Hombre (film) ... Hombre (Spanish for 'man') is a 1967 American revisionist Western film directed by Martin Ritt, based on the 1961 novel of the same name by Elmore Leonard and starring Paul Newman, Fredric March, Richard Boone and Diane Cilento.
"Hombre" is a near-classic Western that doesn't play by classic rules. But it makes its points well, keeps you involved, and allows you to relish one of Paul Newman's most indelible roles.
By now we know the role Paul Newman will play, too, since he’s Hombre and that means he’s in the tradition of Hud, the Hustler and Harper. He’ll be taciturn and alienated and tough, but victimized by a lot of wishy-washy liberals.
An Apache-raised white man deals with racism while traveling in a stagecoach but the passengers soon change their attitude when the stage is robbed by outlaws and must rely on the mysterious Hombre's leadership and survival skills.
Paul Newman is Hombre! 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.
Synopsis John "Hombre" Russell (Paul Newman) patiently waits for a black stallion to lead its herd to a waterhole so he can trap the herd. He and his San Carlos Apache tribesmen will sell the horses to a local stagecoach line.
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