Unforgiven (3/10) Movie CLIP - The Duck of Death (1992) HD

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CLIP DESCRIPTION:
When W.W. Beauchamp (Saul Rubinek) swears by one of the accounts of English Bob in his book, Little Bill (Gene Hackman) walks him through what really happened that night.
FILM DESCRIPTION:
Dedicated to his mentors Sergio Leone and Don Siegel, Clint Eastwood's 1992 Oscar-winner examines the mythic violence of the Western, taking on the ghosts of his own star past. Disgusted by Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett's decree that several ponies make up for a cowhand's slashing a whore's face, Big Whiskey prostitutes, led by fierce Strawberry Alice (Frances Fisher), take justice into their own hands and put a $1000 bounty on the lives of the perpetrators. Notorious outlaw-turned-hog farmer William Munny (Eastwood) is sought out by neophyte gunslinger the Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) to go with him to Big Whiskey and collect the bounty. While Munny insists, "I ain't like that no more," he needs the bounty money for his children, and the two men convince Munny's clean-living comrade Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman) to join them in righting a wrong done to a woman. Little Bill (Oscar-winner Gene Hackman), however, has no intention of letting any bounty hunters impinge on his iron-clad authority. When pompous gunman English Bob (Richard Harris) arrives in Big Whiskey with pulp biographer W.W. Beauchamp (Saul Rubinek) in tow, Little Bill beats Bob senseless and promises to tell Beauchamp the real story about violent frontier life and justice. But when Munny, the true unwritten legend, comes to town, everyone soon learns a harsh lesson about the price of vindictive bloodshed and the malleability of ideas like "justice." "I don't deserve this," pleads Little Bill. "Deserve's got nothin' to do with it," growls Munny, simultaneously summing up the insanity of western violence and the legacy of Eastwood's Man With No Name.
CREDITS:
TM & © Warner Bros. (1992)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Richard Harris, Saul Rubinek
Director: Clint Eastwood
Producers: Clint Eastwood, Julian Ludwig, David Valdes
Screenwriter: David Webb Peoples
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[@tylertilwick6852]

So glad Clint Eastwood was able to talk Gene Hackman into doing this film. One of Gene’s all-time best performances ever!!

[@paullanfear5762]

Gene played this part so well... all the 'big' actors in this film were great. This film is brilliant... but Gene is fantastic

[@Romulan2469]

Gene was great in every film he was in. That's the hallmark of a great actor. I agree this was one of his best performances. I also liked him in Crimson Tide, Mississippi Burning, The French Connection and The Quick and the Dead.

[@Kanendd]

​@@Romulan2469Don't forget the conversation.

[@melodymakermark]

One of his best roles, and that’s saying one helluva lot. What an actor.

[@doughesson]

@@Romulan2469 Bite the Bullet.... "ASSAULTO! ASSAULTO!"

[@nmcalister5809]

Hackman delivers a legendary performance in this film. Just jaw dropping

[@NormAppleton]

Good ol' Saul Rubinek too

[@mikebasil4832]

Interesting that Gene Hackman would win his first Oscar for playing a heroic lawman in The French Connection, then his second for playing a villainous lawman in Unforgiven.

[@The2ndFirst]

"You have insulted the honor of this beautiful woman Corhrane" *Said the duck.* Love how Hackman looks over at him. That's one of a number of great scenes.

[@doughesson]

Uhh,Duke.

[@brownB53]

@@doughesson Duck I says....

[@Brainwashed101]

I love the reference to the Colt Walker blowing up in his hand. Historically accurate, indeed.

[@xerfxpec5154]

@Super Bunny the problem with the weapon is that the cylinder was forged poorly and had a tendency to crack. What would happen is one of the chambers would rupture during fire causing a chain reaction throughout the entire cylinder. All loaded bullets would go off at once causing an explosion and with it goes your hand. Hence, what little bill is talking about.

[@andrewlabat9963]

@Super Bunny Also. unlike other cap and ball, this gun used a conical bullet and that was often an issue loading correctly and many got put backwards for easier loading, but that caused the bullet to rotate over so slightly when fired and jam, that caused pressure backup and Baam, gun blows up. Its believed that caused more failures than the design..

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Metallurgy of the time couldn't keep up with the chemistry...

[@michaelmartin8446]

@@andrewlabat9963 That's true, but the conical bullet being in backwards also allowed for more powder than the recommended maximum load.

[@stevejohnson9305]

@@michaelmartin8446 And that was the REAL issue, more than anything. If the Colt Walker is loaded correctly it will operate just fine most of the time.

[@halleck3]

I don't think that scene could've been done any better. The writing, the acting... everything was just superb. And it makes the same point that much of the movie makes... that the romanticized view is often far from the truth.

[@davidmartinez3272]

halleck3 The romanticized view is ALWAYS far from the truth

[@SalvableRuin]

I couldn't agree more.

[@joanofarc33]

You understand the film perfectly.

[@halleck3]

@@joanofarc33 :)

[@Ryooken]

@@davidmartinez3272 That children is why we say the truth gets marred in the telling of tales.

[@canderoussnurd4265]

Another great thing in this scene is the contrast between Bob and Bill. On the surface they’re both dangerous men. Both are good with a six gun. Both have a bit of a darker side. And yet while Bob tries to frame himself as some noble gunman defending honor, Bill is blunt and grounded in how he presents himself. He admits he can’t draw all that fast, nor does he portray gun fighting as something glorious. It’s all down to being calm, cool and collected and taking that micro second to place your shot correctly. If the other guys faster he’s gonna probably miss because he’s in a hurry but if he doesn’t miss that’s it. It’s over. Bill is the grounded cynic who’s been through it and knows the reality of gun fights sowell that when he says the line “It ain’t so easy to shoot a man. Specially one shootin back at ya. That’ll flat rattle some people. That’s why there’s so few dangerous men left out here like Bob. Like me”. You believe him. It’s a fact like everything else he has to say. In a strange way he’s the perfect sheriff for the west. Bob is dangerous but ruled by vanity. Ruled by emotion. When he shot Two gun he was drunk which shows he has issues controlling his nerves. The fact that he was hired by the railroad to shoot Chinese workers shows that he’s also a bully and a thug who like the illusion of power and authority. When he’s confronted by Bill you can see in his body language he’s lost his swagger. You hear inhis voice the loss of confidence and even when he given a loaded weapon and a chance to gun down bill he doesn’t take the chance despite the weapon being unholstered, cocked, loaded, and pointed in Bills general direction. Bob is, at his core, a bully and a poser. Bill is the real deal. he uses his skills as a cop and faces the dangerous men head on. The men on the other end of his six gun are not fleeing workers with no chance at harming him. A genuine man of violence who will look the devil in the eye and not so much as blink when faced with a loaded weapon. What happens happens and he will not be controlled by his emotions. It’s absolutely brilliant the amount of detail and the time taken to make such a contrast and to show the difference between a wannabe and the real deal. Almost a mirror to William munney and “The Kid”. Honestly this movie deserves a thesis written about it. So many layers and so much told to the audience through visuals alone that you could watch it 10,000 times and still find something new in it. The greatest western of all time. Bar none.

[@michaeleager4635]

There's a lot true in what you say. However Bill also likes the idea of being immortalized. He's presenting himself in the light he chooses too, and he plays to the novelist. " I didn't steal your biographer , Bob". Would he have bluffed Bob with the loaded gun if there wasn't an audience ? (not just the writer, but the audience of his readers)

[@thesolarengineer]

For all this blathering, Bill gets exactly what he gives in the end.

[@canderoussnurd4265]

@@thesolarengineer he does indeed. And because of one simple factor he didn’t count on. Being tossed an empty shotgun and his reflexes causing him to catch it rather than draw his weapon and fire. One second of distraction from a cheap shot tactic. And the irony of it all is, anyone can fall for it. Honestly who expects that to happen? Especially in a gun fight? Bill was good. William Munny was simply better in that moment.

[@tcod3137]

Bill is a much bigger bully and coward, he gets five or six men to point guns at English bob takes his gun. Then he beat him to an inch of his life, you never see bill face anyone without his men behind him in the movie!

[@alexanderchapman2525]

Little Bill never flinched or shied away from that "one barrel left." Respect for that. I suppose Skinny never did either.

[@aszteroidt]

The look on Beauchamp’s face at the end of the scene...like a kid that just found out about Santa Claus...his entire perception of Bob got shattered in a matter of moments...

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

Yup. English Bob isn’t some larger than life superhero, he is just a regular cold blooded murderer.

[@MrBastilleDay]

@@Mourtzouphlos240 yes. As the majority of Old West gunslingers were.

[@scott7521]

perfect analogy

[@commanderkeen3787]

English Bob is a fabulist, meaning he's somebody who embellishes and improves personal stories through lies. Also known as a liar

[@SalemGhassanHanna]

Beauchamp is basically the American people, raised on John Wayne, finally coming to terms in the 1990s with how ugly some of their own domestic history is.

[@LondonPride25]

People rightly mention Brando, DeNiro, Pacino as the great actors of the 20th century but Gene Hackman is in that group. He was a hard working character actor and appeared in some not great movies (paying the bills) but he always gave a great performance. Unforgiven is a masterpiece and, imo, he was the best thing in it. Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris...stiff competition, but Hackman stole every scene he was in.

[@karaloca]

Nick Wolfe I can’t put DeNiro in the same class as Brando. DeNiro plays DeNiro every time, at least for the last 30 years. He even played Frankenstein’s monster with a NYC accent and if he pulls that stupid face one more time I’ll go mad. There is some great outtakes from The Score where Brando and DeNiro share a scene, basically you get to see Brando show DeNiro how it’s done.

[@barad-dur9236]

K Edmodson i like deniro, but always thought he was overrated only in comparison to others

[@ObscuredByTime]

All great, but, yes, Hackman was the best actor with the juiciest role in Unforgiven.

[@jclm4188]

Nick Wolfe popeye Doyle 👍

[@Dzkingofdiscipline]

@@karaloca Lol, I think you haven't watched Raging bull, goodfellas, taxi driver, cape fear (not a deniro type character at all), a bronx's tale, the untouchables when he brilliantly plays al capone. Watch all these superb movies and i believe, you will reconsider your opinion on Deniro. Saying this, i perfectly agree that hackman is one the best actor of the 20th century, and i m a big fan of him

[@crobarus]

Hackman is top ten actors of all time. From Bonnie and Clyde to Hoosiers. Always awesome.

[@johnanthonyp]

+crobarus Agree. We were talking about great screen actors in a pub in the UK. His name came up and everybody rabidly agreed. I have Irish uncles who absolutely captivate you when they relate something. He carries this rare, rare gift.

[@Fluoride_Jones]

+crobarus Can't disagree with that.

[@Smudgeroon74]

Never heard of John Glover?

[@davidphillips6424]

He is the greatest actor of all time!

[@Smudgeroon74]

crobarus One of his best performances is in "Get Shorty"

[@hemmingwayfan]

I think this is my favorite seen in the movie, the deromantization of the West, the realism, the cold bloodedness

[@hartsickdisciple]

"Now the duck of death is as good as dead..."

[@robertromero9488]

It's kind of sad. Little Bill didn't deserve this. He built a house

[@willnchicago696]

George Lucas “Deserves got nothing to do with it”

[@MrBastilleDay]

@@willnchicago696 I’ll see you in hell William Munney.

[@Mourtzouphlos240]

He murdered at least one innocent man that we know about. Tortured him first.

[@fanofbrocktoon6286]

He was a lousy carpenter

[@samdoorley6101]

"We all got it comin'"

[@The2ndFirst]

"Duck I says" was a common thing for us to say around that time in Army.

[@NDBrennan]

Hackman is just wonderful in this scene. Real top notch acting. Very few could have pulled this scene off the way he does.

[@chippsanders9614]

I watched this scene three times in a row last time I put on Unforgiven. Hackman is simply masterful in this scene! I mean he's good throughout, but especially here. I think this block is what won him the Oscar.

[@unappreciatedtreehouse821]

To me this is one of the greatest scenes in the film, one of the greatest scenes historically and one of the greatest scenes of the Western genre.

[@danieltownley7133]

The casting of Gene Hackman was a stroke of genius for this role. He's physically imposing at 6' 3", broad shouldered and with a rumbling voice. Yet he plays it almost like the actor is in real life, affable, polite, relaxed with a wicked sense of humour. It's the perfect antidote to old movie western types. Little Bill"s not a hero and never says he is, although he (rightly) claims to be an authority on the kind of men Beauchamp wants to write about without. He wants to educate the man to a degree, show him how the world really is. What ultimately brings Bill down is vanity. He's scared off enough so called gunmen to be confident in his office/reputation and English Bob's reaction to him speaks to how he's respected if not feared by the men he encounters. Ultimately his own reputation gets to him, he thinks all outlaws/gunfighters/bad men are cowards. And he's right, but he doesn't count on Will Munny's experience in violence.

[@pavelthedog6939]

6' 3" .... I had no idea he was that tall .... must be the girth that hides his height....

[@danieltownley7133]

@@pavelthedog6939 that’s true. A friend of mine met him years ago at a charity thing in DC, children literacy I think. Said he was a lovely guy but massive, hands like baseball mitts!

[@The2ndFirst]

"That didn't scare little Bill did it?"

[@maxbowie6074]

He wasn't 6'3. He was 6'2

[@Madasin_Paine]

Bill was a little man. Wil was a man killer Like the story of Leroy Brown, sort of.

[@BOBBYSOX86]

I love the sheriff's petty juvenile way of sticking it to Bob by calling him "The Duck"

[@alwillk]

Well, in a way Bob was “the duck”His story of killing “two gun corky” was shown to be embellished

[@mrExcellent101]

I always thought it was because the sheriff was not formally educated and didn't know how to read very well and so pronounced 'duke' as 'duck.' But later he even admits that English Bob was a pretty good gunfighter and certainly not a coward.

[@maxbowie6074]

I vividly recall seeing Hackman in 'Mississippi Burning' when it came out, and thinking 'this guy is quite clearly the best film actor America has ever produced'. I still think that to this day, and his work in Unforgiven is just masterful. Every little nuance is just right, and the camera adores him. As Pauline Kael said, 'he has an interestingly expressive face and voice', which is gold-dust for an actor. He's also widely revered by other actors....according to Inside The Actors' Studio, more actors cite him as a key influence than anyone else, Brando included. That speaks volumes

[@chrisgrimes7616]

He is the best actor ever

[@sjames304]

2:13 - One of THE great lines in Hollywood Western film history.

[@seanhuds229]

I love it how he keeps emphasising that Bob was drunk lol.

[@RichardTetta]

mutual insult, from Bob's description of Bill's "death" in the earlier scene

[@cliffcox7643]

As an actor, he's certainly no hack, man!

[@ObscuredByTime]

nice

[@greyknightjusticar8412]

Well gene wiss.

[@JabberCT]

Mr Bosham realized he wasted a lot of time and ink on the duck.

[@LadyFairChildVideo]

W.W. Beauchamp

[@GodsOutlaw1964]

He would'nt fair any better writing about Bill (Gene Hackmans charector),Bill was no less the coward.

[@mrExcellent101]

Hey it was just a job for Beauchamp, the duck was paying him even if he wrote all bullshit anyway

[@ankursingh9548]

Duke it is

[@frankvee8068]

@@ankursingh9548 Duck I says

[@michaelwardle9302]

rdr2 used this as inspiration for a side story and for good reason- the writing is excellent and Hackman makes it even better.

[@faded_ink3545]

I remember that mission; great contrast between the overpowered killing machine of Arthur Morgan embodying the romanticised gunfighter, and the more accurate representation of drunken, down-on-their-luck washouts that he has to confront.

[@thecowboy9698]

I remember that side-mission, but honestly I forgot that Unforgiven had a similar storyline, since I hadn't watched the film for so many years, I didn't realize the inspiration for that part of the game came from this film. Thanks for sharing!

[@flatlineheartbeat1851]

ROFLMAO. This just kills me. *"But the duck was faster."*

[@kierangardiner9332]

Flatline Heartbeat WE THINK ALIKE BRUV

[@1958Shemp]

Quack. ;)

[@The2ndFirst]

"Duck I says"

[@highstimulation2497]

duck, I says.

[@alexanderchapman2525]

"Duke, Bill."

[@davidhutchinson7888]

Hackman's chuckle needs its own AFI award

[@Hibernicus1968]

I remember a couple of interviews I saw with the late, great Christopher Lee. In one of them, he mentioned how much of a fan he was of Gene Hackman as an actor. In another (on a panel in Ireland, IIRC), he said he'd have loved to work with Clint Eastwood as a director. I'm sure he must have been thinking of this film when he said those things.

[@joemac9667]

I love how it's all deconstructed.

[@RCAvhstape]

Gene Hackman can make any movie watchable. Everybody went to see Clint, and for sure Clint was good, but it was Gene who made this film.

[@N8tiveSon807]

I know what you mean by that but Clint was the director the movie and he made this by bringing out the best of all he worked with. A real special film i think and yes Gene was genius in this.

[@mikecotto1167]

What’s interesting about this scene is the implications it has in the final shootout at the saloon between William Munny and the deputies.

[@RCAvhstape]

Yep, turned out Munny was the real thing, much to Little Bill's dismay.

[@porkins_jr719]

Beauchamp is devastated 😂

[@JasonBlakemoregoogle]

Duck I says

[@GeneOh]

To this day since that movie, whenever someone thinks they have the right to tell me how to talk I use that phrase. Basically a short way of saying f*ck off, I will talk the way I want too. And if you try to change that, you may end up in a world of hurt.

[@RCAvhstape]

Good thing you didn't take that gun, Bob. Cuz I'd have killed ya.

[@The2ndFirst]

It's delivered in a menacing way. Very menaceing. Like; Yes sir I'll be quiet now and keep my opinions to myself menacing.

[@davidstud3952]

@@The2ndFirst like the dictator in "Lord of War" doesn't care about the corrections of Nicholas Cage

[@Kruppt808]

English Bob gives ducks a bad name.

[@surfclimbcycle]

"Duck, I sez" lol

[@ondaride777]

That is my favorite scene from movie.

[@ObscuredByTime]

It's a damn good one, yup.

[@peter4377]

Duck of Death! what an insult?!😄😆

[@ocan1033]

Notice that the dialogue is pasted to the inside of the book here .. it's much whiter in color than then rest of the pages and if you pause at :27 you can clearly see it.

[@johncswheatley]

ocan1033 it’s probably part of his script.

[@LandersWorkshop]

@@johncswheatley Or notes the author was making about it.

[@Mirrodin82]

My favorite movie of all time.... masterpiece

[@Bzz22]

Brilliant film brilliant acting

[@hailmaryrecordings8255]

Gene Hackman … national treasure.

[@handsolo1076]

Beauchamp schooled on the Duck of death.

[@lovatog14]

I love the way little bill keeps low key insulting english bob by insinuating that he was drunk.

[@decgar07]

The full scene of this is probably the most frightening of any I've ever watched. You don't realise for a long time how much danger these two are in and when you do it becomes horrible to watch. Gene Hackman is unbelievable in this its such a scary but often funny performance. Can't take your eye off him for a second every time he's on screen.

[@SunsetStarship]

0:27 you can see the script taped to the inside of the book.

[@valmarsiglia]

Jesus, Hackman is a frighteningly good actor.

[@mcallahan9060]

"You mean William Munny killed him when he..." "Well, Munny wasn't gonna wait for Little Bill to grow a new intestine and spinal cord!"

[@ankursingh9548]

little bill will see munny in hell

[@mcallahan9060]

@@ankursingh9548 "Yeah..."

[@jb2053]

Wrong, according to the book and screenplay, Munny shot him in the lung.

[@frankvee8068]

"No, he just stood over him real careful. "Cause he was drunk. Shot ol' Bob right through the lung. (Bop)"

[@ussexeter4601]

This movie is one of the best with four leading men. Eastwood, Freeman, Hackman & Harris.

[@whoandtheha]

"Duck I says"

[@shonc8338]

Gene hackmanIs a great actor . almost all his films are good

[@mjhucks]

This movie is a masterpiece One of the best ever made

[@CatchYourWave]

Character assassination 101. This talk down was just as brutal as the beatdown on broad daylight.

[@TheFlanker47]

Every scene in this movie is a cinema masterclass.

[@RobARug]

I envision Daffy Duck performing in the story. "You're despicable, Corcoran".

[@brendanforester4601]

RobARug Lmao.

[@louissmith5298]

Hackman is one of the great character actors. He can play any role and give it life and believability. A true master of his craft.

[@derrickconnolly7512]

Get Shorty.

[@MichaelLee-tt7gm]

"He just walked over there real slow... cause he was drunk..." You know, in case I'm not getting through that English Bob did these amazing, gallant, heroic things in your book because he was drunk off his a**.

[@JustSomeCanadianGuy]

I love the throwaway mention of the $1,000 mirror.... All the horror in this movie happens over the cost of a fancy mirror.

[@CrimsonID4]

Every time I watch this scene I always find it especially humorous since Hackman would go on to play the very antithesis of this Sheriff character in "The Quick and the Dead". Indeed, that movie felt like something Beauchamp would write based off his adventure here!

[@rogerw3818]

"Duck, I says".

[@jamesr.2017]

This scene is also a reference to Josey Wales. Clint used two Colt Walkers in that movie, which is the gun that Hackman mentions.

[@fuloran1]

There will never be a better actor than Gene Hackman. Some may reach that level, but it won't be exceeded.

[@markmcclure9581]

Kevin Costner says the BEST ACTOR he ever worked with was Gen Hackman. Biggest star was Sean Connery

[@kirkllewellynsr7424]

Love this movie. Some quotes are priceless!

[@matthewalexanderlemma8000]

At the 00:26 point, you can see a note taped inside the book Gene Hackman is holding.

[@KutWrite]

Probably a script change. He seems to know his lines otherwise.

[@kirinrex]

Long story short: Little Bill watched English Bob murder Corky ... and did nothing. For him it was just an amusing story to tell.

[@LandersWorkshop]

You didn't get involved in a gun fight in a crowded saloon unless you wanted an all-out firefight.

[@ShadSimm]

It’s possible Bill wasn’t a lawman back then...just a man of low character....

[@The2ndFirst]

It wasn't his trouble. Why risk getting shot over somthing that isn't yours. BTW; That goes still today. Let other men's quarrells be decided amongst those men (or women) It's not your affair. I've lived in North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas and Wyoming. It all tends to be the same. Don't get involved in other peoples troubles.

[@Rex-gu1bu]

@@ShadSimm He is still a man of low character.

[@toddwebb7521]

Well ole Bob wasn't gonna wait for Corky to grow a new hand

[@zeldasmith6154]

I wish Gene Hackman would stay young forever so he could make movies forever. The guy could play just about anyone and make it believable.

[@SalvableRuin]

Such a great scene

[@frankdodd3355]

I love how Little Bill exposes English Bob as one of the men of "low character" that he can't stand. Of course, he's a man of low character himself. In fact, there are very few decent, moral men in the film. Davey is one, and the kid saving up for so-called spectacles finds that he is too. Bill Munny spends the film trying not to be, but in the end, he's an even worse creature: a living weapon. A killer. Just like Shane, in that classic Western. But the difference between Munny and Shane and their opposites Little Bill and Bob is Munny and Shane KNOW who they are and try to change, to be someone else. Little Bill and Bob have no understanding of just how horrible they are, and make no apologies for what they do: they don't see themselves as "low character" at all. Munny and Shane know who they are, try to change, but in the end character is destiny. That's why both Shane and its spiritual successor Unforgiven (Pale Rider too) are tinged with sadness.

[@cogitatione1]

You leave out Ned as a decent man, also despite himself. Stands by his friends, can't get himself to kill.

[@Emlomorful]

But Little Bill's last sentence before he dies is "I'll see you in hell..." The fact that he sees himself going to Hell suggests that he knows he was evil, or maybe he only realizes it clearly at this last moment.

[@luillierstephane1463]

The duck of death... 😂😂😂😂😂

[@JohnMartin-oh6bf]

Notice how Beauchamp follows the guy on the train,then moved up to Bob and then little bill and he writes about them all Until he gets up to Munny,who has no interest.

[@1958Shemp]

I guess The Duck was a real fraud, huh? :)

[@BladeRunner25463c]

Duck, I says

[@ANTHONY0808able]

@@BladeRunner25463c DUCK I SAYS, absolutely chilling words perfectly delivered

[@Neodreth]

It's just a theory of mine but i believe that the purpose of this scene is to tell us that most of the stories we have read and watched in movies about famous Gunslingers are probably like this one.

[@brndnwilks]

Love that scene.

[@commanderkeen3787]

And that's how the Duke of Death became the Wizard of Lies

[@AndrewLouWho]

Actually the one scene where you like Little Bill more than the other two, for exposing those historical fictions and such.

[@robertwest442]

you won't see a movie like this again

[@jamesweekley1087]

I think Hackman's telling of the story was better than the writer's.

[@striverfor7628]

BAYUMMM!!! Lol

[@golperuano]

One of the top films of the decade and a deserved best picture winner.

[@EricDaMAJ]

Hard to believe Hackman’s acting class didn’t think that former Marine would make it as an actor.

[@KC.45]

This fight would’ve been awesome if they recreated in Red Dead Redemption 2. Jim Boy Calloway vs Slim Grant.

[@c-secofficer123]

Poor Slim

[@coopmurphy9216]

Duck, I says.

[@markw4907]

There were reports that the Walker Colt could blow a chamber. You have to imagine 60 grains of powder in a gun that was essentially iron with thin walled revolver chambers, not the thick walls of a muzzleloading rifle. Fast forward to the 1873 Colt which used 40 grains in a civilian load...and people hated the recoil on that gun(military loads were 30 grains). When the 1851 came out, with its superior metallurgy, it changed everything.

[@doz161]

awesome movie !

[@joakimlundgren7043]

Most of the main characters were gunmen. But they weren´t dukes. He rode in legends & showed himself in nocturnal visions.

[@kentonpryor7091]

That story always makes me laugh!

[@alsmith7382]

Gene helped build the set in the town. Later it was said that there wasn't straight angle on any of those buildings. Hell of an actor, he's just not a carpenter......

[@BlueFieldGamer]

"shot him through the liver " 👉 POP!

[@badlaamaurukehu]

Never overstuff a Walker.

[@jkorshak]

Great movie and a classic, but I never understood why Beauchamp was locked up here. Soon after he's out from behind bars after he and Little Bill talked about English Bob's fight with Corcoran and you get the two moments where Bill dares Beauchamp to first shoot him which becomes a dare to give the weapon to Bob. Bill could have had him locked up just to further make his point but it's never expressly explained what Beauchamp did to be in the jail with Bob and Bill in the first place.

[@padriagwells2374]

Greatest scene in movie history ( David Webb Peoples has admitted that "The Duke of Death" represents the John Wayne era western - "The Duke" being John Wayne - his nickname). We must assume that Little Bille represents the Spaghetthi Western - he quotes The Outlaw Josey Wales* later in this movie. IMO, Will Munny represents the real west - drunken trigger happy lads. WW Beauchamps goes from writing the story of "The Duke", to writing the story of Little Bill (The Spaghetti) to briefly writing the story of William Munny - the actual west. Discussion started??? *When Joesy Wales and Little Bill are asked how they chose the order in which they killed their foes they give very similar answers - William Munny gives the opposite. I've watched some interview with DWP guys and I'm not dreaming this up - "I was lucky in the order, but I've always been lucky" lol

[@leventebolyos8060]

This is the deconstruction of the myth of the west and all the glorified violence. The Western genre was never the same after this movie.

[@yyz4761]

I hear people say that they don’t like dialogue in movies, they just like cenematography and action. I says you can have both. Wish this clip would have included the duck dialogue.

[@truthspreader3109]

Gene Hackman was amazing in this movie...

[@ianwilliamson2980]

That fellow is terrified of him.he says bam and he jumps ha ha

[@TheDa6781]

and yet when Clint's rifle misfired it took Bill a lot of time and fumbling to pull his gun and shoot

[@TheDa6781]

@Duke Seventhreee no it's not. It's a boomstick.

[@judyhopps9380]

because Munny threw the shotgun in his face

[@johnanthonyp]

Brilliant acting-Harris was specifically asked even though he sat on 80 mil

[@atlasprime6193]

Red Dead 2 Gunslinger quest was definitely inspired by these characters.

[@markwillies7666]

I think most of the mythical figures of the Wild West were more like the Duck of Death than the popular movie versions.

[@TheNinjaJesusRises]

Just bear that in mind and don't listen to the mythologizers and you'll be fine.

[@striverfor7628]

No, he just walked over there real slow...... because he was drunk. lol

[@fanatamon]

10/10 scene.

[@vegetasolo1221]

AFI's 10 Top 10 - #4 Western Film