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Hondo (1953) -- Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

Overview

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Director:
John Farrow
Writers:
Louis L'Amour (short story "The Gift of Cochise")
James Edward Grant (screenplay)
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Release Date:
27 November 1953 (USA) more
Tagline:
...They called him 'HONDO' more
Plot:
Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars. more
User Comments:
Geraldine Page makes her screen debut in Hondo and she is marvelous. more

Cast

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John Wayne ... Hondo Lane

Geraldine Page ... Angie Lowe
Ward Bond ... Buffalo Baker
Michael Pate ... Vittorio - Chiricahua Apache Chief
James Arness ... Lennie - Army Indian Scout
Rodolfo Acosta ... Silva
Leo Gordon ... Ed Lowe
Tom Irish ... Lieutenant McKay
Lee Aaker ... Johnny Lowe
Paul Fix ... Major Sherry
Rayford Barnes ... Pete - Card Player in Saloon
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
They Called Him Hondo (USA) (pre-release title)
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Runtime:
83 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Warnercolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono (RCA Sound System)
Filming Locations:
Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico more

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Originally filmed in 3-D. more
Goofs:
Audio/visual unsynchronized: The sound of sharpening continues after Hondo has lifted the ax from the grind stone. more
Quotes:
Angie Lowe: Anyway, I don't believe a dog can smell Indians. I mean, as different from anyone else. You and me, for instance.
Hondo Lane: Well they can. As a matter of fact, Indians can smell white people.
Angie Lowe: I don't believe it.
Hondo Lane: Well it's true. I'm part Indian and I can smell you when I'm downwind of you.
Angie Lowe: That's impossible.
Hondo Lane: No, it isn't impossible, Mrs. Lowe. You baked today. I can smell fresh bread on you. Sometime today, you cooked with salt pork. Smell that on you, too. You smell all over like soap: you took a bath. And, on top of that, you smell all over like a woman. I could find you in the dark, Mrs. Lowe, and I'm only part Indian.
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Referenced in "Married with Children: All in the Family (#2.22)" (1988) more

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19 out of 26 people found the following comment useful:-
Geraldine Page makes her screen debut in Hondo and she is marvelous., 10 August 2001
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Author: countryway_48864 from United States

Someone in an earlier comment said that John Wayne is, "always bad." I take great umbrage in that statement. He was always good and often marvelous and sometimes Magnificent.

His Hondo is a very different character from Ethan Edwards or Thomas Dunson. Here, he is a younger Wil Anderson or a more somber Quirt Evans.

I like Hondo. It's not a great film like Red River or The Searchers, but it does explore the lonely existence of a woman living in the back of beyond. It also explores the way in which a semi-tamed man becomes a father substitute and good husband, something Ethan Edwards would never become.

Geraldine Page shines like a new penny in this, her first film. She won an Academy Award nomination for her role in Hondo, and she deserved it.

Hondo is a man who is hardened by experience but still capable of understanding, compassion and love. He also works HARD. It's fun to see John Wayne with nails in his mouth, shoeing a horse!

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