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Ambientada en tiempos de la revolución mexicana, "El fugitivo" es una película de escaso interés y que ha envejecido mal. Se sitúa entre el melodrama de raíz religiosa y una forma atípica de thriller. También es una extraña combinación en el cine de John Ford, donde la principal característica es la proximidad a las típicas historias épicas del Oeste americano.

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Ford is commited to the emphasis of Figueroa´s photo and Fernandez's dominion, he's a kind of tourist filmmaker in México, but you feel a special tension of a great artist trying to find his own style in loaned territory, casting Fonda and Bond as his men, loving Dolores, understanding Armendariz,depicting the nigtmarish pursue of the wine with Fortunio Bonanova, the best supporting actor in the... read more

Anti-Catholic and anti-cleric policies in the Mexican state of Tabasco lead the revolutionary government to persecute the state's last remaining priest.