The Unforgiven (1960)

125 min · Classical Western, Drama, Western film, drama film, romance film

Popularity4.5/5

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Directors

John Huston

Cast

Burt Lancaster, Audrey Hepburn, Audie Murphy, John Saxon, Charles Bickford, Lilian Gish, Albert Salim, Joseph Wiseman, June Walker, Kipp Hamilton, Arnold Merritt, Doug McClure, Carlos Rivas

The story

The Zacharys are a thriving and respected family on the Texas frontier. Will Zachary was killed by Kiowa Indians, leaving his oldest son Ben as head of the family. Ben and his mother, Mattilda, are very protective of Rachel, who was adopted as an infant; she is doted on by the whole family, including her other brothers, Cash and Andy.

Catalogue themes and tags

Absent Mother, Admirer, Adoption, Ancestry, Ausländerfeindlichkeit, Backup, Brother, Brother Brother Relationship, Defence, Everyday Family Life, Familie, Familienstreit, Family Clan, Family History, Family Honour, Farm, Foster Family, Frontier, Geschwister, Große Blutlache, Indian, Livestock Breeding, Looking for Birth Parents, Loss, Loss of Family, Marriage Proposal, Nachbarn, Pferde, Pflegesohn, Racist, Texas, Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Verlust des Bruders, Wild West, bruder-schwester, Überfall, Action/Adventure, Western, Action, Drama

Genres

Classical Western, Drama, Western film, drama film, romance film

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