The Fugitive (1947) on Netflix
Where the church is banned, a priest with no name stays on the run from an anti-clerical lieutenant. The peasants who shelter him know he is the country's last cleric.
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Plot summary
In an unnamed Latin American state, the church has been outlawed and its clergy killed or sent away. One priest remains, and an anti-clerical lieutenant leads the hunt for him. Soldiers search a rural village, and the peasant families there hide the man the troops are looking for. He has put off his own escape because of his duty to the people, so he is still in the territory when the police come. A mestizo informer who works for the authorities keeps them on his path, and he takes refuge in the ruins of a church that has been desecrated. There he meets María Dolores, an indigenous outcast who asks him to baptize her baby. An American fugitive known as El Gringo arrives in the town, with soldiers and the informer not far behind.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Fugitive (1947)
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- While filming in Mexico, John Ford jettisoned most of the script and made a highly abstract art film. The Fugitive lost considerable money and caused a rift between Ford and its screenwriter, Dudley Nichols.
- With the exception of two assistant directors and an editor, the entire crew of The Fugitive was Mexican, and John Ford said it ran 'neck and neck with the best... in Hollywood.'
- John Ford said he and cinematographer Gabriel Figueroa would wait for the right light rather than shoot regardless of it, which he said is how films are made nowadays.
