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Tight 35-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
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The Tonto Woman
2008 0h 35m EN
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5.5
MID
★5.5TMDB · 11
Western
Synopsis
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A white woman is kidnapped from her home by Apache Indians. Traded to the Mojave Indians, she lives as a squaw for 11 years until she is found by her husband. Unfit for society he keeps her in a shack in the desert. Her solitary existence is transformed with the arrival of a Mexican. He befriends her, reignites her self-worth and increases her confidence. He re-introduces her to her husband and leaves. As he is leaving town he is ambushed by her husbands men and there is a gun-battle. Who lives and who dies?
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Francesco Quinn
Ruben Vega
Richard Brake
Isham
Charlotte Asprey
Sarah
Sam Douglas
Bonnet
Lex Shrapnel
Springfield
John Golightly
Preacher
Dan Mullane
Halloran
Lola Garcia
Ramona
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Daniel Barber
- Writers
- Elmore Leonard
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The take
Daniel Barber directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Tight 35-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
- 2Released 18 years ago.
- 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
- 4Francesco Quinn and Richard Brake and Charlotte Asprey carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt1176466 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 11 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Runtime
- 35 min · 0h 35m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- EN
Also by
Daniel Barber
Community reviews
What people are saying
- CinemaSerf★ 7/10
When traveller "Vega" (Francesco Quinn) happens upon a remote ranch, he espies the bathing "Sarah" (Charlotte Asprey) and so heads on in to water his horse. That doesn't prove to be an euphemism as he isn't some prurient creep, but actually turns out to be quite a decent individual who chats with the woman and discovers that not only has she had quite a turbulent past but that she is being kept a virtual prisoner by her ashamed husband (Richard Brake). Their conversations gradually start to empower her a little, and when the two eventually head into town for lunch, he is introduced to an husband who is less than impressed with "Vega" having what looks like designs on his wife. Perhaps it is time for an epiphany for that man, as well as being quite a perilous one for a visitor who appears to have earned the enmity of some gun-totin' townsfolk. This is a really quite good looking short feature with shades of Sergio Leone and the "The Searchers" (1956) running through it - but it's too short. We don't really have time to develop the characters sufficiently nor to immerse ourselves in a plot that has plenty of complexities to it, and to be honest there is more here to intrigue us than in many a full-length film - especially with the last few scenes. It's well worth a watch.
Key crew
Release history · US
When it landed
- Theatrical2008-02-15
