{"id":84601,"date":"2022-06-04T16:23:13","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T23:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84601"},"modified":"2022-06-05T08:19:54","modified_gmt":"2022-06-05T15:19:54","slug":"unforgiven-the-1960","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84601","title":{"rendered":"Unforgiven, The (1960)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;May the Lord deliver us from evil &#8212; Red or White.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Poster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Poster-195x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"195\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-84602\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Poster-195x300.png 195w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Poster-83x128.png 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Poster-176x270.png 176w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Poster.png 545w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a mysterious one-eyed man (Joseph Wiseman) shows up on horseback claiming that the adopted daughter (Audrey Hepburn) of widowed Mrs. Zachary (Lillian Gish) is of Kiowa ancestry, racial tensions emerge, with Gish&#8217;s three cattle-ranching sons (Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy, and Doug McClure) as well as the family&#8217;s neighbors &#8212; Lancaster&#8217;s business partner (Charles Bickford) and his wife (June Walker), son (Albert Salmi), and daughter (Kipp Hamilton) &#8212; becoming involved as well.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Audie Murphy Films<\/li>\n<li>Audrey Hepburn Films<\/li>\n<li>Burt Lancaster Films<\/li>\n<li>Charles Bickford Films<\/li>\n<li>John Huston Films<\/li>\n<li>John Saxon Films<\/li>\n<li>Lillian Gish Films <\/li>\n<li>Native Americans<\/li>\n<li>Race Relations and Racism<\/li>\n<li>Westerns<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\nAlthough John Huston purportedly hated this film more than any other in his directing oeuvre, it remains a surprisingly compelling western featuring several strong performances, unique imagery, and a refreshing attempt to address anti-Indian racism head-on. Based on a story by Alan Le May &#8212; who also wrote the novel John Ford&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=72009\"><em>The Searchers<\/em> (1956)<\/a> was derived from &#8212; the film sets up a mysterious scenario from the very beginning, as a creepy man on a white horse rides up and tells Hepburn, &#8220;You&#8217;re no Zachary.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-First-Appearance.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-First-Appearance-1024x433.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84609\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-First-Appearance-1024x433.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-First-Appearance-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-First-Appearance-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-First-Appearance-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-First-Appearance-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-First-Appearance.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Hepburn retorts that while she may not be &#8220;Zachary born,&#8221; her &#8220;Ma says it&#8217;s no different than if [she] were flesh and blood,&#8221; and asks the man how he claims to  know her. His response &#8212; &#8220;I am the sword of God, the fire and the vengeance, whereby the wrong shall be righted and the truth be told.&#8221; &#8212; sets the pace for the entire narrative, which is predicated on determining the presumably crucial issue of whether Hepburn&#8217;s Rachel is &#8220;Kiowa born&#8221; or was simply a White foundling taken in by the Zachary family. Indeed, racial tensions between the White settlers and the Native Kiowas remains high throughout, and the script doesn&#8217;t sugarcoat their precarious co-existence.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Indians.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Indians-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84611\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Indians-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Indians-300x128.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Indians-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Indians-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Indians-604x257.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Indians.png 1301w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The early arrival of a piano on the wide prairie (purchased by Lancaster during a trip to Wichita) adds a Gothic flavor to the proceedings:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Piano.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Piano-1024x432.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"270\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Piano-1024x432.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Piano-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Piano-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Piano-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Piano-604x255.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Piano.png 1297w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; and eventually becomes a potent symbol in the battle between Settlers and Natives. The presence of sharp-shooting Gish, meanwhile, immediately evokes memories of her comparable role as a protective mother figure in <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=18704\"><em>The Night of the Hunter<\/em> (1955)<\/a>. While some have complained that Hepburn seems miscast, I disagree; and Lancaster is suitably toned-down for his role here as the hard-working, father-figure head of the family. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-Hepburn.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-Hepburn-1024x444.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"278\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84613\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-Hepburn-1024x444.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-Hepburn-300x130.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-Hepburn-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-Hepburn-768x333.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-Hepburn-604x262.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-Hepburn.png 1311w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One of the major complaints made about the film is its &#8220;conventional&#8221; ending &#8212; and it&#8217;s true that a different outcome would have felt both more authentic and more satisfying; but overall, this remains an engaging western that&#8217;s worth at least a one-time look. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> Watch for John Saxon in a small role as an Indian horse trader known as Johnny Portugal. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Saxon.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Saxon-1024x435.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"272\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84616\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Saxon-1024x435.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Saxon-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Saxon-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Saxon-768x326.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Saxon-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Saxon.png 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Notable Performances, Qualities, and Moments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Fine performances by the cast<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Hepburn2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Hepburn2-1024x449.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"281\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84605\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Hepburn2-1024x449.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Hepburn2-300x131.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Hepburn2-128x56.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Hepburn2-768x337.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Hepburn2-604x265.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Gish-Hepburn2.png 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-1024x442.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"276\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-1024x442.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-300x129.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-128x55.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-768x331.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster-604x261.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Lancaster.png 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Crazed.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Crazed-1024x464.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"290\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84606\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Crazed-1024x464.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Crazed-300x136.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Crazed-128x58.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Crazed-768x348.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Crazed-596x270.png 596w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Crazed.png 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Franz Planer&#8217;s cinematography<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Hepburn-Hole.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Hepburn-Hole-1024x431.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"269\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84607\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Hepburn-Hole-1024x431.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Hepburn-Hole-300x126.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Hepburn-Hole-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Hepburn-Hole-768x324.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Hepburn-Hole-604x254.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Hepburn-Hole.png 1303w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Silhouette.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Silhouette-1024x434.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"271\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-84608\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Silhouette-1024x434.png 1024w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Silhouette-300x127.png 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Silhouette-128x54.png 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Silhouette-768x325.png 768w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Silhouette-604x256.png 604w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Unforgiven-Wiseman-Silhouette.png 1305w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, as a fine if flawed film by Huston. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Good Show<\/li>\n<li>Important Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0054428\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tvguide.com\/movies\/the-unforgiven\/review\/2030127504\/\">TV Guide Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dvdtalk.com\/dvdsavant\/s4564unfo.html\">DVD Savant Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.timeout.com\/movies\/the-unforgiven\">Time Out Capsule Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nativeamerican.co.uk\/theunforgiven.html\">Native American Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1960\/04\/07\/archives\/screen-the-unforgivenhuston-film-stars-miss-hepburn-lancaster.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;May the Lord deliver us from evil &#8212; Red or White.&#8221; Synopsis: When a mysterious one-eyed man (Joseph Wiseman) shows up on horseback claiming that the adopted daughter (Audrey Hepburn) of widowed Mrs. Zachary (Lillian Gish) is of Kiowa ancestry, racial tensions emerge, with Gish&#8217;s three cattle-ranching sons (Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy, and Doug McClure) as well as the family&#8217;s neighbors &#8212; Lancaster&#8217;s business partner (Charles Bickford) and his wife (June Walker), son (Albert Salmi), and daughter (Kipp Hamilton) &#8212;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=84601\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read 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