- Release Date: 1960
- Runtime: 125 min
- Genre: Drama, Western
- Starring: Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, John Saxon ... see all
- Director: John Huston
- Plot: Odd Western about racial intolerance focuses around Kiowa claim that the Zachary daughter is one of their own, stolen in a raid. The dispute results in other whites' turning their... Read more
User Reviews
Tearing The Family Apart
Feb 09, 2007
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Feb 09, 2007bkoganbing - imdb.com
This film, The Unforgiven, as opposed to Clint Eastwood's classic is taken from a novel by Alan LeMay who also wrote The Searchers. Both stories are about the post Civil War Texas frontier. But in this one we have the... Full review
Haunted by the Past
Dec 31, 2006
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Dec 31, 2006Claudio Carvalho - imdb.com
When the weird Abe Kelsey (Joseph Wiseman) with his saber appears in the Zachary's ranch threatening the matriarch Mattilda Zachary (Lillian Gish) and her stepdaughter Rachel (Audrey Hepburn), she does not tell to her sons Ben (Burt Lancaster), Cash (Audie... Full review
John Huston takes on racism
Dec 02, 2006
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This classic film from one of the greatest directors of the 20th century boasts an incredible cast: Audrey Hepburn, Lillian Gish (silent films), Burt Lancaster, Audie Murphy (war hero), a young Doug McClure, all of whom show classic acting at... Full review
The Most Ambitious Western Ever
Jan 24, 2006
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Jan 24, 2006aimless-46 - imdb.com
Not to be confused with Clint Eastwood's 1992 film "Unforgiven", "THE Unforgiven" is a 1960 John Huston film that is almost worthy of joining Eastwood's as one of the top ten westerns of all-time. That it falls slightly short of... Full review
"I Smell Injun..."
Sep 14, 2005
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Sep 14, 2005JoeytheBrit - imdb.com
The Unforgiven is a reversal of John Ford's The Searchers. The pivotal character in both films is a young woman stolen from her people as a babe, and both films involve to different degrees a long search by her family... Full review
A troublingly realistic look at racial bias in 19th century Texas!
Aug 08, 2005
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Aug 08, 2005nanksy - imdb.com
I have read the comments posted about this remarkable movie and have to wonder if the writers watched the movie. If they did it reflects an appalling lack of historical knowledge. Audrey Hepburn plays Rachel Zachary, a Kiowa Indian girl... Full review
He threatened them with the unbearable truth.
Jul 19, 2004
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Jul 19, 2004tmwest - imdb.com
`The Unforgiven' has a lot in common with `The Searchers' , both were written by Alan Le May and both are westerns that deal with racism. They also show the lonely life of the pioneers, how hard it must have been... Full review
A Lively Family Out West
Oct 20, 2003
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Oct 20, 2003smithy-8 - imdb.com
Believe this is John Houston's only movie of the old west, and he made a wonderful adult western. Only Houston could make a western with leading actors like Lancaster, Hepburn, Gish, Murphy, Bickford, Salmi, Hamilton, Saxon, and Wiseman to be... Full review
A hidden gem, better than The Searchers
Aug 19, 2003
Marc - imdb.com
Aug 19, 2003Marc - imdb.com
I can't figure it out. Why does everyone love The Searchers? John Wayne's young sidekick in that film, and his absurd romance, sink the film like a stone. This film, which deals with a number of the same issues -... Full review
Audrey Hepburn, from the indian tribe from south of london.
Nov 15, 2000
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Nov 15, 2000Walter Gibson - imdb.com
I am in no way criticizing the film by saying this, but what kind of accent is that by Audrey Hepburn. It's not that her performance is bad, no, it's great. But Audrey Hepburn could never sound like she should... Full review
Critics Reviews
| Jan 04, 2004TotalFilm
Still, its a solid-enough piece and typically Huston-esque in the way it folds big themes race, prejudice into the action.
Director John Huston hated his own 1960 Western, and you cant entirely blame him its anti-racist impulses are roundly scuppered come the close.
... Full Review
| May 20, 2003DVD Talk
The Unforgiven looks great on MGM's DVD.
The Unforgiven pulls off miracles of sophisticated storytelling, only to graft an ending no different from dozens of conventional Westerns.
... Full Review
News
Producers enlist for Murphy biopic
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2009-11-05
Murphy enlisted in 1942 as a 16-year-old and became one of America's most decorated combat veterans after seeing intense action in Italy and France. He starred as himself in the 1955 hit "To Hell and Back" and appeared in more... ... Full Article
Minireview: Guitar Hero Metallica
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2009-04-13
I've been stalling on the review for Guitar Hero Metallica because there's really not a whole lot to say. As I said in the preview , it is what's advertised: Guitar Hero with Metallica. ... Full Article
Ever since the Guitar Hero franchise launched, fans have argued about which bands deserve to appear in the games. One group that made an early appearance in the series and has been a mainstay ever since is Metallica, the heavy... ... Full Article
It's not a good mix. But that's not why I don't really like it. It just sounds like the band is going through the motions. ... Full Article
They've Got Rhythm, They've Got Cellos
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2008-04-21

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