Plot
The Fugitive was shot on location in Mexico by that country's premiere cinematographer, Gabriel Figueroa. Henry Fonda plays a Christ-like priest in an unnamed Latin-American country where religion has been outlawed. Though incognito in a backwater village, Fonda cannot help but seem more spiritual and mystical than those around him. Meanwhile, another fugitive, homicidal-bandit Ward Bond, stumbles into the village. Bond and the beautiful Dolores del Rio, whose illegitimate child has been secretly baptized by Fonda, conspire to help the priest escape. Once Fonda is on safe ground, he is implored by police spy J. Carroll Naish to return to the village, ostensibly because Bond is dying and wishes to have last rites. Fonda is captured and sentenced to death, but is willing to forgive the repentant Naish for betraying him. The priest dies a martyr, and the outpouring of public grief proves to the authorities that simply outlawing religion will never subjugate the hearts and minds of the people. ~ Hal Erickson, RoviCast
- Henry Fonda - The Fugitive
- Dolores Del Rio - Mexican Woman
- Pedro Armendáriz - Police Lieutenant
- J. Carrol Naish - Police Informer
- Leo Carrillo - Chief of Police
Credit
Alfred Ybarra - Art Director, Emilio Fernández - Associate Producer, Jesse Hibbs - First Assistant Director, John Ford - Director, Jack Murray - Editor, Richard Hageman - Composer (Music Score), Richard Hageman - Musical Direction/Supervision, Gabriel Figueroa - Cinematographer, Merian C. Cooper - Producer, John Ford - Producer, Manuel Parra - Set Designer, Fred Sersen - Special Effects, Jose B. Carles - Sound/Sound Designer, Dudley Nichols - Screenwriter, Graham Greene - Book Author| The Fugitive (1924 Film), The Fugitive (1916 Film) | |
| The Fugitive (1993 Film), The Fugitive Kind (1960 Film) |
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