Hondo [DVD] / Warner Bros. presents a Wayne-Fellows production ; screenplay by James Edward Grant ; produced by Robert Fellows ; directed by John Farrow.
Title and credits from container. Based on the novel "The gift of Cochise" by Louis L'Amour. Originally produced as a motion picture in 1953. Special features: commentary by Leonard Maltin, Western historian Frank Thompson, and actor Lee Aaker; special introduction by Leonard Maltin; the making of Hondo; profile: James Edward Grant; the John Wayne Stock Company: Ward Bond; from the Batjac vaults; the Apache; photo gallery; original theatrical trailer; Batjac teaser. John Wayne, Geraldine Page, Ward Bond, Michael Pate, James Arness.
Summary:
Hondo Lane, a cavalry dispatch rider, becomes the protector of strong-willed Angie Lowe, a woman living with her young son in hostile Apache territory. After being forced to kill Angie's husband, Hondo is captured by the Apache and only a concocted marriage between Hondo and Angie saves them both.
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