Hombre (1967)
Based on the Elmore
Leonard novel of the same name this film from director Martin Ritt
stars Raul Newman, Diane Cilento and Martin Balsam. A white man
raised by Apaches enters white society and travels on a stagecoach
with people that do not trust him but end up having to rely on him.
There are elements of
the plot of this film which could come directly from stagecoach
(1939) but the film has the anti racist tones of Ford's later The
Searchers (1956) and fits in with the genres re-evaluation of it's
attitude towards native Americans. Maybe the film lacks a little of
the visual flair of Ford but there are still some great scenery shots
and good performances from the cast. A few of the characters sub
plots go a little under developed but otherwise this is a good film.
4/5
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