Hondo (1953) | |
| Director(s) | John Farrow |
| Producer(s) | Robert Fellows, John Wayne (uncredited) |
| Top Genres | Action, Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance, War, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based |
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Hondo Overview:
Hondo (1953) was a Action - Drama Film directed by John Farrow and produced by John Wayne and Robert Fellows.
Academy Awards 1953 --- Ceremony Number 26 (source: AMPAS)
| Award | Recipient | Result |
| Best Supporting Actress | Geraldine Page | Nominated |
| Best Writing | Louis L'Amour | Nominated |
BlogHub Articles:
John Wayne in 3D in Hondo!
By Rick29 on May 1, 2023 From Classic Film & TV CafeJohn Wayne as Hondo. With John Wayne's 1953 3D Western Hondo, you actually get two movies in one. The first is an interesting love story between an tough dispatch rider for the U.S. Cavalry and a lonely woman--with a worthless husband--who operates a ranch deep in Apache territory. The second "movi... Read full article
"Hondo" (1)
By Jeremy Carr on Jul 10, 2013 From Studies in CinemaWhen John Wayne made Hondo in 1953, his masculine all-American tough guy persona was already well-established. Rumor has it that after a screening of Hondo Wayne himself said, “I’ll be damned if I’m not the stuff men are made of.” Presumably he was joking (he had a great se... Read full article
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Quotes from
Hondo Lane:
Destarti. You remind me of her some.
Angie Lowe: Of an Indian girl? Was she fair?
Hondo Lane: Her hair was black as ten feet down. Did you ever see a crow's wing, how black and gleaming it is?
Angie Lowe: Yes.
Hondo Lane: That's the way her hair shined. I'd like to pay you for that rope. Ridin' dispatch, I have the right to give you a script.
Angie Lowe: You loved her?
Hondo Lane: I don't know. I needed her.
Angie Lowe: But if she was dark and I'm fair...
Hondo Lane: Why you reminded me of her?
Angie Lowe: Yes
Hondo Lane: I don't know. I've thought about it. You don't look anything like her.
Angie Lowe: I am fully aware that I am a homely woman, Mr. Lane.
Hondo Lane: I didn't mean that. I got a bad habit of tellin' the truth, but being pretty isn't much. I know a lot of pretty people I wouldn't trust with a busted nickle-plated watch. But some others, somethin' comes outa the inside of 'em and you know you can trust 'em. Destarti had that. And you've got it too.
[he kisses her]
Angie Lowe: I'm a married woman.
Hondo Lane: I thought about that, too. I guess I kissed you because you remind me of Destarti. Or maybe it's because I hate to think of your hair hangin' from the center pole of an Apache wickiup. But a long time ago, I made me a rule. I let people do what they want to do.
Angie Lowe: You're a strange man, Mr. Lane.
Hondo Lane: I don't know about that. Bye, Mrs. Lowe.
Hondo Lane: Everybody gets dead. It was his turn.
Angie Lowe: I love you. I suppose I shouldn't have said that with my husband dead so short a time.
Hondo Lane: I don't guess people's hearts got anything to do with a calendar.
Angie Lowe: You were so wonderful, refusing to lie for Vittorio.
Hondo Lane: Oh, he was testing me. Indians hate lies. And I guess I got to feelin' the same way, but once in awhile a fella's got to lie if it'll make it easier on someone else.
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Angie Lowe: Of an Indian girl? Was she fair?
Hondo Lane: Her hair was black as ten feet down. Did you ever see a crow's wing, how black and gleaming it is?
Angie Lowe: Yes.
Hondo Lane: That's the way her hair shined. I'd like to pay you for that rope. Ridin' dispatch, I have the right to give you a script.
Angie Lowe: You loved her?
Hondo Lane: I don't know. I needed her.
Angie Lowe: But if she was dark and I'm fair...
Hondo Lane: Why you reminded me of her?
Angie Lowe: Yes
Hondo Lane: I don't know. I've thought about it. You don't look anything like her.
Angie Lowe: I am fully aware that I am a homely woman, Mr. Lane.
Hondo Lane: I didn't mean that. I got a bad habit of tellin' the truth, but being pretty isn't much. I know a lot of pretty people I wouldn't trust with a busted nickle-plated watch. But some others, somethin' comes outa the inside of 'em and you know you can trust 'em. Destarti had that. And you've got it too.
[he kisses her]
Angie Lowe: I'm a married woman.
Hondo Lane: I thought about that, too. I guess I kissed you because you remind me of Destarti. Or maybe it's because I hate to think of your hair hangin' from the center pole of an Apache wickiup. But a long time ago, I made me a rule. I let people do what they want to do.
Angie Lowe: You're a strange man, Mr. Lane.
Hondo Lane: I don't know about that. Bye, Mrs. Lowe.
Hondo Lane: Everybody gets dead. It was his turn.
Angie Lowe: I love you. I suppose I shouldn't have said that with my husband dead so short a time.
Hondo Lane: I don't guess people's hearts got anything to do with a calendar.
Angie Lowe: You were so wonderful, refusing to lie for Vittorio.
Hondo Lane: Oh, he was testing me. Indians hate lies. And I guess I got to feelin' the same way, but once in awhile a fella's got to lie if it'll make it easier on someone else.
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Facts about
Originally filmed in 3-D.
John Wayne attributed the film's moderate performance at the box office to its similarity with Shane.
Geraldine Page, a left wing liberal actress from Broadway, was horrified by the right-wing views of John Wayne, Ward Bond, James Arness and John Farrow.
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John Wayne attributed the film's moderate performance at the box office to its similarity with Shane.
Geraldine Page, a left wing liberal actress from Broadway, was horrified by the right-wing views of John Wayne, Ward Bond, James Arness and John Farrow.
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