I just checked on the price of gold in 1864, it was just under 19 dollar an ounce. The money they're after is stated to be $100,000. When the saddle bags contain the loot spills on the ground we can see it's comprised of $20 gold pieces. Doesn't much matter of you use 16 ounce or 12 ounces per pound, simple math says the $100,000 would weight over 300 pounds, yet the two lift the strong box with particular ease. And Merrill's character tosses the saddle back onto the horse like it contains some wadded up newspaper....which it most likely did. Of course there are some good parts, the beadwork on the Indian outfits was pretty neat, and the blankets over the Indian ponies hiding the saddles, classic old Hollywood.
Review of The Black Dakotas
