The Unforgiven (1960) |
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| Director(s) | John Huston |
| Producer(s) | Harold Hecht, Burt Lancaster, James Hill |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Romance, Western |
| Top Topics | Book-Based, Frontier, Prejudice |
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Burt Lancaster(as Ben Zachary)
The Unforgiven
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1960
The Unforgiven
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1960
Burt Lancaster
(as Ben Zachary)
Audrey Hepburn(as Rachel Zachary)
The Unforgiven
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1960
The Unforgiven
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1960
Audrey Hepburn
(as Rachel Zachary)
Audie Murphy(as Cash Zachary)
The Unforgiven
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1960
The Unforgiven
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1960
Audie Murphy
(as Cash Zachary)
John Saxon(as Johnny Portugal)
The Unforgiven
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1960
The Unforgiven
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1960
John Saxon
(as Johnny Portugal)
Charles Bickford(as Zeb Rawlins)
The Unforgiven
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1960
The Unforgiven
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1960
Charles Bickford
(as Zeb Rawlins)
Lillian Gish(as Mattilda Zachary)
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1960
The Unforgiven
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1960
Lillian Gish
(as Mattilda Zachary)
Joseph Wiseman(as Abe Kelsey)
The Unforgiven
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1960
The Unforgiven
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1960
Joseph Wiseman
(as Abe Kelsey)
Doug McClure(as Andy Zachary)
The Unforgiven
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1960
The Unforgiven
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1960
Doug McClure
(as Andy Zachary)
The Unforgiven Overview:
The Unforgiven (1960) was a Western - Romance Film directed by John Huston and produced by Harold Hecht, Burt Lancaster and James Hill.
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THE UNFORGIVEN
The Kino/Lorber company has been releasing rare & unusual films on home video for years, particularly those from the silent era. This year the company started a "Kino/Lorber Studio Classics" line which will release a number of MGM/United Artists titles. One of the latest is the off-beat 1960 Wes... Read full article
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The Unforgiven Quotes:
Lost Bird:
We come in peace.
Ben Zachary: My land. My sky. You are welcome.
Lost Bird: Young horses. Good for fighting. Good for hunting. You take.
Ben Zachary: I am ashamed. I have nothing to offer you.
Lost Bird: In house. You have woman. One our women.
Ben Zachary: Who told you this.
Lost Bird: Old man. One your tribe. Carry long knife. He say you have one our women.
Ben Zachary: He is crazy.
Lost Bird: Sun speak through him. Talk to dead people. He say woman your house my sister.
Ben Zachary: He lies. Woman my house white. Dahkoi. Father white, mother white. Burned to death by you; by Kiowa.
Lost Bird: How many horses for woman?
Ben Zachary: There are not enough horses in the world. Not as many as you can catch. Not as many as you can steal.
Ben Zachary: My land. My sky. You are welcome.
Lost Bird: Young horses. Good for fighting. Good for hunting. You take.
Ben Zachary: I am ashamed. I have nothing to offer you.
Lost Bird: In house. You have woman. One our women.
Ben Zachary: Who told you this.
Lost Bird: Old man. One your tribe. Carry long knife. He say you have one our women.
Ben Zachary: He is crazy.
Lost Bird: Sun speak through him. Talk to dead people. He say woman your house my sister.
Ben Zachary: He lies. Woman my house white. Dahkoi. Father white, mother white. Burned to death by you; by Kiowa.
Lost Bird: How many horses for woman?
Ben Zachary: There are not enough horses in the world. Not as many as you can catch. Not as many as you can steal.
[first lines]
[yelling at a cow eating grass growing on the Zachary family's roof]
Rachel Zachary: Shoo now! Shoo! Ain't you got no better manners than to eat at the top of a house?
[yelling at a cow eating grass growing on the Zachary family's roof]
Rachel Zachary: Shoo now! Shoo! Ain't you got no better manners than to eat at the top of a house?
[the Zacharys are discussing the rumors about Rachel]
Cash: It's out there, Ben. It's layin' on their stomachs and they don't know what to do.
Ben: Well, it's still a lie and we've got nothin' to be ashamed of.
Cash: What are we goin' to do when one of them says it? What are we goin' to do when one of them says it to Rachel?
Ben: Kill 'em, I guess.
Cash: That's all I wanted to hear.
Cash: It's out there, Ben. It's layin' on their stomachs and they don't know what to do.
Ben: Well, it's still a lie and we've got nothin' to be ashamed of.
Cash: What are we goin' to do when one of them says it? What are we goin' to do when one of them says it to Rachel?
Ben: Kill 'em, I guess.
Cash: That's all I wanted to hear.
[Cash advocates killing the Kiowa outside of the house]
Ben: All right, Cash. Let's see if they're after our scalps first.
[shoots the top of one Indian's lance]
Ben: I'm going out to talk. Cash, if they break the peace, kill them.
Cash: When will that be?
Ben: When they kill me.
Ben: All right, Cash. Let's see if they're after our scalps first.
[shoots the top of one Indian's lance]
Ben: I'm going out to talk. Cash, if they break the peace, kill them.
Cash: When will that be?
Ben: When they kill me.
Rachel Zachary:
Ben, what did those Indians want?
Ben Zachary: They offered to buy you for those five horses.
Rachel Zachary: Well, did you sell me?
Ben Zachary: Nope; held out for more horses.
See More Quotes from The UnforgivenBen Zachary: They offered to buy you for those five horses.
Rachel Zachary: Well, did you sell me?
Ben Zachary: Nope; held out for more horses.
The Unforgiven Facts
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Audrey Hepburn was seriously injured when she was thrown by a horse between scenes. Hepburn, who was several months pregnant, spent six weeks in the hospital and completed her role wearing a back brace, which her wardrobe had to be redesigned to hide. Sadly, she suffered a miscarriage a few months later, which some blamed on her injury from this movie. John Huston blamed himself for the mishap and hated this movie. Hepburn, however, bore no ill will towards the director. While Hepburn was in hospital, Huston filmed scenes using a double.
Average Shot Length (ASL) = 8.7 seconds
"The Unforgiven" was Audrey Hepburn's only Western.
During the filming 'Audie Murphy' and a friend decided to go duck hunting on a nearby lake. The boat capsized and Murphy nearly drowned, but was saved by a female photographer who had been taking pictures nearby.
Before filming began, director John Huston and star Burt Lancaster took actress Lillian Gish out to the desert to teach her how to shoot, which she would have to do in the film. However, Huston was astounded to discover that Gish could shoot more accurately, and faster, than both he and Lancaster, who thought themselves expert marksmen. It turned out that early in her career Gish was taught how to shoot by notorious western outlaw and gunfighter Al J. Jennings, who had become an actor after his release from a long prison sentence for train robbery and was in the cast of one of her films. She found that she liked shooting and over the years had developed into an expert shot.