Hondo (1953)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Director:

John Farrow

Escritores:

Louis L'Amour (short story "The Gift of Cochise")
James Edward Grant (screenplay)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

27 noviembre 1953 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Drama | Romance | Del Oeste

Frase comercial:

...They called him 'HONDO'

Plot:

Army despatch rider Hondo Lane discovers a woman and her son living in the midst of warring Apaches, and he becomes their protector.

Plot Keywords:

Apache | Cavalry | Swimming | Torture | 1870s

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars.

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Geraldine Page makes her screen debut in Hondo and she is marvelous.

Reparto

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

También conocida como:

They Called Him Hondo (USA) (pre-release title)
Hondo (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

83 min

País:

USA

Idioma:

Inglés | Athapascan languages

Color:

Color (Warnercolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (RCA Sound System)

Clasificación:

Norway:16 | Australia:M | West Germany:12 (nf) | Finland:K-16 | USA:Approved (PCA #16575) | Sweden:15

Locaciones de Filmación:

Camargo, Chihuahua, Mexico

Compañía:

Wayne-Fellows Productions

Trivialidades:

In the "Married with Children" (1987) episode "Assault and Batteries," Al Bundy says that Hondo is his favorite movie of all time, and he spends the entire episode trying to watch it in peace.

Errores:

Misceláneos: The brim on Hondo's hat changes how it is bent, up or down, from one shot to the next.

Citas:

Angie Lowe: Anyway, I don't believe a dog can smell Indians. I mean, as different from anyone else. You and me, for instance.
Hondo Lane: Well they can. As a matter of fact, Indians can smell white people.
Angie Lowe: I don't believe it.
Hondo Lane: Well it's true. I'm part Indian and I can smell you when I'm downwind of you.
Angie Lowe: That's impossible.
Hondo Lane: No, it isn't impossible, Mrs. Lowe. You baked today. I can smell fresh bread on you. Sometime today, you cooked with salt pork. Smell that on you, too. You smell all over like soap: you took a bath. And, on top of that, you smell all over like a woman. I could find you in the dark, Mrs. Lowe, and I'm only part Indian.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Married with Children: All in the Family (#2.22)" (1988)

Geraldine Page makes her screen debut in Hondo and she is marvelous.

Someone in an earlier comment said that John Wayne is, "always bad." I take great umbrage in that statement. He was always good and often marvelous and sometimes Magnificent.

His Hondo is a very different character from Ethan Edwards or Thomas Dunson. Here, he is a younger Wil Anderson or a more somber Quirt Evans.

I like Hondo. It's not a great film like Red River or The Searchers, but it does explore the lonely existence of a woman living in the back of beyond. It also explores the way in which a semi-tamed man becomes a father substitute and good husband, something Ethan Edwards would never become.

Geraldine Page shines like a new penny in this, her first film. She won an Academy Award nomination for her role in Hondo, and she deserved it.

Hondo is a man who is hardened by experience but still capable of understanding, compassion and love. He also works HARD. It's fun to see John Wayne with nails in his mouth, shoeing a horse!