Hondo (1953)
Directed by John
Farrow this film stars John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael
Pate and Lee Aaker. A dispatch rider for the US cavalry meets a woman
and her son at their ranch after his horse as been killed by Apaches.
You could say that the
plot of this film was pretty much exactly what you would expect from
a John Wayne western with a little romance, a bar fight and some
battle scenes. Probably the best the best thing you can say in favour
of this film is that while it does little new or original the
treatment of the Native Americans in the film is a lot better than
you will often find in the genre. Mostly the film is well made but
again does little to stand out from the many similar films about.
3/5
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