Hondo Movie Analysis

Film Analysis #1 Hondo is the story of a dispatch rider who comes upon a woman named Angie and her son named Johnny living alone in Apache territory. Hondo becomes fond of the family but leaves shortly after arriving. He is forced to kill Angie’s husband when he goes back to town in self-defense. Hondo goes out to ride again to return to Angie and Johnny, but is captured by the Apache and is to be executed for killing an Apache Indian. He is saved from death by a picture of Johnny being found in his possession. Because of the picture, the Indians assume that he is the husband of Angie and spare his life. Hondo returns to the ranch and must fight off the Apache with the American Calvary. The Calvary defeat the Apaches and the new family ride off on their way to Hondo’s ranch in California.
There is a strong feminine presence and impact in Hondo. Angie is maintaining a ranch and raising a husband without the help of a husband. Something like this would be unheard of at the time, as women were seen to be fully reliant on their …show more content…
The movie shows an independent woman who maintains a ranch by herself and defends herself against conflict without the help of a husband. This type of woman would be unheard of in this time period as it was a known fact that woman were unable to maintain a house and family without the help of a man. The difference between the movie and the actual history is most likely a result of the movie being released in the year 1953. Between the time period depicted in the movie and the release year, women’s suffrage had taken considerable advances. Women were allowed the vote and enjoy the same freedoms of men that were unheard of only fifty-year prior. Hondo is an impactful story featuring a woman that stands out against the social norm reflecting the ideals of suffrage and the advances of tolerance towards women that occurred in the early twentieth