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The Fugitive is a 1947 American drama film starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford, based on the 1940 novel The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. The film was shot on location in Mexico.
The Fugitive: Directed by John Ford, Emilio Fernández. With Henry Fonda, Dolores Del Río, Pedro Armendáriz, J. Carrol Naish. Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.
The Fugitive was the first film Ford made for Argosy Productions, an independent concern established with Merian C. Cooper (one of the creators of the original King Kong (1933). This deeply personal and ideologically weighty film won respectable notices but failed to capture an audience.
The Fugitive (French: Le fugitif) is a 1947 French drama film directed by Robert Bibal and starring René Dary, Jean Debucourt and Madeleine Robinson. The film's sets were designed by the art director Jacques Krauss.
Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest. Based of the Graham Greene novel about a revolutionary priest in Central America.
The Fugitive finds shelter with an Indian Woman (The Woman), a faithful parishioner, who gives the priest directions to Puerto Grande, where he could then board a ship and sail to freedom in America. On his journey to Puerto Grande, he meets up with a man who says he will protect him.
Exhilarating and intense, this high-impact chase thriller is a model of taut and efficient formula filmmaking, and it features Harrison Ford at his frantic best. Wrongfully accused of murdering...
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The Fugitive (1947) Directed by John Ford Genres - Drama | Sub-Genres - Religious Drama | Release Date - Nov 11, 1947 (USA) | Run Time - 104 min. | Countries - Mexico, United States | MPAA Rating - NR
The Fugitive is a 1947 drama film starring Henry Fonda and directed by John Ford, based on the novel The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene. The film was shot on location in Mexico, and utilised the skills of Mexican cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa.
