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Watch: Hombre 1967 123movies, Full Movie Online – 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..
Plot: John Russell, disdained by his “respectable” fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.
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	7.4/10 Votes: 12,821
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_**Die for our sins, dog-eater**_

Released in 1967 and directed by Martin Ritt, “Hombre” is a Western starring Paul Newman as John Russell, a white man raised by Apaches on a reservation and thus disdained by the “respectable” stagecoach passengers traveling with him. Perhaps they’ll respect him when he becomes their only hope for survival. The driver & passengers are played by Martin Balsam, Diane Cilento, Richard Boone, Fredric March, Barbara Rush, Peter Lazer and Margaret Blye.

“Hombre” is a gritty realistic mid-60s Western; a character study that stands the test of time. Seeing it today, it’s hardly aged. Taken from Elmore Leonard’s novel, the script effectively shows the illusion of high and low social standing: The proud are proud until uncontrollable events swiftly bring them to their faces; the decent are only decent until survival or lust can only be attained through indecency. This is a tale of survival and in the heat of life-or-death tribulation what’s in one’s heart comes to the fore.

People complain that the climax leaves a sour taste, but it ends the way it must (see below).

ADDITIONAL CAST: Skip Ward, Frank Silvera, David Canary, Val Avery and Larry Ward.

The film runs 111 minutes and was shot mostly in Arizona, but also a couple scenes in Jean, Nevada and Bell Ranch, California.

GRADE: A

FURTHER COMMENTARY ***SPOILER ALERT*** (Don’t read until watching the movie)

John Russell tells the other passengers that they’ll only survive their life or death situation by being very careful and shrewd. Ultimately, he decides to be UNcareful in order to save an unworthy uppity woman in response to Jessie’s bold sympathy (at least she practiced what she preached). To survive, he relies on the inexperienced kid to take out the bandit while he shoots the main outlaw. Ironically, the kid’s shot is blocked by the very woman Russell is trying to save.

When the dust settles, the survivors are all revealed as seriously flawed one way or another, whether venal (Fredric March), arrogant (Barbara Rush) weak (Martin Balsam), green (the kid), morally dubious (Margaret Blye) or liberally naïve (Diane Cilento). The end leaves them speechless as unworthy sinners in the face of unmerited grace through Russell’s bold sacrifice. They represent the viewer, you & me: We can take the grace offered us and live a life worthy of it or put it out of mind and continue in our folly. It is every person’s plight.

We all die, it’s just a question of when?

Hombre is directed by Martin Ritt and adapted to screenplay by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr from the Elmore Leonard novel. It stars Paul Newman, Richard Boone, Fredric March, Diane Cilento, Cameron Mitchell and Barbara Rush. Music is by David Rose and cinematography by James Wong Howe. Plot finds Newman as John Russell, a white man who has been raised by the Apache. Travelling on a stagecoach after collecting his inheritance, Russell finds himself ostracised by his fellow white travellers. That is until something goes wrong and the group find they now need Russell’s skills in order to survive.

If it’s all right with you lady, I just didn’t feel like bleeding for him.

One of the best things about 1960s Westerns was that writers and directors were now more comfortable in portraying the Native Americans more honestly. Yes there were some excellent ones in the 50s as well, but as the 60s wore on things started to get more gritty, characterisations had a more daring depth to them and darker human thematics drove the narratives forward. One of the finest of the decade is Hombre, a literate and often bleak story that thrives on truisms as it spins off about racism, tolerance, corruption, selfishness, hypocrisy and vengeance. Crucially here the makers aren’t just about kicking the white man for injustices against the Native Americans, Russell, too, is not being portrayed as a stoic, moral, defender of the Apache. He also has major flaws, his bile consistently rising, he’s one cold fish. The film does indeed have a liberal slant, but it’s also kinked in places and ultimately plays out as a complex morality piece, where it’s to be noted that there’s not much to like about any of the characters here, this really is down and dirty stuff.

You wagged your tail in the mans face and got his attention.

The dialogue is sparse, which suits the material and tonal flow perfectly, thus making all conversations there is is to be savoured. The script has intelligent barbs and rough edged ironies dotted within the exchanges, for the group dynamic is frayed from the off and Ravetch and Frank’s script keeps the mood deliberately sombre. With Ritt unhurried and pacing it on the simmer, it’s a film that begs to be heard and understood. Filmed in Panavision on location in the Coronado National Forest area and the Helvetia Mines in Pima County (a real ghost town), pic has a naturalised beauty that belies the tone of the story. Photographer James Wong Howe composes some striking images for the scenery and deals in memorable deep-focus shots for John Russell’s telling moments. Howe, Ritt and Newman were a great team, four years earlier they had made Hud, with Ritt and Newman getting nominated for Academy Awards (Best Director/Actor respectively), and Howe winning for Best Cinematography (Black & White). Their understanding of each other is evident in Hombre, it’s a lesson in how to get three of your key Western elements right (direction, photography and leading actor).

Cast are led superbly by Newman, piercing blue eyes with an icy cold demeanour, there’s a boldness to the role that brings out a wonderfully simmering bitterness to Newman’s acting. Perfect foil to Newman is Boone (The Tall T/Rio Conchos), who is nicely restrained in an uncouth bully boy role. Balsam (Psycho/Cape Fear) is one of the few character actors of the time who could get away with playing a Mexican without inducing cringes, and March (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde/A Star is Born) scores well in a two fold character portrayal of some shiftiness. Of the girls it’s Cilento (Tom Jones) who leaves the lasting impression, she has Jessie as a lady not for turning, the character has taken her knocks but ploughs on with strength of mind and a tongue as sharp as a tack. Rush (It Came from Outer Space/Bigger than Life) is the weak link, never once looking or sounding right in a Western setting, she compounds this by looking hopeless on a horse. A decent actress in the right genre, but an Oater? No way.

That gripe about Rush aside, this is a cracker of a Western. Not one for the all action guns a toting brigade for sure, but one for the adult who likes a bit of moody cranial splendour in their Western diets. 9/10

My Favorite Western
This was a great production, with a fantastic cast, unforgettable script and an excellent director and cinematographer. My hat goes off to Paul Newman for taking a role that goes against his normally expected “cutesy” performances and portraying a character we all wish we could be more like. I will also applaud the performances of Diane Cilento, Frederick March, and Richard Boone. You all “can cut it”.

When “Hombre” was released, it received mixed reviews especially in the foreign markets. I really have a hard time believing this considering it’s competition. I love a good western and I have always had a problem with foreign made “spahgetti westerns” and never understood the popularity of “Fistful of Dollars” or “The Good, Bad and the Ugly”. Not taking anything away from Clint Eastwood (because his presence was the only thing that saved those films), but there was no credible dialog or memorable cliché’s to ever make me want to watch them more than once.

In my mind this has to be one of the top five westerns ever made and ranks up there with “High Noon” or “Stagecoach”. It always amazes me that people can criticize the performance of Paul Newman. I have a hard time envisioning anyone else that could have delivered as good a performance. (Possibly Gary Cooper} Newman has made many great films and just because he is so handsome, we have a hard time relating to him as the cold, unpretentious, supporter of the weak as was John Russell.

The Worst of the Human Race in a Western Movie Without Clichés
John ‘Hombre’ Russel (Paul Newman, in another great performance) is a man raised by the Apaches, in an Indian colony. He lives with them, when he is informed that he has inherited a lodging-house in the city. He goes to the city and decides to trade the place per a herd. He need to move to another city and gets the stagecoach, which is being replaced by the train, in a special trip paid by Faver (Fredric March) and his wife Audra (Barbara Rush). The stagecoach gathers seven very different passengers (like in John Ford’s ‘Stagecoach’), and during the journey, they are robbed. With the leadership of John Russel, they escape with little water, the money that the bandits want and having them in their tail. Along their running, most of them reveal their selfish essence, showing the worst of the human race.

This western movie is very different of most of others, since it is a film without clichés. Paul Newman’s character is nasty, very unpleasant, but also very honest. The bandits are really ‘bad guys’, feeling no mercy for the persons in the stagecoach. A great movie indicated for fans of ‘cowboy’ movies. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): “Hombre”

Other Information:

Original Language en
Runtime 1 hr 51 min (111 min)
Budget 5860000
Revenue 12000000
Status Released
Rated Approved
Genre Western
Director Martin Ritt
Writer Irving Ravetch, Harriet Frank Jr., Elmore Leonard
Actors Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone
Country United States
Awards 3 nominations
Production Company N/A
Website N/A

Technical Information:

Sound Mix Mono (Westrex Recording System)
Aspect Ratio 2.39 : 1
Camera Panavision Lenses
Laboratory DeLuxe, Hollywood (CA), USA (color)
Film Length 3,025 m (Sweden)
Negative Format 35 mm
Cinematographic Process Panavision (anamorphic)
Printed Film Format 35 mm