About two-thirds of the way through, one of the Chinese women inexplicably (to me) jumps from the wagon and is soon crushed or trampled to death by the horses. What caused her to take that action?
This was an excellent production, possibly not as memorable as Lonesome Dove but still a welcome return to the western format. At 75, Duvall deserves all the recognition he gets as a major actor. I wish the movie magazines would devote more attention to the actors who, like Duvall, never attain the star/celebrity status of the $20 million a movie crowd, but without whom Hollywood would be in even worse shape than it is today.
This was an excellent production, possibly not as memorable as Lonesome Dove but still a welcome return to the western format. At 75, Duvall deserves all the recognition he gets as a major actor. I wish the movie magazines would devote more attention to the actors who, like Duvall, never attain the star/celebrity status of the $20 million a movie crowd, but without whom Hollywood would be in even worse shape than it is today.