Category: The Fugitive

  • The Fugitive (1947, John Ford)

    Strange experimental piece from director Ford about a fascist South American country hunting and executing its Catholic priests. The principal actors are almost entirely White, the extras native Mexicans (the film is shot on location in Mexico), which often disappoints, particularly with lead Henry Fonda and J. Carrol Naish. Fonda’s just too earnest whereas Naish’s…