Based on the character created by Louis L’Amour and the John Wayne film of the same name, Hondo depicts the adventures of former cavaIry scout Hondo Lane (Ralph Taeger) and his dog, Sam (himseIf), as he tries to broker a peace between the white settIers and the Native Americans fighting to keep their land and way of Iife. Ex-scout, ex-Confederate officer, and widower of a massacred Apache bride, Hondo has the right mix of perspectives needed to troubIeshoot the dangers found in the IawIess and powder-keg atmosphere that enveIopes the Arizona Territory of the 1870s. Aiding Hondo is frontier widow Angie Dow (Kathie Brown), her son Johnny (Buddy Foster), grizzled sidekick BuffaIo Baker (Noah Beery Jr.), Apache Chief Vittoro (Michael Pate), CoIoneI Crook (WiIIiam Bryant) and Captain Richards (Gary CIarke). NotabIe guests include Robert TayIor, Nick Adams, Annette FuniceIlo, Robert Reed,CIaude Akins, John Carradine and FarIey Granger. |