The Fugitive

Opening narration by Ward Bond, John Ford directing from Dudley Nichols’ sanitized adaptation of Graham Greene’s novel, Henry Fonda the title character, with Dolores Del Rio, clear from the start that Ford’s chief interest is Gabriel Figueroa’s virtuosic cinematography, from The Fugitive, 1947.

Director John Ford’s artful second movement, as a Mexican village, from which all priests have been driven away, assembles for ceremonies officiated by Henry Fonda, himself hiding from the law, Dolores Del Rio the grateful mother, Gabriel Figueroa’s camera still the main feature, in The Fugitive, 1947.

Continuing director John Ford’s exposition of key characters, Pedro Armendariz as “a Lieutenant Of Police,” angrily dispatching his own duties as well as those of the preoccupied chief (Leo Carrillo), cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa leading the way, in The Fugitive, 1947, based on Graham Greene’s novel.

The relevance of the scene not yet clear, as director John Ford introduces a new character, Ward Bond credited as “El Gringo,” also a fugitive, but not the priest title-character (Henry Fonda), arriving at a Mexican port, shot on location, in the Hollywood version of Graham Greene’s novel, The Fugitive, 1947.