rec.arts.movies.past-films

"endy9" wrote in message
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> "tomcervo" wrote in message
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> On Feb 22, 8:31?am, "endy9" wrote:
>>> Finally got around to watching this one. ?I give it *** out of five
>>> stars.
>>
>
>> Famous as one of the inspirations of Rio Bravo: the scene where Chance
>> tells Burdette that if anyone rushes the jail the first load of buck
>> goes into Joe. Hawks noted that any real cop would have laid down that
>> marker to the first friend of the prisoner who looked crossways at
>> him. You do have to wonder why Heflin takes all that guff when all he
>> has to do lay the butt of his shotgun across Ford's head, but then you
?> don't have a movie.
>

Don't know why I'm not getting the >'s properly defining who said what.

>
> What I found missing that I expected, was when Heflin was starting to feel
> a tempted to take Ford/Wade's offer instead of asking if he would really
> get the money, I expected him to ask about what Wade said to him when he
> assisted in his capture about getting even. I kept expecting him to ask
> for some promise (although don't know how he would believe it) that he
> wouldn't harm him or his family if he let him go. The how can I know
> you'll keep your word on that would have seemed much more important than
> how can I believe I'll get the 7 grand.
>
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