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Release Date:
5 April 1954 (UK)
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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
Awards:
Nominated for 2 Oscars.
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(4 articles)
Shall we gather at the river?
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 11 June 2009, 1:11 PM, PDT)
Katzenberg Predicts 3-D Will Be Sight for Sore Box Office
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 15 November 2007)
(From Roger Ebert's Blog. 11 June 2009, 1:11 PM, PDT)
Katzenberg Predicts 3-D Will Be Sight for Sore Box Office
(From Studio Briefing - Film News. 15 November 2007)
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50th anniversary of a western classic
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| 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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They Called Him Hondo (USA) (pre-release title)
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83 min
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Color (Warnercolor)
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1.85 : 1 more
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Mono (RCA Sound System)
Certification:
Norway:16 |
Australia:M |
West Germany:12 (nf) |
Finland:K-16 |
USA:Approved (PCA #16575) |
Sweden:15
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John Wayne attributed the film's moderate performance at the box office to its similarity with Shane (1953).
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Continuity: In the final battle scene at the end of the movie, the wagon being driven by Buffalo Baker has one of its lead horses go down. John Wayne cuts the animal loose and the wagon takes off with three horses pulling it. In the final scene of the movie, after the battle has concluded, the wagon rides off with a full compliment of four horses.
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Quotes:
Hondo Lane:
That dog don't take to pettin', son.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Married with Children: All in the Family (#2.22)" (1988)
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This exciting and colorful 3D film was released 50 years ago this week and remains an enjoyable action adventure today. With its distinctive peppermint-striped titles, the movie is one of John Wayne's best westerns and he happens upon a young woman at her isolated ranch and warns her of the threat of Indian uprisings. There is tension between the dispatch rider and the woman at first but she also knows that her son enjoys the man's presence on their ranch. Ward Bond and James Arness are the best-known cast members, and Geraldine Page, in her first movie, received an Academy Award nomination for her work in this film. The battle scenes are exciting, a series of hit-and-run cavalry-Indian fighting under bright blue skies and thick, fluffy clouds. The sound effects during the battles, of bullets and arrows hitting home are realistic and superb. The movie was filmed in Camargo, Mexico, an arid desert country studded with isolated, cone-shaped mesas. The music score by Hugo Friedhofer is among his best work.