Thursday, January 29, 2009

The Fugitive - Ford, 1947

This was a second viewing for me of Ford's retelling of a Graham Greene novel. It's about a fugitive priest in Mexico, not to be confused with the later tv series and movie based on that. It starts very slowly, but it's a solid piece of work. Henry Fonda is the beleaguered priest and Ward Bond and Deloris Del Rio head up a list of excellent character actors.

The religious message grates a bit, but definitely worth a viewing. I stick with my original 6 rating.

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