Paul Newman seems totally miscast as a passive White Man sympathetic to the Indians who raised him. Where was Charles Bronson when you needed him badly. Newman is so low key throughout the film, he is completely swamped by the other actors, especially Richard Boone. Cameron Mitchell, although in the movie, has a very minor part. The three females dominate many scenes with "woman chatter", and really nothing much happens. For a good part of the running time of 111 minutes it's just talk, with little action. Compared to "Spaghetti Westerns of the same era, "Hombre" seems dated and tired. Westerns generally mean action, not overly prolonged character development. This was a disappointment. MERK
Review of Hombre
