HOMBRE opens. Directed by Martin Ritt. Written by Irving Ravetch and Harriet Frank Jr., from the novel by Elmore Leonard, Richly textured Stagecoach redux with Paul Newman as laconic, marginalised Apache-raised white man pressed into defending group of passengers waylaid by Richard Boone's avaricious bushwacker. With Diane Cilento, Martin Balsam and Frederic March.