seeing the film, just as their antics prevented him from seeing Shane the previous year. A 1994 episode of Married... with Children, titled "Assault and Batteries", has a subplot in which Al is desperate not to miss a television airing of Hondo because, as he explains, it is the best John Wayne movie and it only airs "once every 17 years". Al does miss this airing at the end of the episode and will have to wait until February 18, 2011 to see it again. Al holds the film in very high esteem, once telling Peggy's family members "Your lives are meaningless compared to Hondo!" Two later John Wayne Westerns contain subtle references to "Hondo." In Rio Lobo (1970), a wanted poster for Hondo Lane can be seen on a wall in the sheriff's office. In the 1973 film The Train Robbers, the chief male and female characters (played by Wayne and Ann-Margret) are Lane and Mrs. Lowe, the same names as in "Hondo". In Men in Black 3 (2012), Agent K refers to Agent J as "Hondo" when J stares at him as he drives, "You lose something over here, Hondo?" References External links Screenshot of Hondo Larry Cohen on Hondo at Trailers from Hell Films directed by John Farrow 1953 films Batjac Productions films Warner Bros. films 1953 Western (genre) films 1953 3D films Films shot in Mexico American Western (genre) films Films produced by John Wayne Films set in New Mexico Films based on short fiction Films scored by Emil Newman Films scored by Hugo Friedhofer American 3D films Films based on works by Louis L'Amour Revisionist Western (genre) films 1950s English-language films 1950s American films