Complete credited cast: | |||
Paul Newman | ... | John Russell | |
Fredric March | ... | Favor | |
Richard Boone | ... | Grimes | |
Diane Cilento | ... | Jessie | |
Cameron Mitchell | ... | Braden | |
Barbara Rush | ... | Audra Favor | |
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Peter Lazer | ... | Billy Lee |
Margaret Blye | ... | Doris | |
Martin Balsam | ... | Henry Mendez | |
Skip Ward | ... | Steve Early | |
Frank Silvera | ... | Mexican Bandit | |
David Canary | ... | Lamar Dean | |
Val Avery | ... | Delgado | |
Larry Ward | ... | Soldier |
John 'Hombre' Russell is a white man raised by the Apaches on an Indian reservation and later by a white man in town. As an adult he prefers to live on the reservation. He is informed that he has inherited a lodging-house in the town. He goes to the town and decides to trade the place for a herd. He has to go to another city. The only stagecoach is one being hired for a special trip paid by Faver and his wife Audra. As there are several seats others join the stagecoach making seven very different passengers in all. During the journey they are robbed. With the leadership of John Russell they escape with little water and the money that the bandits want. They are pursued by the bandits. As they try to evade the bandits they reveal their true nature in a life threatening situation. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil and Bill G. Walsall England
There are so many rave comments here about Hombre I won't repeat them. I'll just say this is my favorite Paul Newman movie of them all, and one of the best Western's ever made. Richard Boone is terrific as the villain. Newman's low-key performance is remarkably powerful and authoritative. Great cast, story, mood, with an almost Zen like quality in the unfolding and resolution. Hombre has stayed with me for 33 years.