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Hondo Lane, a dispatch rider for the cavalry, encounters Angie Lowe, a woman living alone with her young son in the midst of hostile Apache territory. She presumes she is safe because the Apaches, under their chief Vittorio, have always left them alone. Later Hondo has a run-in with Angie's good-for...

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Corporate Authors: Warner Bros. Pictures (1923-1967), Batjac Productions, Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Grant, James Edward, 1905-1966, Fellows, Robert, 1903-1969, Fellows, Wayne, Farrow, John, 1904-1963, Wayne, John, 1907-1979, Page, Geraldine, Bond, Ward, 1903-1960, Arness, James, 1923-2011, Acosta, Rodolfo, 1920-1974, Aaker, Lee, Burks, Robert, Stout, Archie J., 1886-1973, Newman, Emil, Friedhofer, Hugo, L'Amour, Louis, 1908-1988
Format: Videos DVD
Language:English
Published: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2005]
Edition:Special collector's ed.
Series:John Wayne collection.
Subjects:
Women pioneers > United States > Drama.
Apache Indians > Drama.
Frontier and pioneer life > Southwest, New > Drama.
Man-woman relationships > United States > Drama.
Western films.
Film adaptations.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Summary:Hondo Lane, a dispatch rider for the cavalry, encounters Angie Lowe, a woman living alone with her young son in the midst of hostile Apache territory. She presumes she is safe because the Apaches, under their chief Vittorio, have always left them alone. Later Hondo has a run-in with Angie's good-for-nothing husband and is forced to kill him. When Vittorio captures Hondo to save his life, Angie tells the Apache chief that he is her husband. In order to protect her from a forced marriage with one of the Apaches, Hondo reluctantly goes along with the lie.
Item Description:Originally released as a motion picture in 1953.
Based on the novel "The gift of Cochise," by Louis L'Amour.
Special features: Special introduction by Leonard Maltin; Commentary by Leonard Maltin, Western historian Frank Thompson and actor Lee Aaker; Featurette: The making of Hondo; Profile: James Edward Grant; From the Batjac vaults; The Apache.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (ca. 83 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1; NTSC; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, mono.; full screen (1.33:1) presentation.
Audience:MPAA rating: Not rated.
Production Credits:Photography, Robert Burks, Archie Stout ; editor, Ralph Dawson ; music, Emil Newman, Hugo Friedhofer ; art director, Alfred Ybarra ; wardrobe, Carl Walker.
ISBN:1415709009
9781415709009

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