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The Unforgiven

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Audrey Hepburn and Burt Lancaster in The Unforgiven (1960)
The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.
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The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.The neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiowa tribe.
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    • John Huston
    • Ben Maddow(screenplay)
    • Alan Le May(based on a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Audrey Hepburn
    • Audie Murphy
    • John Huston
    • Ben Maddow(screenplay)
    • Alan Le May(based on a novel by)
  • Stars
    • Burt Lancaster
    • Audrey Hepburn
    • Audie Murphy
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    • 121User reviews
    • 44Critic reviews
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    Audrey Hepburn and Burt Lancaster in The Unforgiven (1960)
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    Audrey Hepburn and Burt Lancaster in The Unforgiven (1960)
    Audrey Hepburn and Burt Lancaster in The Unforgiven (1960)
    Audrey Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Lillian Gish, Audie Murphy, and Doug McClure in The Unforgiven (1960)
    Audrey Hepburn and Doug McClure in The Unforgiven (1960)
    Burt Lancaster and Audie Murphy in The Unforgiven (1960)
    Audrey Hepburn and Lillian Gish in The Unforgiven (1960)
    Audrey Hepburn, Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy, and Doug McClure in The Unforgiven (1960)
    Audie Murphy and Kipp Hamilton in The Unforgiven (1960)
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    Burt Lancaster
    Burt Lancaster
    • Ben Zachary
    Audrey Hepburn
    Audrey Hepburn
    • Rachel Zachary
    Audie Murphy
    Audie Murphy
    • Cash Zachary
    John Saxon
    John Saxon
    • Johnny Portugal
    Charles Bickford
    Charles Bickford
    • Zeb Rawlins
    Lillian Gish
    Lillian Gish
    • Mattilda Zachary
    Albert Salmi
    Albert Salmi
    • Charlie Rawlins
    Joseph Wiseman
    Joseph Wiseman
    • Abe Kelsey
    June Walker
    June Walker
    • Hagar Rawlins
    Kipp Hamilton
    Kipp Hamilton
    • Georgia Rawlins
    Arnold Merritt
    Arnold Merritt
    • Jude Rawlins
    Doug McClure
    Doug McClure
    • Andy Zachary
    Carlos Rivas
    Carlos Rivas
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      • John Huston
      • Ben Maddow(screenplay)
      • Alan Le May(based on a novel by)
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    • Trivia
      Before filming began, director John Huston and star Burt Lancaster took actress Lillian Gish out to the desert to teach her how to shoot, which she would have to do in the film. However, Huston was astounded to discover that Gish could shoot more accurately, and faster, than both he and Lancaster, who thought themselves expert marksmen. It turned out that early in her career Gish was taught how to shoot by notorious western outlaw and gunfighter Al J. Jennings, who had become an actor after his release from a long prison sentence for train robbery and was in the cast of one of her films. She found that she liked shooting and over the years had developed into an expert shot.
    • Goofs
      In the scene where the piano is delivered, Lancaster's hair style changes again and again, from trimmed to long, from wind swept to coiffured.
    • Quotes

      Rachel Zachary: Ben, what did those Indians want?

      Ben Zachary: They offered to buy you for those five horses.

      Rachel Zachary: Well, did you sell me?

      Ben Zachary: Nope; held out for more horses.

    • Connections
      Featured in The 43rd Annual Academy Awards (1971)
    • Soundtracks
      Down in the Valley
      (uncredited)

      Traditional

      Sung by June Walker and Kipp Hamilton

      [Hagar and Georgia sing the song at the Zachary/Rawlins lunch]

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    7/10
    Very good Western plenty of stars , dealing with racism , Indian fights and dramatic events
    This splendid film is an accurate picture of post-Civil War Texas life , much as John Ford had earlier done with Alan LeMay's "The Searchers" . The neighbors of a frontier family named Zachary (Burt Lancaster , Audie Murphy , Doug McClure and their mother excellently played by Lillian Gish) turn on them when it is suspected that their adopted daughter was stolen from the local Kiawa tribe . Then , the battle between white men and Kiowas go on the warpath . Problems emerge when a secret about a mestizo results to be discovered . As a Kiowa tribe claims that the daughter (it was Audrey Hepburn's only Western) is one of their own , stolen in a raid and she will be excluded for both races .

    Offbeat Western about racial intolerance focuses an enjoyable family and the dramatic deeds happen when a dark secret surfaces . It's an interesting western with exceptional interpretation from protagonist duo , Burt Lancaster and Audrey Hepburn . However , Audrey Hepburn was seriously injured when she was thrown by a horse between scenes spent six weeks in the hospital healing from a broken back, and when she returned to the set was able to complete her role wearing a back brace, John Huston blamed himself for the mishap and hated this movie, and Hepburn bore no ill will towards the director ; while Audrey was in hospital, Huston filmed scenes using a double . Furthermore , a likable Doug McClure as his kind brother , he is very fine as well as Audie Murphy as Cash, the hotheaded brother who reacts violently to learning his sister is a red skin Indian . Special mention to Lillian Gish as their affectionate mummy and Joseph Wiseman as the crazy Kelsey . The picture was well produced by Harold Hecht/James Hill/ Burt Lancaster ; they wanted to ensure its commerciality and change the film's direction , they wished to cast Kirk Douglas as Lancaster's brother, which would throw off the balance in the brothers' relationship. The first effort at a rewrite did not work and after fifty pages into the second rewrite, the original writer , J.P. Miller , quit the film and broke off his relationship with the producers and being hired Ben Maddow who wrote the script based on the novel written by Alan LeMay . Glittering and shimmer cinematography is perfectly reflected on spectacular outdoors and colorful interiors by cameraman Franz Planer , though Oswald Morris says in his memoirs he was offered this film. Emotive as well as thrilling musical score by the classic Dimitri Tiomkin .

    The motion picture was compellingly directed by John Huston who 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 . The flick was made in a good time of the 50s and 60s when Huston resurged as a filmmaker of quality films and with the momentum in his favor, as John hung around in Hollywood this time to write and/or direct some of the finest American cinema made including The African Queen , The jungle of asphalt (1950), Red badge of courage (1951) ,Moulin Rouge (1952), Moby Dick (1956), The unforgiven (1960), Misfits (1961), Freud (1962), The night of the iguana (1964) , they were for the most part, well-regarded but certainly not close to the level of his earlier revered work . He also experimented behind-the-camera with colour effects and approached topics that most others would not even broach, including thought-provoking themes and psychoanalysis . He subsequently directed successes such as Fat City, (1972 ), The man who would be king (1975) and Wise blood (1979). He ended his career on a high note with Under volcano (1984), Honor of Prizzi (1985) and Dublineses (1987). Rating : 7'5 above average , worthwhile watching . This odd western , ¨The unforgiven¨ , is one of John Huston's main films , a model of his kind , definitely a must see if you are aficionado to Western film . Huston broke a new ground with this landmark movie , providing exciting scenes and unforgettable dialogs .
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    • Release date
      • April 6, 1960 (United States)
      • United States
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Durango, Mexico
    • Production companies
      • Hecht-Hill-Lancaster Productions
      • James Productions
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    • 2 hours 5 minutes
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