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And what happened then?

posted 13 years ago by XLCH1000
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I have an idea of where the story went after the husband was shot.
That would have been an impossible shot by the way..Those cops had to be at least 200 yards away and shooting uphill with what looked to me like a Winchester. I cant believe he would have hit him...
anyway..How about this:
The cops get the mother and the baby back together, the truth comes out about her husband and what really happened, and the wife gets rich after writing a book titled, "I Married A Douchebag."

[–] Gangsteroctopus 13 years ago

...not an impossible one for a skilled marksman; also, an apt fate for Van Heflin's character, given his own fixation on gun skills, his medal, etc.

I'd definitely buy a book called "I Married A Douchebag."

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[–] slinter 11 years ago

Didn't her husband write the mirror version?

[–] mdonln 8 years ago

trf100 says > Great. Now the title for Michelle Obama's new book is already taken...

That's a good one!

Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]

[–] Noir-It-All 9 years ago

I thought the police were trigger happy. He wasn't going to get too far on that hill.

[–] anordall 9 years ago

She must have gone under trial, because she lied to the jury.

[–] Goughrew 8 years ago

I think the cop who shot Webb was having an affair with Susan and the baby is really his.

Webb posed no threat to the policemen's lives on that hill; therefore, the only logical explanation was he needed to be put down.

Now Susan and the shooter can raise their family without the distraction of Webb's trial and the press...then live happily ever after--until Suzy hooks up with the next police officer.

[–] mdonln 8 years ago

Goughrew says > Now Susan and the shooter can raise their family without the distraction of Webb's trial and the press...then live happily ever after--until Suzy hooks up with the next police officer.

That kind of craziness would fit into this movie but even if that was the case, she's still not home free. It would be easy to make a case against her in the death of her husband.

She was having an affair with him or someone; she benefited from her husband's death; she lied under oath claiming to have never seen him before. It's amazing there was no police report filed stating the night they stopped by her house. There should, at the very least, be a record of her calling and which officers were sent to her house.

After Webb was cleared, she ended up marrying him and they went into hiding together. She could claim he forced her but her actions prior to that would indicate otherwise. She did notify the doctor but she was trying to save her child.

Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]

[–] jonkennedy 8 years ago

It's amazing there was no police report filed stating the night they stopped by her house. There should, at the very least, be a record of her calling and which officers were sent to her house.

Ah, I think you may have discovered another plot hole. There was a report written of Webb's initial call to Susan's house! Remember Webb and his partner going back to the car? Webb's partner has him hold a light while he sits in the passanger seat with the door open writing it up in a log book, it would appear. Hmmm.... But at the coroner's inquest, she recalls only the partner - maybe. But not Webb. But she got a good look at him through the bathroom window - remember how that startled her? And Webb's partner just stands there silent during the inquest.

[–] mdonln 8 years ago

jonkennedy says > There was a report written of Webb's initial call to Susan's house! Remember Webb and his partner going back to the car? Webb's partner has him hold a light while he sits in the passanger seat with the door open writing it up in a log book, it would appear.

For some reason I don't remember that part of the movie. If it's in the movie, it's even more surprising they didn't address the report or any other records that show he had been there. Also, I may have mentioned this already but it seems her house was on Webb's regular beat; that's the reason he was able to go by there on a regular basis and it wasn't unusual that he was the first to respond the night of the shooting.

It would still be possible for her to have never seen him, but, if it was his beat he would either have walked or driven it. Wouldn't someone have, at some point, spotted him in the area or even coming and going from her house? I know they would have been careful but I've never known any neighbor in which there was at least one nosy neighbor who knows whats going on; all the secrets.

The movie has its share of problems but overall I thought it was interesting. Unfortunately, I don't think the movie was able to reach its full potential.

Woman, man! That's the way it should be Tarzan. [Tarzan and his mate]

[–] MrEdnablackadder 8 years ago

Ah, I think you may have discovered another plot hole. There was a report written of Webb's initial call to Susan's house! Remember Webb and his partner going back to the car? Webb's partner has him hold a light while he sits in the passanger seat with the door open writing it up in a log book, it would appear. Hmmm.... But at the coroner's inquest, she recalls only the partner - maybe. But not Webb. But she got a good look at him through the bathroom window - remember how that startled her? And Webb's partner just stands there silent during the inquest.

That's not a plot hole (nor were any of the others, as a matter of fact). It's not like Susan ever tried to deny that the meeting ever took place. It's actually addressed by the judge, who mentions the two officers coming at her place because of the prowler thing and then asks her again if she recognizes Webb now. The other policeman was the one she had interacted with the most anyways, and, even in his case, she immediately states to have 'probably' seen him (meaning she can't be certain). Thing is: she may have not remembered their faces. Nothing's too strange with that. After the judge 'refreshes' her memory, she even states that one of the two officers (Webb) was outside the house most of the time.

[–] khungus-1 8 years ago

The only thing that bothered me was that after the doctor takes the baby Webb still had options. So he admits to having the affair with Susan-He would've been in trouble for lying at the inquest but the shooting was still his word against nobody's. There's no one to contradict him and his story and injury both line up. Maybe he would've been guilty in the court of public opinion and his reputation would've been ruined but he didn't need to completely fall apart and run up that sand hill and get himself shot.

[–] CindyH 7 years ago

I'll have you know that I could have done that shot! I have done that shot! If you think I'm kidding, I'm not. I may not have hit a man in my lifetime, but damn if I didn't do a fine job shooting a very VERY long way away. My father used to show me off as a kid for it. I was a born shooter. These days though, I'm getting older and my sight isn't so good, but up until I was about 35 or 40, I was a very skilled marksman, or markswoman.

That said, my guess is that she had to face some very serious questions with the police. Her testimony that she didn't recognize him may come into question after it is known that she knew his plot to kill the doctor.

I doubt there would have been any evidence at all, but her reputation was probably destroyed. The good part is that where she was, no one would really care. She could also easily raise a child running a motel. In fact, it may have even made her a lot of money since she would have gained some notoriety, though it would have faded in a few months.

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