rider, who becomes captured by the Apache Indians under Chief Vittorio. Angie Low, who had been living amongst the Apaches for years, comes to Hondo's aid at his hour of need. The script focuses on psychological descriptions and the drama of the Native Americans from New Mexico. The action scenes and the 3-D photography are also highpoints of the film.
The Australian John Farrow directed the movie.
[edit] References in Popular Culture
Several times on the show Married... with Children, Al Bundy refers to it as “The greatest movie of all that come on TV once in a while”. On several episodes, Al has tried to watch Hondo on televison but has to usually overcome obstacles such as getting rid of Peg's family for a day or doing chores.
[edit] External links
- Hondo at the Internet Movie Database
- Hondo at All Movie Guide
- Hondo at the TCM Movie Database
- Screenshot of Hondo
