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One thing I'd add to the ending! (Be careful, I got SPOILERS!)

posted 14 years ago by vinidici
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When William Holden and Richard Widmark part their ways at film's end, it's a mutually amicable parting. As Alverez Kelly, though, I would have suddenly remembered back to when Widmark, as the Confederate officer, had shot off one of my fingers and, next, I'd've ran and caught up with him; the ensuing dialogue is as follows:

Kelly: Hey, Colonel Rossiter! Wait up! We got one more item of unfinished business!

Rossiter: Yeah? What's that?

Kelly: You mean you don't remember blowing off my index finger when I was unarmed and being held prisoner by you and your men?

Rossiter: [rolls eyes] Gimme a break! You still sore over THAT?

Kelly: Matter a' fact...yeah! [pulls out Smith & Wesson, shouts orders to Rossiter's company of men to back off or else he'll blow Rossiter's brains out; ducks into a nearby cabin with Rossiter as his captive; shoots off the index finger of Rossiter's left hand inside the cabin]

Rossiter: You bastard! [groans profusely]

Kelly: [congenially, all-smiles, even patting Rossiter on the back] It's okay, Rossiter, we're even now! Now, go on with your men to your next mission, and have a nice day!

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[–] BKinzeys 13 years ago

Well that's as poorly written as the script for the movie.

[–] foster1234 13 years ago

It was his little finger

In a world where a carpenter can be resurrected,anything is possible

[–] vinidici 13 years ago

It was his little finger

Ah. That's what I get for not having seen the movie in about 20 years!

[–] vinidici 13 years ago

Well that's as poorly written as the script for the movie.

So you're saying my fledgling career as a Hollywood screenwriter has possibilities? After all, you didn't say my "script" was WORSE than the movie! Thanks! I must be doing SOMETHING right!

[–] fbergeot-1 13 years ago

I had the impression that helping Rossiter's girl escape from Richmond aboard Ferguson's ship was in Kelly's mind a retaliation for the lost finger, even if Rossiter doesn't see it that way when he learns of it.

[–] macfilm 8 years ago

It's more than just in Kelly's mind. Kelly states that right out.

When Rossiter asks Kelly why he would spend all that cash just to get Liz (Rossiter's girl) out of Richmond, Kelly tells Rossiter that he did it to get even for getting his finger shot off.