--- title: 'Hondo (1953)' type: 'film' director: 'John Farrow' released: '1953-11-25' runtime_minutes: 83 certification: 'PG' genres: - 'Western' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/hondo-1953' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045883/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Hondo (1953) 1953 · PG · 83 min · Western · United States ## Synopsis Hondo is a 1953 Warnercolor 3D Western film directed by John Farrow and starring John Wayne and Geraldine Page. The screenplay is based on the 1952 Collier's short story "The Gift of Cochise" by Louis L'Amour. The book Hondo was a novelization of the film also written by L'Amour, and published by Gold Medal Books in 1953. The supporting cast features Ward Bond, James Arness, and Leo Gordon. ## Credits - **Director:** [John Farrow](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-farrow) - **Screenplay:** [James Edward Grant](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-edward-grant), [Louis L'Amour](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-l-amour) - **Original Music Composer:** [Hugo Friedhofer](https://cinepixo.com/people/hugo-friedhofer) - **Producer:** [Robert Fellows](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-fellows) - **Director of Photography:** [Archie Stout](https://cinepixo.com/people/archie-stout), [Robert Burks](https://cinepixo.com/people/robert-burks), [Louis Clyde Stoumen](https://cinepixo.com/people/louis-clyde-stoumen) - **Editor:** [Ralph Dawson](https://cinepixo.com/people/ralph-dawson) ## Cast - [Rodolfo Acosta](https://cinepixo.com/people/rodolfo-acosta) - [Leo Gordon](https://cinepixo.com/people/leo-gordon) - [Chuck Roberson](https://cinepixo.com/people/chuck-roberson) - [Lee Aaker](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-aaker) - [James Arness](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-arness) - [Geraldine Page](https://cinepixo.com/people/geraldine-page) - [Ward Bond](https://cinepixo.com/people/ward-bond) - [Paul Fix](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-fix) - [Michael Pate](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-pate) - [John Wayne](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-wayne) - [Rayford Barnes](https://cinepixo.com/people/rayford-barnes) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/hondo-1953 Film facts: Wikidata (Q1888547); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.