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The Unforgiven

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Time Out says

Though neglected, and not entirely convincing in its treatment of racial identity, prejudice and tension, Huston's Western is one of his more intriguing films. Hepburn is an Indian girl adopted by Gish after her family was killed by whites. Raised as a white, she becomes the centre of a maelstrom of hatred, bigotry and violence when her true history is discovered: the Indians want her back, while local whites turn against her and her adoptive family. Notable chiefly for Franz Planer's fine photography and for a brace of sturdy performances (with Gish admirably evoking the pioneer spirit), the film is sadly flawed by its stereotyped depiction of the Indians, strangely at odds with its anti-racist impulses. It is, however, mercifully lacking in the sort of dry, clumsy solemnity that mars many of Huston's more self-consciously 'serious' movies, and remains unusually affecting.

Release Details

  • Duration:125 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:John Huston
  • Screenwriter:Ben Maddow
  • Cast:
    • Burt Lancaster
    • John Saxon
    • Lillian Gish
    • Charles Bickford
    • Audie Murphy
    • Audrey Hepburn
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