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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9781415709009
Format: Collector's Edition, Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, Special Edition, NTSC
ISBN: 1415709009
Label: Paramount
Manufacturer: Paramount
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Paramount
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 11, 2005
Running Time: 83 minutes
Sales Rank: 3885
Studio: Paramount
Theatrical Release Date: November 27, 1953
Editorial Review:
Description:
Based on the Louis L'Amour story 'The Gift of Cochise,' this sparkling western has Wayne as a half-Indian Cavalry scout who, with his feral dog companion, finds a young woman and her son living on a isolated ranch in unfriendly Apache country. A poetic and exciting script, outstanding performances, and breathtaking scenery make this an indisputable classic. Page's debut.
Amazon.com:
Although scarcely seen in its original 3-D, and entirely out of sight for a decade and a half after its producer-star died, Hondo has maintained a high rep among John Wayne fans--and it wasn't even directed by Howard Hawks or John Ford. (Actually, Ford did shoot some second-unit stuff while visiting Wayne on location.) Half-breed Hondo, companioned only by an antisocial dog, tends to be more sympathetic toward the Apaches than toward the white society he occasionally scouts for. He falls into uneasy friendship with a New Mexico farmwoman (Geraldine Page) whose husband deserts her for long stretches, and whose son (Lee Aaker) is blood brother to the local Apache chieftain. A good, spare frontier tale--Louis L'Amour via James Edward (Angel and the Badman) Grant--in which danger and solace come in unexpected ways. John Farrow, who did direct, brings it in at a lean 84 minutes. Page was Oscar®-nominated for this first film role. --Richard T. Jameson
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - HONDO
This is one of many John Wayne films I worked on as a stuntman. It was fun working with him and he will always be the essence of American to the bone. This is truly a great film, directed by John Farrow. Lots of action and Indian raids make it a spectacular event.
Rating: - Hondo (Full Screen)
For 1953 Hondo was a brutal portrayal of the West. Hondo was based on a Louis L'Amour novel, in fact, it was the first novel that L'Amour had published & was also his first property to be transformed to the silver screen. The film was directed by John Farrow (father of Mia) & shot in Mexico. The screenplay was written by James Edward Grant, Wayne's favorite screenwriter.
Hondo is a Western much in the classic vein but with an added realism that was unusual for 1953. In the opening ... Read More
Rating:  - Hondo
John Wayne is the best there is and always will be! A true american icon!
Rating: - Louie L'Amour and John Wayne - two icons make a fine film
This was one of Louie L'Amour's best stories and one of John Wayne's best films, probably his best in the decade following WWII. The screenplay closely parallels the novel, with much of the movie dialogue identical. Great Westerns like Hondo, Shane, and Lonesome Dove seem to trust the novelist. Because the medias are different, a movie may delete great swaths of narrative, but the good ones seem to stick to the plotline and characterization.
Because the screenplay creatively follows the ... Read More
Rating: - The best written Wayne Western
This gorgeous little movie is one of the few Wayne ever did where the
story stays true to the Western genre and doesn't insult your intelligence
at the same time. (seeBig Jake for an example of the opposite.)
What makes this better is the complexity of the character and the sympathy
with which the Apache are portrayed-that was a rarity back then. There is also a wholly enjoyable relationship between Hondo and 'his' dog that culminates in one of the most shocking scenes ever in ... Read More
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