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* DoorstopBaby: Rachel is described as a "foundling". It turns out that she is a Kiowa, and was rescued by Will Zachary, Ben's father and Mattilda's wife, after a raid by whites which killed most of her tribe.

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* DoorstopBaby: Rachel is described as a "foundling". It turns out that she is a Kiowa, and was rescued by Will Zachary, Ben's father and Mattilda's wife, husband, after a raid by whites which killed most of her tribe.
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* ChekhovsGun: The fact that it is easy to get to the roof of the house, even for cattle, is presented in the first scene when Rachel notices a cow on the roof. This fact becomes important during the climax, when the Indians drive the herd on the roof to bring the house down.
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''The Unforgiven'' is a 1960 [[TheWestern western]] film directed by Creator/JohnHuston. The story is based upon the 1957 novel by Alan Le May, and the picture was shot in the state of Durango, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}.

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''The Unforgiven'' is a 1960 [[TheWestern western]] Western]] film directed by Creator/JohnHuston. The story is [[TheFilmOfTheBook based upon upon]] the 1957 novel by Alan Le May, and the picture was shot in the state of Durango, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}.



Not to be confused with the later western film ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'', which tells another story entirely.

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Not to be confused with the later western Western film ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'', which tells another story entirely.entirely.
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* {{Brownface}}: Audrey Hepburn, of fully European descent, playing a full-blooded Native American (Kiowa). Half-Mexican Carlos Rivas as her Kiowa brother isn't much better. Very slightly (microscopically) justified by the necessity of Hepburn's character being capable of not being immediately identified as a Native American.

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* {{Brownface}}: Audrey Hepburn, of fully European descent, playing a full-blooded Native American (Kiowa). Half-Mexican Carlos Rivas as her Kiowa brother isn't much better. Very slightly (microscopically) justified by the necessity of Hepburn's character being capable of not being immediately identified identifiable as a Native American.
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* {{Brownface}}: Audrey Hepburn, of fully European descent, playing a full-blooded Native American (Kiowa). Half-Mexican Carlos Rivas as her Kiowa brother isn't much better.

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* {{Brownface}}: Audrey Hepburn, of fully European descent, playing a full-blooded Native American (Kiowa). Half-Mexican Carlos Rivas as her Kiowa brother isn't much better. Very slightly (microscopically) justified by the necessity of Hepburn's character being capable of not being immediately identified as a Native American.
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* FakeShemp: While Creator/AudreyHepburn was in hospital recovering from an injury, Creator/JohnHuston filmed scenes using a double.
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* {{Brownface}}: Audrey Hepburn, a Belgian-born, playing a full-blooded Native American (Kiowa). Half-Mexican Carlos Rivas as her Kiowa brother isn't much better.

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* {{Brownface}}: Audrey Hepburn, a Belgian-born, of fully European descent, playing a full-blooded Native American (Kiowa). Half-Mexican Carlos Rivas as her Kiowa brother isn't much better.
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* {{Brownface}}: Audrey Hepburn, a Belgian, playing a full-blooded Native American (Kiowa). Half-Mexican Carlos Rivas as her Kiowa brother isn't much better.

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* {{Brownface}}: Audrey Hepburn, a Belgian, Belgian-born, playing a full-blooded Native American (Kiowa). Half-Mexican Carlos Rivas as her Kiowa brother isn't much better.
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* {{Brownface}}: Audrey Hepburn, a Belgian, playing a full-blooded Kiowa. Half-Mexican Carlos Rivas as her Kiowa brother isn't much better.

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* {{Brownface}}: Audrey Hepburn, a Belgian, playing a full-blooded Kiowa.Native American (Kiowa). Half-Mexican Carlos Rivas as her Kiowa brother isn't much better.
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* CallBack: In the opening scene Ben brings back a piano that he won on a bet. Towards the end, Mattilda plays the piano in order to counter the psychological profile of the Kiowa flutes. (Then the family kills several Kiowa as they come out into the open to wreck the piano.)


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* MobileShrubbery: The Kiowa disguise themselves as shrubs to approach the cabin, which the Zachary family figures out when Ben's little brother notices that there are more bushes outside than there used to be.
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* {{Brownface}}: Audrey Hepburn, a Belgian, playing a full-blooded Kiowa. Half-Mexican Carlos Rivas as her Kiowa brother isn't much better.
* DesertSkull: What looks like the bulk of a cow's skeleton, including the skull and a spine with ribs, is seen in the opening credits to demonstrate how arid the setting is.
* DoorstopBaby: Rachel is described as a "foundling". It turns out that she is a Kiowa, and was rescued by Will Zachary, Ben's father and Mattilda's wife, after a raid by whites which killed most of her tribe.
* FieryRedhead: Georgia Rawlins, who demands that Cash marry her and whacks him on the head with a broom when he hesitates.


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* INeedAFreakingDrink: Everybody, including Mattilda, has to take a swig from the family moonshine jug after Rachel reveals she has gotten engaged to Charlie Rawlins.


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* MySisterIsOffLimits: Ben gets very angry when Johnny Portugal flirts with Rachel, and he doesn't particularly like it when she gets engaged to Charlie. Of course, as events make clear, the Ben-Rachel relationship is a lot creepier than brother-sister.


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* NotBloodSiblings: Rachel is in the dark about where she comes from but she knows she was adopted, which is why she says "we're not even relatives!" when shamelessly flirting with Ben. This is also why everybody's OK with it when Ben and Rachel hook up in the end, even though she was raised in the Zachary family from infancy and she and Ben have always called each other brother and sister.
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* InjunCountry: The film takes place in western Texas near a Kiowa reservation. Will Zachary was killed by a Kiowa tribe, and that tribes later comes to the Zachary family to reclaim Rachel.

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* InjunCountry: The film takes place in western Texas near the West border of Texa, next a Kiowa reservation. Will Zachary was killed by a Kiowa tribe, and that tribes later comes to the Zachary family to reclaim Rachel.
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* InjunCountry: The film takes place in the West of Texas frontier, near a Kiowa reservation. Will Zachary was killed by a Kiowa tribe, and that tribes later comes to the Zachary family to reclaim Rachel.

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* InjunCountry: The film takes place in the West of western Texas frontier, near a Kiowa reservation. Will Zachary was killed by a Kiowa tribe, and that tribes later comes to the Zachary family to reclaim Rachel.
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Not to be confused with the later western film ''Film/{{Unforgiven}}'', which tells another story entirely.
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* YouKilledMyFather: Cash recognizes a Native as one of those who killed his father Will, and takes a Winchester to vainly try to shoot at him from a distance.

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* YouKilledMyFather: Cash recognizes a Native as one of those who killed his father Will, and takes a Winchester to and vainly try tries to shoot at him from a distance.
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Indian by birth, but secretly adopted by whites, Rachel Zachary (Creator/AudreyHepburn) soon becomes the target of lawless racism and brutality when her true identity is revealed. The Natives want her back, the local whites want her dead, and her only hope for survival is Ben (Creator/BurtLancaster), who must face the most terrifying fight of his life to save the woman he loves.

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Indian by birth, but secretly adopted by whites, Rachel Zachary (Creator/AudreyHepburn) soon becomes the target of lawless racism and brutality when her true identity is revealed. The Kiowa Natives want her back, the local whites want her dead, and her only hope for survival is Ben (Creator/BurtLancaster), who must face the most terrifying fight of his life to save the woman he loves.
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* HandSignals: Ben adds gestures to his words when talking to the Indians.

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* HandSignals: Ben adds gestures to his words when talking to the Indians.Kiowas.
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Indian by birth, but secretly adopted by whites, Rachel Zachary (Creator/AudreyHepburn) soon becomes the target of lawless racism and brutality when her true identity is revealed. The Natives want her back, the local whites want her dead, and her only hope for survival is Ben (Creator/BurtLancaster), who must face the most terrifying fight of his life-to save the woman he loves.

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Indian by birth, but secretly adopted by whites, Rachel Zachary (Creator/AudreyHepburn) soon becomes the target of lawless racism and brutality when her true identity is revealed. The Natives want her back, the local whites want her dead, and her only hope for survival is Ben (Creator/BurtLancaster), who must face the most terrifying fight of his life-to life to save the woman he loves.



* InjunCountry: The film takes place in the West of Texas frontier, near a Kiowa reservation. Will Zachary was killed by a Kiowa tribe, and they later come to reclaim Rachel.

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* InjunCountry: The film takes place in the West of Texas frontier, near a Kiowa reservation. Will Zachary was killed by a Kiowa tribe, and they that tribes later come comes to the Zachary family to reclaim Rachel.

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The cast also includes Creator/AudieMurphy, Charles Bickford, Creator/LillianGish and Joseph Wiseman.

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The cast also includes Creator/AudieMurphy, Creator/AudieMurphy as Cash Zachary, Charles Bickford, Bickford as Zeb Rawlins, Creator/LillianGish as Mattilda Zachary and Joseph Wiseman.Wiseman as Abe Kelsey.


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* YouKilledMyFather: Cash recognizes a Native as one of those who killed his father Will, and takes a Winchester to vainly try to shoot at him from a distance.
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* InjunCountry: The film takes place in the West of Texas frontier, near a Kiowa reservation. Will Zachary was killed by a Kiowa tribe, and later they come to reclaim Rachel.

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* InjunCountry: The film takes place in the West of Texas frontier, near a Kiowa reservation. Will Zachary was killed by a Kiowa tribe, and they later they come to reclaim Rachel.

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Indian by birth, but secretly adopted by whites, Rachel Zachary (Creator/AudreyHepburn) soon becomes the target of lawless racism and brutality when her true identity is revealed. The Indians want her back, the local whites want her dead, and her only hope for survival is Ben (Creator/BurtLancaster), who must face the most terrifying fight of his life-to save the woman he loves.

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Indian by birth, but secretly adopted by whites, Rachel Zachary (Creator/AudreyHepburn) soon becomes the target of lawless racism and brutality when her true identity is revealed. The Indians Natives want her back, the local whites want her dead, and her only hope for survival is Ben (Creator/BurtLancaster), who must face the most terrifying fight of his life-to save the woman he loves.



* NotAfraidToDie: The Indians coming to seek Rachel are not afraid one bit by the shot Ben fires with his Winchester to scare them away. Not even after said shot destroyed a skull scepter of theirs with deadly accuracy.

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* NotAfraidToDie: The Indians Natives coming to seek Rachel are not afraid one bit by the shot Ben fires with his Winchester to scare them away. Not even after said shot destroyed a skull scepter of theirs with deadly accuracy.accuracy.
* YouNoTakeCandle: How the Natives talk.
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* HandSignals: Ben adds gestures to his words when talking to the Indians.


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* InjunCountry: The film takes place in the West of Texas frontier, near a Kiowa reservation. Will Zachary was killed by a Kiowa tribe, and later they come to reclaim Rachel.
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* NotAfraidToDie: The Indians coming to seek Rachel are not afraid one bit by the shot Ben fires with his Winchester to scare them away. Not even when said shot destroyed a skull scepter of theirs with deadly accuracy.

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* NotAfraidToDie: The Indians coming to seek Rachel are not afraid one bit by the shot Ben fires with his Winchester to scare them away. Not even when after said shot destroyed a skull scepter of theirs with deadly accuracy.
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* NotAfraidToDie: The Indians coming to seek Rachel are not afraid one bit by the shot Ben fires with his Winchester to scare them away.

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* NotAfraidToDie: The Indians coming to seek Rachel are not afraid one bit by the shot Ben fires with his Winchester to scare them away. Not even when said shot destroyed a skull scepter of theirs with deadly accuracy.

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Indian by birth, but secretly adopted by whites, Rachel Zachary (Creator/AudreyHepburn) soon becomes the target of lawless racism and brutality when her true identity is revealed. The Indians want her back, the local whites want her dead, and her only hope for survival is a man (Creator/BurtLancaster) who must face the most terrifying fight of his life-to save the woman he loves.

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Indian by birth, but secretly adopted by whites, Rachel Zachary (Creator/AudreyHepburn) soon becomes the target of lawless racism and brutality when her true identity is revealed. The Indians want her back, the local whites want her dead, and her only hope for survival is a man (Creator/BurtLancaster) Ben (Creator/BurtLancaster), who must face the most terrifying fight of his life-to save the woman he loves.


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* NotAfraidToDie: The Indians coming to seek Rachel are not afraid one bit by the shot Ben fires with his Winchester to scare them away.
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''The Unforgiven'' is a 1960 [[TheWestern western]] film directed by Creator/JohnHuston. The story is based upon the 1957 novel by Alan Le May, and the picture was shot in Durango, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}.

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''The Unforgiven'' is a 1960 [[TheWestern western]] film directed by Creator/JohnHuston. The story is based upon the 1957 novel by Alan Le May, and the picture was shot in the state of Durango, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}.
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''The Unforgiven'' is a 1960 [[TheWestern western]] film directed by Creator/JohnHuston.The story is based upon the 1957 novel by Alan Le May, and the picture was shot in Durango, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}.

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''The Unforgiven'' is a 1960 [[TheWestern western]] film directed by Creator/JohnHuston. The story is based upon the 1957 novel by Alan Le May, and the picture was shot in Durango, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}.

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The cast also includes Creator/AudieMurphy, Charles Bickford and Creator/LillianGish.

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The cast also includes Creator/AudieMurphy, Charles Bickford Bickford, Creator/LillianGish and Creator/LillianGish.Joseph Wiseman.



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* AsTheGoodBookSays: Abe Kelsey talks in a very "biblical" manner.
* HappilyAdopted: Rachel was adopted by the Zachary family and happily grew up among them.
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[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/theunforgiven.jpg]]

''The Unforgiven'' is a 1960 [[TheWestern western]] film directed by Creator/JohnHuston.The story is based upon the 1957 novel by Alan Le May, and the picture was shot in Durango, UsefulNotes/{{Mexico}}.

Indian by birth, but secretly adopted by whites, Rachel Zachary (Creator/AudreyHepburn) soon becomes the target of lawless racism and brutality when her true identity is revealed. The Indians want her back, the local whites want her dead, and her only hope for survival is a man (Creator/BurtLancaster) who must face the most terrifying fight of his life-to save the woman he loves.

The cast also includes Creator/AudieMurphy, Charles Bickford and Creator/LillianGish.
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!!''The Unforgiven'' provides examples of:

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