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Gail Russell....

posted 11 years ago by Jason_Radley
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...certainly looked older than her 31 years, even if Marvin's character mused over whether she was 25 or 26. It struck me particularly because I remember how freshfaced she was in Angel and the Badman.

[–] Captain_Augustus_McCrae 11 years ago

A decade of heavy drinking will do that to you. Poor lady.

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[–] vinidici 10 years ago

Oh, well, Ed, at least her older appearance works better when being cast opposite the much older Randolph Scott, for those who can't get over it when it comes to age correctness in casting
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[–] FANatic-10 10 years ago

To me, while not able to pass for 25, she still looked very attractive, with those beautiful eyes of hers. Have to admit, though, I thought I would lose it if I heard her say "more coffee?" one more time! Not her fault, of course, rather the script's. What a sad story this beautiful lady had!

[–] SteveH2002 8 years ago

I thought she looked quite a bit older, too. Like someone said, heavy drinking will do that. Still, it kind of worked in the movie - whatever we may think as an audience, the Lee Marvin character had been on the trail for a while, and, well, she was attractive enough. It doesn't seem wrong in terms of story-telling for him to be smitten.