They both were marvelous villains, but in different ways. The more often I watch this film, the more I discover in McNally's performance. He even has a sense of humor. Notice the way he grins at Shelley Winters when he recognizes the bullet Stewart gave her, and says " We have something in common. He's been tryin' to give me one of those for a long time now."
I love the way the tension escalates in the card game, with McNally getting more and more reckless and angry, as John McIntire gets even more sly and laid back. And the outraged way he snarls, when they find the dead McIntire, that " Some Indian's got my gun!"
This movie is so well written and well acted, it just continues to improve with age.
And when he crossed the bridge, the phantoms came to meet him
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Doc-McCoy
15 years ago
I agree, McNally was outstanding. But, when Dan Duryea finally appears anout an hour into the movie, he dominates the film for the remainder of his screen time.
"I don't drink, I don't smoke - two out of three ain't bad" - Bob Crane
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TheSilverScreenJunkie
13 years ago
Waco Johnny Dean, absolutely, STOLE the show
I thought he was amazing, made me laugh, and appeared to be subtly crazy, and the way he forces the girl to like him, its great
"fast gun in all of texas" "all of texas!? why limit me!"
"...8 year olds, dude..." -Walter , The Big Lebowski (1998)
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