John Wayne and Geraldine Page star, along with an appearance by James Arness, in this fan-favorite classic. Based on a Louis L’Amour story and nominated for two Oscars, Hondo is at once a tale of harsh life on the frontier and a love story. Hondo Lane, an Army dispatch rider and well-known gunslinger, comes upon Angie Lowe, a brave woman whose husband abandoned her and her young son, Johnny. Angie lives in peace on Apache land, but now the chief, realizing she has no husband, demands that she marry an Indian and raise her son in the Apache ways. Hondo becomes her protector and the two fall for each other. But a complicated love life is the least of their problems, when the Apache launch attacks on settlers as revenge for a broken treaty. Strong performances all around, with solid storytelling that sticks close to L’Amour’s original book.
Why We Like It
“Just a great, well-written adventure based on a Louis L'Amour novel.” – INSP programming team
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About the Author
Native New Yorker, Darlene Cah is a writer, actor/improvisor, and digital content specialist based in North Carolina. Her short stories have appeared in Smokelong Quarterly, Red Earth Review, Have a NYC (Anthology), Referential Magazine, and other journals. Fiction awards include Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition, Emrys Fiction Prize, Semifinalist ScreenCraft Cinematic Short Story Contest, and more. Advertising awards include Finalist Media Post Awards for email, Honorable Mention Clios, One Shows, and Andys (print). When not writing for INSP, you’ll find her on stage, backstage, or coaching improv for Shakespeare & Friends Theater Company. And, of course, playing fetch with her dog.
