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Release Date:
21 March 1967 (USA)
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Tagline:
Hombre means MAN... Paul Newman is HOMBRE!
Plot:
John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws. full summary | full synopsis
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Stagecoach
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Lodging House
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Apache
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Inheritance
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Betrayal
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1 win
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2 nominations
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(7 articles)
This Week On DVD and Blu-ray: September 22, 2009
(From Rope Of Silicon. 22 September 2009, 12:19 AM, PDT)
Elmore Leonard’s ‘Freaky Deaky’ Headed for the Screen
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 17 July 2009, 10:49 AM, PDT)
(From Rope Of Silicon. 22 September 2009, 12:19 AM, PDT)
Elmore Leonard’s ‘Freaky Deaky’ Headed for the Screen
(From FilmSchoolRejects. 17 July 2009, 10:49 AM, PDT)
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"I got one question. How you gonna get down that hill?"
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Cast
(Complete credited cast)| Paul Newman | ... | John Russell | |
| Fredric March | ... | Dr. Alex Favor | |
| Richard Boone | ... | Cicero Grimes | |
| Diane Cilento | ... | Jessie | |
| Cameron Mitchell | ... | Frank Braden | |
| Barbara Rush | ... | Audra Favor | |
| Peter Lazer | ... | Billy Lee Blake | |
| Margaret Blye | ... | Doris Blake | |
| Martin Balsam | ... | Henry Mendez | |
| Skip Ward | ... | Steve Early | |
| Frank Silvera | ... | Mexican bandit | |
| David Canary | ... | Lamar Dean | |
| Val Avery | ... | Delgado | |
| Larry Ward | ... | Soldier |
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111 min
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2.35 : 1 more
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Mono (Westrex Recording System)
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Canada:G (Quebec) |
Canada:PG (Ontario) |
Canada:PG (Manitoba) |
Iceland:L |
Singapore:PG |
Australia:PG |
Finland:K-16 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:PG |
USA:Unrated |
West Germany:12
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David Canary's TV debut.
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Anachronisms: In one scene, the sheriff bemoans the risks of his job, saying that he's a target for some "punk" looking to make a reputation for himself; the term, meaning a young hoodlum, did not come into use until 1917, long after the time period of the film.
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Lamar Dean:
[Russell has climbed to the top of the stage] What are you doin' up there?
John Russell: Gettin' my things.
Lamar Dean: You figurin' on going some place?
John Russell: Why stay here?
Lamar Dean: Just how far do you thin you're gonna get?
John Russell: That's to find out.
Lamar Dean: [takes one waterbag] Now how far did you say you were gonna get?
Henry Mendez: Leave us some water!
Lamar Dean: [shoots the remaining waterbag] Now how far?
John Russell: Oh about as far as Delgado's.
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John Russell: Gettin' my things.
Lamar Dean: You figurin' on going some place?
John Russell: Why stay here?
Lamar Dean: Just how far do you thin you're gonna get?
John Russell: That's to find out.
Lamar Dean: [takes one waterbag] Now how far did you say you were gonna get?
Henry Mendez: Leave us some water!
Lamar Dean: [shoots the remaining waterbag] Now how far?
John Russell: Oh about as far as Delgado's.
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Referenced in "Jeopardy!: (#22.69)" (2005)
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Superbly written and acted, Hombre is one of the two or three best end-of-the-West Westerns ever made.
Based on the Elmore Leonard novel and starring Paul Newman, Hombre is the story of John Russell, a white man raised by Apaches forced by circumstances to be responsible for the lives of a group of people who despise him.
Dr. Faver: You've learned something about white people. They stick together. John Russell: They better.
Newman is sterling as Russell, whose sense of honor puts him into a no-win situation, and whose tenacity will not allow him to back off. Richard Boone was rarely better than as Cicero Grimes, who matches Russell, steely-eyed glare for steely-eyed glare. His performance here is on par with his portrayal of gang-leader John Fain in Big Jake, just a few years later.
Grimes: Well, now. Now what do you suppose hell is gonna look like? Russell: We all die. It's just a question of when.
Also outstanding are Diane Cilento, Barbara Rush, and Martin Balsam. A strong performance by character actor Frank Silvera as an unnamed Mexican bandit is one of the film's many gems.
Russell: (after wounding the Bandit)I would have done better, but I think you moved. Bandit: You can be sure I moved!
The magnificently desolate northern Arizona desert becomes an additional character in the film.
If you are looking for the ultimate tough-guy film, you need look no further than Hombre.