Hombre (1967)

Director:

Martin Ritt

Writers:

Irving Ravetch (screenplay) and
Harriet Frank Jr. (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:

21 March 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Western

Tagline:

Hombre means MAN... Paul Newman is HOMBRE!

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.

Plot Keywords:

Stagecoach | Apache | Lodging House | Beautiful Woman | Abandoned Mine

Awards:

1 win & 2 nominations

Cast

Paul Newman	...	John Russell
Fredric March	...	Dr. Alex Favor
Richard Boone	...	Cicero Grimes
Diane Cilento	...	Jessie
Cameron Mitchell	...	Frank Braden
Barbara Rush	...	Audra Favor
Peter Lazer	...	Billy Lee Blake
Margaret Blye	...	Doris Blake
Martin Balsam	...	Henry Mendez
Skip Ward	...	Steve Early
Frank Silvera	...	Mexican bandit
David Canary	...	Cowboy in Bar
Val Avery	...	Delgado
Larry Ward	...	Soldier
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Linda Cordova	...	Mrs. Delgado (uncredited)
Pete Hernandez	...	Apache (uncredited)
Merrill C. Isbell	...	Apache (uncredited)

Directed by
Martin Ritt

Writing credits
Irving Ravetch		(screenplay) and
Harriet Frank Jr.		(screenplay)
Elmore Leonard		(novel)

Produced by
Irving Ravetch	....	producer
Martin Ritt	....	producer

Original Music by
David Rose

Cinematography by
James Wong Howe		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Frank Bracht

Art Direction by
Jack Martin Smith
Robert Emmet Smith		(as Robert E. Smith)

Set Decoration by
Raphael Bretton		(set decorations)
Walter M. Scott

Costume Design by
Donfeld		(costumes designed by)

Makeup Department
Margaret Donovan	....	hair styles
Ben Nye	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Harry Caplan	....	unit production manager (as Harry A. Caplan)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
William McGarry	....	assistant director
Christopher Seitz	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Sound Department
John R. Carter	....	sound
David Dockendorf	....	sound

Stunts
Terry Leonard	....	stunts (uncredited)
Danny Sands	....	stunts (uncredited)
George P. Wilbur	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
James Mitchell	....	still photographer (uncredited)

Music Department
Jack Hayes	....	orchestration
David Rose	....	conductor
Leo Shuken	....	orchestration

Other crew
Tim Burstall	....	attachment
Meta Rebner	....	script supervisor

Production Companies

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation
• Hombre Productions (uncredited)

Distributors

• Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (1967) (USA) (theatrical)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1970) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Centfox (1967) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (19??) (USA) (DVD)
• CBS/Fox (19??) (USA) (VHS)
• CBS/Fox (19??) (USA) (laserdisc)

Also Known As:

"Man nannte ihn Hombre" - Austria, West Germany (imdb display title)
"A hallgatag ember" - Hungary
"Asi kabadayi" - Turkey (Turkish title)
"De kaldte ham Hombre" - Denmark (imdb display title)
"Hombre" - France (dubbed version)
"Hombre" - Finland
"Ombre!" - Greece (transliterated ISO-LATIN-1 title)
"Um Homem" - Portugal (imdb display title)
"Un hombre" - Spain

Runtime:

111 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono (Westrex Recording System)

Certification:

Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG (Ontario) | Canada:PG (Manitoba) | Iceland:L | Singapore:PG | UK:A (original rating) | UK:PG (tv rating) | Australia:PG | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:PG (video rating) (1988) | USA:Approved (certificate #21250) | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Bell Ranch, Santa Susana, California, USA

Company:

Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation

Trivia:

The photo in the closing credits of the film was taken in 1886 by Camillus Fly, the famous Tombstone (AZ) photographer. The white boy in the photo is Jimmy (Santiago) McKinn, captured by the Apaches in 1885. Like the Paul Newman character in the film, McKinn was totally assimilated in the tribe and was rescued against his will when Geronimo surrendered in 1886.

Goofs:

Plot holes: Three bandits bring Mrs Favor to the mine. One is sent "to flank" the party by covering the rear exit. After the final shootout, the Mexican and Grimes are killed and no mention is ever given of this third bandit.

Quotes:

[Grimes has just delivered an ultimatum to Mendez and the others]
John Russell:Hey. I got a question. How are you planning to get back down that hill?
Grimes:Now you wait a minute! I'm getting back down the same way I came up! (Begins running back down the hill. Russell shoots him as he is running)
Jessie:[as Grimes crawls away after being shot] Cicero Grimes, meet John Russell.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Jeopardy!: Episode #22.69" (2005)

One of the best westerns ever made

Outstanding direction, writing, acting, and cinematography make this film perhaps the best western ever made, and certainly outstanding in it's genre. The good guys aren't all that good, and the bad guys are despicable. The dialogue is from Elmore Leonard, and is some of the best dialogue ever written, western or not. Example: Early in the film Diane Cilento has retreated to the privacy of a shack to remove her petticoat because of the heat. Paul Newman is in the room, and watches her silently as she bears her legs. Then he says, "You'd better stop right there lady, or I'm gonna know all there is to know about you." Ms Cilento's character Jessie (a hard frontier woman who runs a boarding house and sleeps with the town sheriff) retorts, "You might have cleared your throat." Newman says, "I couldn't, my heart was in it." The minor part cast is also outstanding: Martin Balsam, Richard Boone, Cameron Mitchell, David Canary. I also mention the cinematographer, often overlooked, because it was James Wong Howe (Molly McGuires, This Property is Condemned, Hud, Fantasia) who was one of the greatest cinematographers that has ever lived.