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The Unforgiven (1960) 6.7
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiawa tribe. Director:John Huston |
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| Audrey Hepburn | ... | ||
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Cash Zachary
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Johnny Portugal
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| Lillian Gish | ... |
Mattilda Zachary
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Charlie Rawlins
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Abe Kelsey
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June Walker | ... |
Hagar Rawlins
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Kipp Hamilton | ... |
Georgia Rawlins
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Arnold Merritt | ... |
Jude Rawlins
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Andy Zachary
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Odd Western about racial intolerance focuses around Kiowa claim that the Zachary daughter is one of their own, stolen in a raid. The dispute results in other whites' turning their backs on the Zacharys when the truth is revealed by Mother. Murphy plays Cash, the hotheaded brother who reacts violently to learning his "sister" is a "red-hide Indian." He leaves the family but returns to help them fight off an Indian raid during which Hepburn kills her Kiowa brother, thus choosing sides once and for all. Written by <rita.richardson@arch2.nara.gov>
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The Heroic Story That Stands Tall and Proud Among the Screen Giants! See more »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
6 April 1960 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Denen man nicht vergibt See more »Filming Locations:
Durango, MexicoBox Office
Budget:
$5,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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2.35 : 1
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[yelling at a cow eating grass growing on the Zachary family's roof]
Rachel Zachary: Shoo now! Shoo! Ain't you got no better manners than to eat at the top of a house?
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(uncredited)
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Played after the lunch of the Zacharys and the Rawlins families
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Director Huston saw the film as an opportunity to make a serious comment on race relations, but the company thought anything along those lines should take a back seat to making it a commercial success as action/adventure. Lancaster's biographer Gary Fishgall quotes two of Huston's biographers who assert that Huston did not quit because he needed his $300,000 salary to restore his Irish manor house and saw the location shoot as an opportunity to indulge his passion for pre-Columbian art. See more »Goofs
In the copyright notice on "The End' screen, the year is given as MCMLVIX (it should be MCMLIX). See more »Quotes
[first lines][yelling at a cow eating grass growing on the Zachary family's roof]
Rachel Zachary: Shoo now! Shoo! Ain't you got no better manners than to eat at the top of a house?
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"Turkey in the Straw"(uncredited)
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Played after the lunch of the Zacharys and the Rawlins families
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I am in no way criticizing the film by saying this, but what kind of accent is that by Audrey Hepburn. It's not that her performance is bad, no, it's great. But Audrey Hepburn could never sound like she should be in a western. She does seem to try hard at it, but she can't shake away the French/Posh English/Cockney accent. But who really cares in the end. It must be really difficult for an actress to look really good on the set of a western, with all that dust and everything, but she looks real good.
Another reason why I like this movie is because of Audie Murphy. Sure, ol' Burt is a pro at this kind of thing, but he'll never be as cool as Audie Murphy. He's the one with the most conflicts, "My sister, an injian!?!?!", then he goes off drunk to his girlfriend Georgia. When she begs him to marry her, "I'm Drunk, but I not THAT drunk." Ha! Ha!
The film also has genuinely tense and frightening moments, and we owe most of these moments to Joseph Wiseman, playing Abe, the guy with the sword. He didn't even blink, and that eye just stares right at you, but seems to be out of focus at the same time like it's looking right through you. It wouldn't be that surprising to see something like that in recent films, because they've done psychos and demon-possessed aplenty since the seventies. But in 1960, it probably was real scary.
Saying it like the 'injians': FILM GOOD, YOU GO, SEE FILM.