Hombre (1967)

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  • HOMBRE


    PRODUCED BY IRVING RAVETCH/ MARTIN RITT
    DIRECTED BY MARTIN RITT
    HOMBRE PRODUCTIONS
    TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX CORPORATION



    Information from IMDb


    Plot Summary
    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


    Full Cast
    Paul Newman ... John Russell
    Fredric March ... Favor
    Richard Boone ... Grimes
    Diane Cilento ... Jessie
    Cameron Mitchell ... Braden
    Barbara Rush ... Audra Favor
    Peter Lazer ... Billy Lee
    Margaret Blye ... Doris
    Martin Balsam ... Mendez
    Skip Ward ... Steve Early
    Frank Silvera ... Mexican Bandit
    David Canary ... Lamar Dean
    Val Avery ... Delgado
    Larry Ward ... Soldier
    Linda Cordova ... Mrs. Delgado (uncredited)
    Pete Hernandez ... Apache (uncredited)
    Merrill C. Isbell ... Apache (uncredited)


    Writing Credits
    Irving Ravetch (screenplay) and
    Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay)
    Elmore Leonard (novel)


    Original Music
    David Rose


    Cinematography
    James Wong Howe


    Trivia
    Filming on "Hombre" coincided with that year's Academy Awards.
    Co-star Martin Balsam was a Best Supporting Actor nominee for A Thousand Clowns,
    and not having received permission to leave the set, Balsam sneaked off to attend the ceremony. He won the Oscar.


    The photo in the closing credits of the film was taken in 1886 by Camillus Fly, the famous Tombstone (AZ) photographer.
    The white boy in the photo is Jimmy (Santiago) McKinn, captured by the Apaches in 1885.
    Like the Paul Newman character in the film, McKinn was totally assimilated in the tribe and
    was rescued against his will when Geronimo surrendered in 1886.


    David Canary's TV debut.


    Goofs
    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.


    John Russell's sidearm during the film is a Colt Single Action Army revolver with a 7" barrel.
    However, in the final scene where Russell is on the ground exchanging shots with the vaquero
    the revolver has changed to a modern (and not yet invented) large frame double action revolver.


    The shotgun shells Mendez carries are a modern red plastic case. Period shells were brass cased.


    The horse the bandito is riding has a snap to connect the throatlatch.
    None of the bridles of that day would have used snaps as they had not been invented at that time.


    Revealing mistakes
    When John Russell is coming to Delgado to see Mendez, in the background
    are 3 or 4 farm vehicles working in the distance.
    The sun can be see gleaming from one of them as it moves through a dust cloud it is making.


    Memorable Quotes


    Filming Locations
    Bell Ranch, Santa Susana, California, USA
    Coronado National Forest, Arizona, USA
    Helvetia Mine, Pima County, Arizona, USA
    Old Tucson - 201 S. Kinney Road, Tucson, Arizona, USA

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

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  • Hombre is a 1967 revisionist western film directed by Martin Ritt,
    based on the novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard and starring
    Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone, Martin Balsam, and Diane Cilento.


    Newman's amount of dialogue in the film is minimal and much of the role
    is conveyed through mannerism and action.
    This was the sixth and final time Ritt directed Newman,
    #they had previously worked together on
    The Long Hot Summer, Paris Blues, Hemingway's Adventures of a Young Man,
    Hud and The Outrage.


    User Review

    Best Wishes
    Keith
    London- England

    Edited 3 times, last by ethanedwards ().

  • Newman was badly miscast in a role that would have been ideal for Charles Bronson.


    It did not make sense how Russell allowed the Mexican outlaw to live. Also Grimes went up the hill when it was obvious he would get shot.