Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

GazerRise Fantastic!

Matrixiole Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Taha Avalos The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

vincentlynch-moonoi The first part of the mess that I noticed is the score. Terrible. It seems to have nothing to do with the film at all. Sort of like someone said, "We have to have background music," so they found an old record and slapped it in. And I don't know how to explain it since it is Dimitri Tiompkin responsible for it. The score was recorded in Italy and also just sounds flat.Then there's the first 1 hour and ten minutes (give or take) of the film. A waste of celluloid which will pretty much lead you to dislike almost every character in the film.Finally, with the film more than half over, beginning with the segment leading up to and including the hanging, things get quite a bit better. Until the conclusion. The ending sort of leaves us hanging. What is going to happen now with the family? One big happy family, or will the realization that the daughter is actually a Kiowa Indian lead to disintegration of the family? If they stay together, do they have to leave their home since all the surrounding Whites now hate them? In a sense, those story lines are potentially more interesting than what was covered in the film.So what was left to like? Not much. Perhaps SOME of the acting. Burt Lancaster was strong as the father-figure in the film; he was also involved in the production of the film. Audrey Hepburn seems an odd choice for the girl who is thought to be white, but is actually Kiowa...even with some darkening makeup she just doesn't look the part at all (remember, she is not a half-breed, but rather full-Indian), though her acting is fine. Audie Murphy is terrible here as one of the brothers of Lancaster; Murphy was a decent actor...but not here. John Saxon played an Indian, but pretty much just seems to disappear after a while. Charles Bickford has a decent role as another rancher who is quite gruff, but this is not one of his more impressive performances...though that is more the fault of the direction than him as an actor. It's interesting to see the famous Lillian Gish as the mother, and it is a substantial role...though not particularly impressive. Perhaps it's because of later roles in which I remember him, but Albert Salmi in his role as a family member seems unbelievable. But if there's one role and actor that proves the poor direction, it's young Doug McClure. In the first half of the film I thought he was playing a mildly mentally retarded "son"; in the second half of the film we realize he's just naive.And to me, all the lousy aspects of this film come down to the director -- John Huston. John Huston had about 8 really great films to his credit as a director, other run-of-the-mill films, and a few that were forgettable. But this one was not just forgettable...it's lousy. He could be very impressive as a director, but this film is a failure, at least from my perspective (and I understand he said it was his worst film).So here you have Huston, Lancaster, and Hepburn...and a theme of exposing racism at a time when that was not a common film theme (so rather gutsy), and my take on it is -- pass it by or watch it while holding your nose.

Thomas Drufke Audrey Hepburn always brings a great amount of charisma to each role she plays. But with The Unforgiven, not to be mistaken with the classic western 'Unforgiven', she's never given enough good material to work with. The film focuses on a few families on the frontier who struggle to agree on much, and hell breaks lose when one of their own is murdered. The Rawlins family suspects the Zachary family after hearing their step daughter may have been an Indian child taken at an early age. The premise sounds a bit ridiculous but ends up being pretty dull.Back in the day, certain films called for over-the-top acting but it's highlighted in this movie. Both of the mothers stand out as having way too many 'give me a break' moments. They exaggerate the significance of each others involvement with the Indians. Racism is clearly present throughout the film and I wish the resolution would have meant more. By the time the Natives and the frontier families end up fighting, I didn't get the sense that they really cared about getting their daughter back. I wished I had seen more character development from the Native American side of things.With that said, the bright spot of the movie lies with the man who didn't have much development at all, Abe Kelsey. The mysterious filled man had some of the great lines and also had one of the more memorable faces in any western I have seen in a long time. The action scenes are also actually well done for it's time. The film was made over 50 years ago, and it looks believable. Hepburn gets completely lost in the shuffle here though. She ends up being just the object each side is fighting for. I didn't feel anything for her when she would break down. Where as in a film like The Children's Hour, the best scenes were ones that involved Hepburn emotionally devastated. She is usually great at portraying realistic emotion. So all in all, with a more polished script and interesting characters this would have been a decent film.+Abe Kelsey +Action is believable -Hepburn lost in the shuffle -Script is jumpy, and the film loses focus -Mother characters were over-dramatic-Didn't care for the characters 5.5/10

SnoopyStyle Ben Zachary (Burt Lancaster) with brothers Cash (Audie Murphy), Andy (Doug McClure), and adopted sister Rachel (Audrey Hepburn) live with their mother (Lillian Gish) on a dusty ranch. When an old crazy loner arrive spreading rumor that Rachel is actually a red Indian who was taken as a baby, everybody around her starts acting differently. Then the local Kiowa tribe wants her returned believing her to be a long lost sister.John Huston expertly film the vast dusty territory. However it's not the big landscape that's noteworthy but the morally complexity that's most important. This movie is full of ever shifting moral land mines. How can we truly root for the Zacharys? But does all the past sins permit the natives to exact revenge? The racism towards Rachel from the white community is well put forward. But the rest is full of moral contradictions.I still can't accept Audrey Hepburn playing native American. Granted it's the old Hollywood. I can't expect much better. The problem is the audience knows she's as white as the driven snow. Playing so far against her persona really makes it problematic.There are some great shocking scenes like Ma Rawlins shouting Red N1gger and the hanging scene. But the tone at the start is too light hearted. It needed to start dark and stay that way. With all the moral confusion, it's still very compelling. But it's a hard watch to see all those Indians get killed. It's very old Hollywood. And the incestuous undertones between Ben and Rachel really throws me off.

Tweekums Rachel Zachary is the adopted brother of Ben, Cash and Andy; their late father rescued her after the local Kiowa Indians killed her parents; at least that is what they all believe. Things change after a strange old man, armed with a sabre turns up; soon afterwards a small group of Kiowa turn up at the house and demand that the family give Rachel to then; claiming that she was kidnapped from their tribe. They are shocked to hear such a suggestion and deny it but others who live nearby start treating the family differently. In order to find out what the old man's part in it was they ride out and capture him; he claims that what the Kiowa said was true; he'd been part of a raid on an Indian village where the Zachary's father took the baby. Shunned by everybody they return home and the mother admits the truth of the story; Cash can't take the idea of having an Indian sister so leaves. Not long afterwards the Kiowa return and a battle ensues; ultimately Rachel must decide whether to return to the tribe with her real brother or stay with the adoptive brothers she has known all her life.This was an interesting western; I thought it was well acted although I couldn't buy for one minute that Audrey Hepburn could be a Native American... which was a bit of a problem given that she was meant to be a full-blooded Kiowa! Burt Lancaster did a fine job as her older brother and Audie Murphy was good as Cash... although personally I found him more entertaining in various B-Westerns I've seen. The action was well directed and exciting; especially the prolonged confrontation at the end. Taken as a piece of entertainment it was good enough but I must say I found the racial politics highly suspect; I felt we were meant to sympathise with the white family as they fought to keep their adopted sister rather that to side with the tribe she was kidnapped from... even after the family start the conflict by murdering a Kiowa when they came in peace to talk! Overall I'd say it is worth watching if you are a fan of the genre although rather sit down and watch a cheap B-western personally!