If you watch Burgundy shooting the gun while Brady and Cantrell are about to be hung, the magazine can be seen at different levels of capacity. There was continuous firing, however, Burgundy never reloads the gun.
The film is set during Theodore Roosevelt's tenure as President. That would have been between 1901 and 1909. It is stated that "Diamond" Jim Brady is promoting a big boxing match between "Gentleman" Jim Corbett and John L. Sullivan. Corbett fought Sullivan, but in 1892. The events depicted in the film happened in two entirely different eras.
In the poker game that determines who goes to San Francisco, it makes no sense for Lute to bet all of his money on a hand when he's only bluffing. The point of bluffing is to gradually raise the bet until your opponent feels it's too high and quits. Betting everything on a bluff only puts Lute at risk of losing all of his money if he's called.
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By what name was The Gambler Returns: The Luck of the Draw (1991) officially released in Canada in English?
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