
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... (Full plot summary below)
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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.
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| The SpectatorPenelope HoustonStrikes a not very satisfactory balance between traditionalist themes... and interludes for reflection on race prejudice and so on. |
| LarsenOnFilmJosh Larsen"...depicts the American West as a collision of codes." |
| Cleveland PressTony MastroianniAs a Western, Hombre offers enough excitement to stand up with the best of them. As a motion picture with sure-handed direction, a literate script and excellent acting it also offers something for all audiences, Western fans or not. |
| Kansas City KansanSteve CrumSun-blaring Newman western; gritty action |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertRitt directs with a steady hand, and the dialog by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Flank bears listening to. It's intelligent, and has a certain grace as well. |
| Time OutDerek AdamsOne of Ritt's best films, with fine performances all round, impressive Death Valley locations, and superlative camerawork from James Wong Howe. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzSuperior western, with a liberal slant, based on the novel by Elmore Leonard. |
| The New York TimesBosley CrowtherHombre seems constantly meaning to have something vital to say, maybe about racial antagonisms, that it can't quite sputter out because it has so much to do. But in the doing of it, all the people are fine in their roles and the whole is tremendously engrossing without being important. Hombre is tough. |
| EmanuelLevy.ComEmanuel LevyMartin Ritt's movie set a new trend in American Westerns in its criticism of the White men and in suggesting that the Native Americans are morally superior. |
| User Reviewseyyed aria gThe last time Ritt & Newman worked together, and the last of the continuous lucky H films that Newman was going through. Clearly one of the most underrated and unsung westerns, let alone a film that should be up way higher in the ranks in which people label 'classics'. By far one of the most amazing films. And Paul Newman . . . what is there to say, even with little dialogue he blows a persons mind in all matters of speaking. No one will ever even come close to comparing or being in the same field as what he is. Just too good. |