Hondo: Classic Western film starring John Wayne

The 1953 Western film ‘Hondo’, directed by John Farrow and starring John Wayne, follows a courier named Hondo Lane who encounters a woman, Angie Lowe, and her son at a remote Arizona ranch. After losing his horse in the desert, Hondo warns the family of increasing tensions between the Apache people and the cavalry.

As the truce between the settlers and the indigenous population falters, the Apache chief Vittorio pressures Angie to take a tribal member as a provider. Hondo, who has lived among the Apache for years, attempts to mediate and protect the family as the conflict escalates during a group of settlers' desert crossing.