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Length: 01:24:00
Posted: 1/25/2010
Apache war drums sound an ominous warning for an isolated female rancher and her young son in this exciting and memorable JOHN WAYNE classic. Wayne plays Hondo Lane, a cavalry rider who becomes the designated protector of the strong-willed Angie Lowe (GERALDINE PAGE) as well as a father figure to her boy, Johnny (LEE AAKER). Angie, determinedly awaiting the return of her brutish husband (LEO GORDON), refuses to leave their homestead despite the growing danger from nearby warring Native American tribes. And she finds herself growing more and more enthralled with this stranger, Hondo ??? a man hardened by experience but still capable of sympathy, kindness and love. WARD BOND, MICHAEL PATE, JAMES ARNESS and RODOLFO ACOSTA co-star; Page received an Academy Award?? nomination for Best Supporting Actress in this, one of her first film roles. watch
Question: My husband, brother and I have a little disagreement. I say Rin Tin Tin was on Saturday mornings and they say it was on Friday evenings. Who is right? I really hate losing. Thanks.
Answer: Depending upon how you look at it, you are both correct, Chris, so it looks like neither side has to choke down a big ol' steaming slice of loser's pie. (I'm not too partial to the flavor myself.)
The original Adventures of Rin Tin Tin brought the popular big-screen pooch and his boy pal Rusty (Lee Aaker) to ABC's Friday-night schedule in October 1954, and it stayed there for just shy of five years. For two years beginning in September 1959, ABC reran episodes on Saturday afternoons. CBS then picked it up for another two years in 1962 and broadcast reruns on Saturday mornings. The show resurfaced in 1976 and the Family Channel produced a new series, read more
