The Fugitive

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Robert P @Superbad Sep 28, 2026 The Fugitive = a *3* star Movie! See more Harrison B @clinthoward Sep 8, 2026 Catholic propaganda. And from 1947 so it's slow and I almost fell asleep through most of it. Every character is either stupid or evil or both. Literally no reason to watch this unless you're interested in how shitty and stupid people can be. See more Xian C. @Filmclass Sep 24, 2025 I don’t think audiences today can appreciate the power of religion that prevailed when this film was made, nor the stronger pull it had in the earlier period portrayed. This makes it hard to appreciate the long shots of Delores Del Rio and Henry Fonda, and the very slow pace of the film overall., but they were shot that way to portray religious iconography. Still, the cinematography of Gabriel Figueroa is quite powerful and makes this slow paced film worth seeing. See more paul d @PaulusLoZebra Dec 2, 2018 John Ford's The Fugitive is an exquisitely beautiful film. It is also a solemn and spiritual warning against totalitarianism and enforced secularism, and is based on one of the most important novels of the 20th century, Graham Greene's The Power and the Glory. Although that book is fiction, it was inspired by the real suppression of the Catholic Church in Mexico earlier in the century, which reached its greatest success in the state of Tabasco under an unusually repressive regime. Green had done extensive non-fiction reporting on Mexico and these events before writing his novel. Ford's film is very poetic, with rather little dialogue and with heightened visuals and religious music. The simple story lines and slow pace are perfect for a film that has such high ambitions as to address totalitarianism, secularism and religion in one hour and forty minutes. For me it counts as a masterpiece. See more Jul 21, 2018 slow start, then slows down! Not one of Fonda's nor Ford's best See more Jun 9, 2015 The opening and ending scenes have shown the great talent of Gabriel Figueroa, and his meticulous manipulation of light. And wow, this was produced in 1947. Loosely based on the stories of Jesus, I was also impressed how back then, American/Mexican cinema didn't have a clear "bad guy". Everyone did what they did. Simple as that. See more Read all reviews

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