As the story goes, Richard Harris got a call from Clint about the role, and Sir Richard thought it was a prank. At the same time, RH supposedly was watching High Plains Drifter on satellite dish TV back then and looked at it as a sign to take the role.
MacArthurs park is melting in the dark, all the sweet green icing flowing down. Someone left his cake out in the rain and I don’t think he can take it cause it took so long to bake it. That should be the soundtrack for the beat down
This scene is exactly why he deserved what he got in the end. Apparently, English Bob and Little Bill knew one another, and this is the only glimpse of the life Bill led before putting the tin star on. First off, last time I checked the Second Amendment existed in 1880. Secondly, under the color of law, Little Bill proceeds to use the law to disarm and brutally beat Bob.
I love it when Little Bill changes “The Duke of Death” to “The Duck of Death” before he kicks the s…t out of English Bob. Hackman won best supporting actor for this unforgettable performance.
To be fair, Bob did kind of deserve it for talking smack about the US President and also talking bs about the British royalty. Nobody has time for these narcissistic types.
Thanks for upping this an the next scene SashMak. This is probably my favorite western film of all time, by a mile. English Bob, Little Bill, biographer Beauchamp wettin himself in fear, Whore's gold....this on top of some superb dialogue.
Hands down...the best BeatDown scene of all times...So many fantastic elements make up the whole. The opening...stepping out to be surprised by "guns in the face".....then the biographer "losing his water"......also...the classic line and shot "I'll have that 32, Bob"....and finally, the best component, the sudden, stunning contrast of Little Bill's character....initially an easy-going, mild mannered small-town sheriff instantly becomes a brutal, vicious enforcer.
@@nathanadrian7797 I mostly agree, except the coward in _Lonesome Dove_ doesn't have even the courage to tell Newt he was his father. Lotta cowards doing beatdowns in the film industry 😂
He thought he'd made himself righteous. "I'm building a house. I'm a good man. I don't deserve this." He thought his gunnies would handle everything. He didn't take on English Bob, alone. He made sure he got the drop on him.
You sure missed that one- Little Bill faced up to Clint and told the others to shoot him after Clint fired- he looked him straight in the eye until Clint pulled the trigger, he never backed down.
exactly on point@@Paul1958R Little Bill tried to establish law and order, which means stamping out vigilantes. The rabble loved Little Bill getting executed, but he's actually not the villain in this movie.
The Nebraska line is excellent although not quite as good as - “I don’t deserve to die like this - deserves got nothing to do with it.” Agree with the comment on Eastwood one one liners -Outlaw Josey Wales - disgracefully overlooked for Oscars “Dying ain’t no way to make a living boy”!!
Guess you think I'm kickin you, funny, but nobody's laughing, then when he's says there ain't no whores gold, looking at strawberry Alice, and the other deputies looking confused about it,just an awesome scene
Gene Hackman could make a PSA for foot odor compelling. Right there with Anthony Hopkins and Meryl Streep as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. He owns every scene he's ever been in. He was in a couple of so-so movies, but his acting was always elite.
I always thought it was the worst western I ever saw, even though a high school friend played one of the hookers! Pale Rider, and The Outlaw Josey Wales were both far better! Lonesome Dove is the best western IMO.
Hackman worked in films until 2003. He even had roles as memorable as this one fairly often. He gave serious thought to being the lead in Nebraska before politely turning it down.
I thought that was Cromwell ( Lord protector of England) who instigated Charles 1st death. Unless you are thinking of Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots.?
Best western ever made IMO. Hackman is so good in this role -- you wanted him to die as much as any villain in any movie ever made. Funny thing is he just represents a long-time trend in law enforcement -- putting a bully in charge of policing the other bullies.
Yeah, yeah cops are so bad, but who else is going to protect weak men like you? I mean let's face it, you should be down on your knees thanking every cop you see, because without them you'd have been purged a long time ago.
Isn't that the basis of The State? The citizenry grants a monopoly on violence to just one select group (elected, these days), rather than suffer competition among many competitors for most violent. Little Bill understood that establishing law and order in the wild west meant ruthlessly stamping out vigilantes. That's the fundamental social contract. This movie is a masterpiece that rewards multiple viewings-- on my first viewing I thought that Little Bill was the villain but I've since reconsidered. The real villain is the human propensity for violence.
I was wondering the same thing, but then realized that English Bob was there for a shave, not a haircut. At 4:40 you can see a close up of his smooth chin. Little Bill finished the job nicely!
Someone left his face out in the street, and I don’t think that he can take it , coz it took so long to kick it, and he’ll never have his peacemaker again … oh no.
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Hackman and Harris giving a master class in acting here !
"I'll shoot for the Queen ..and yooou for..well whomever"
One of Hackman's best performances.
Harris always shines.
👍👍
Nah it’s good but it ain’t Mississippi Burning good!
Or French Connection!
"I'll have that .32, Bob."
And thats when English Bob finally looked like a dangerous man. And he did look deadly dangerous. Graat show.
That shot of English Bob in the foreground, with Hackman in the background - amazing shot.
It's also when that ass kickin was assured
@yanni2112
Yup lol
That's why you never let them disarm you. They only want you unarmed so they can do something wrong and get away with it.
Some of these actors have been working with Clint Eastwood since the 1970's. Lot of loyalty there.
,
Hackman is an amazing actor. So believable.
Morgan Freeman said when Little Bill (Gene) was torturing and threatening him, he didn't have to act terrified. He believed him.
Still got his ass kicked in end 😅
Bully in real life, this comes natural to him.
@@CorePathway Bully in real life? What ya got?
@@lakeracer8453 rich eisen show
" Hell, I even thought I was dead, but it turns out I was just in Nebraska. " This movie has a lot of good one-liners. Just like all Eastwood movies.
I was in Nebraska in the Air Force and Little Bill is absolutely correct.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
I was in Nebraska when I saw this. It got a big laugh.
I reckon so...-Josey Wales
You can't say better then that. The rest is just down hill.
Not just one hell of a Western, one hell of a movie.
They don't make actors like The great Gene Hackman anymore.
Or Richard Harris.
nor Harris!
I can think of a few Harrises; but Hackman...nah, he's a total one-off.@@DonnchaOMaidin
Amen...still my all time favorite actor
They should have done more with that billiard table they burned for firewood in '78. It was my favorite character.
Little Bill is such a self-righteous character that he's completely blind to his own hypocrisy and depravity!
Still the same cowardly bandit he always was. The only real difference is the legitimacy of office.
Awesome movie that was filmed just outside of my hometown of Canmore Alberta. Kananaskis Country Alberta!
I work that area
Always wanted to know that
You can see how Little Bill treats English Bob though.....he knows he is legitemately dangerous.
Such a great movie. Completely lost track of how many times I’ve watched it.
Richard Harris was a fantastic actor, his son Jared is following his lead
As the story goes, Richard Harris got a call from Clint about the role, and Sir Richard thought it was a prank. At the same time, RH supposedly was watching High Plains Drifter on satellite dish TV back then and looked at it as a sign to take the role.
RH himself,disclosed that in an interview 🎉🎉
Almost. Except he was watching _A Man Called Horse_
@@donarthiazi2443 Wrong, he was watching Human Centipede 3
@@PeterT-i1w
😂
“The Duck of Death” is actually quite good reading. Well written, suspenseful & action packed!
“Umm… the DUKE…”
“DUCK, I sezz.”
That misread by little bill was so so real he was educated until the 8th grade and then they put a gun on his hip
"You will leave me at the mercy of my enemies," Dumbledore said calmly.
No this is actually a real character in a proper film you know
@@theayatollahofrockandrollah He was an excellent Dumbledore.
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Richard Harris sadly missed ,,,
Very well written script. And great actors to play it out.
MacArthurs park is melting in the dark, all the sweet green icing flowing down. Someone left his cake out in the rain and I don’t think he can take it cause it took so long to bake it.
That should be the soundtrack for the beat down
Ridiculous 🙄
Daft idea - would completely take the audience out of the scene.
Hackman.
The real badass.
This scene is exactly why he deserved what he got in the end.
Apparently, English Bob and Little Bill knew one another, and this is the only glimpse of the life Bill led before putting the tin star on.
First off, last time I checked the Second Amendment existed in 1880. Secondly, under the color of law, Little Bill proceeds to use the law to disarm and brutally beat Bob.
I love it when Little Bill changes “The Duke of Death” to “The Duck of Death” before he kicks the s…t out of English Bob. Hackman won best supporting actor for this unforgettable performance.
Little Bill deserved his fate.
Deserves got nothing to do with it.
Deserved got nothing to do with it.
"I'll have that .32, Bob."
Priceless look on Harris' face at 4:40
hidin it it what got his ass kicked
@@yanni2112 No it was his stupid love for Kings and Queens ... or didn't you watch the scene earlier?
Or why he was there for
"I guess you think I'm kickin' you, Bob."
But it ain't so, what I'm doing is talking
So many great lines in that movie
To be fair, Bob did kind of deserve it for talking smack about the US President and also talking bs about the British royalty.
Nobody has time for these narcissistic types.
I guess you think I'm kicking you Bob,isn't so( as he kicks him again)😂
I loved it when they gave Bob's pistol back with the barrel bent 90 degrees back at him.
180°.
@@oneproudbrowncoat Thanks yes it was 180. I was half right. Lol.
@@sammylacks4937 Ohhhhh oh, we're half way there. OOOOOOOh oh. Living on a pray.
I missed that part. Damn.
Right, and when Bob had handed it over he said something like “Take very good care of it son.” 😂
Top 5 movie of all time
Very good movie, hell it's a great movie. But let's not get carried away here
Not even top 500.
Gene played this role so well. When I first saw this movie in a theater, I wanted to kill the SOB.
But he didn’t deserve that, he was building a house.😅
Great casting.
Always so silly when shooters suddenly cock their weapons half way through a confrontation.
Single action , maybe a hair trigger .
Someone had a little website on this, called it "gratuitous cocking."
Wouldnt want to show up half-cocked, would you?😂😂
Thanks for upping this an the next scene SashMak. This is probably my favorite western film of all time, by a mile. English Bob, Little Bill, biographer Beauchamp wettin himself in fear, Whore's gold....this on top of some superb dialogue.
You been talking about the queen again? On Independence Day?! lol
Hands down...the best BeatDown scene of all times...So many fantastic elements make up the whole.
The opening...stepping out to be surprised by "guns in the face".....then the biographer "losing his water"......also...the classic line and shot "I'll have that 32, Bob"....and finally, the best component, the sudden, stunning contrast of Little Bill's character....initially an easy-going, mild mannered small-town sheriff instantly becomes a brutal, vicious enforcer.
Little Bill is such a fucking pussy. Him getting shot in the face is the highlight of this movie.
That's what happens when the enforcer knows the victim is unarmed.
Be governed accordingly.
The beat down in "Lonesome Dove" is far better. in this one, a coward attacks a loud mouth being held at gunpoint.
@@nathanadrian7797 I mostly agree, except the coward in _Lonesome Dove_ doesn't have even the courage to tell Newt he was his father. Lotta cowards doing beatdowns in the film industry 😂
@@donarthiazi2443 I'll give you that one. Gus is my favourite western character in any movie!
Great scene... lots of tension. Note the nervous horse. Good detail.
I guess he didn't realize that Queen Victoria, herself, had survived multiple assassination attempts.
Because the assassins hands shook as they stared in awe, making them miss.
@@lesigh1749 And they stood in awe....
@@DavidTucker-e2j"Thy stood in oh"
It was good to see in the end that little bill wasn't nearly as tough as he thought he was and he got what he deserved.
He thought he'd made himself righteous. "I'm building a house. I'm a good man. I don't deserve this."
He thought his gunnies would handle everything. He didn't take on English Bob, alone. He made sure he got the drop on him.
@@harrymills2770 Deserves got nothin to do with it
You sure missed that one- Little Bill faced up to Clint and told the others to shoot him after Clint fired- he looked him straight in the eye until Clint pulled the trigger, he never backed down.
@@harrymills2770Well, yes- that's the safest way, after all.
exactly on point@@Paul1958R Little Bill tried to establish law and order, which means stamping out vigilantes. The rabble loved Little Bill getting executed, but he's actually not the villain in this movie.
The Nebraska line is excellent although not quite as good as - “I don’t deserve to die like this - deserves got nothing to do with it.”
Agree with the comment on Eastwood one one liners -Outlaw Josey Wales - disgracefully overlooked for Oscars “Dying ain’t no way to make a living boy”!!
"It ain't for eating. It's for looking through." (probs misquote)
Guess you think I'm kickin you, funny, but nobody's laughing, then when he's says there ain't no whores gold, looking at strawberry Alice, and the other deputies looking confused about it,just an awesome scene
Gene Hackman could make a PSA for foot odor compelling. Right there with Anthony Hopkins and Meryl Streep as one of the greatest actors of the 20th century. He owns every scene he's ever been in. He was in a couple of so-so movies, but his acting was always elite.
Poseidon adventure comes to mind
@@gregorymabrey7508 "so-so movie" wise? Yeah... and I always thought Superman was a very mediocre movie. (I know... sacrilege)
Meryl Streep is an actress,not an actor. Ignorant.
"Have you ever picked your toes in Poughkeepsie?"
I like how when English Bob is leaving town he slips into his real Cockney accent swearing oaths.
lol good old englishman telling the yanks a thing or two
funny ass line though!!
The character "English Bob" was custom designed to annoy Americans, and boy doesnt he just.
I thought arrogant dickheads annoyed everybody. 😎
I'm American, and i thought he was great.
Bob was perfectly willing to work for Americans, though.
This movie was wall to wall American. You don't know what you're talking about.
@@sp10sn except for English bob... Who is played by Richard Harris. Who is Irish. You plum.
I knew Buffalo Billious, Wild Bill Hiccup and Just Plain Bill.
We all do!
Gene Hackman was a gift from the heavens
He is still alive you know. 94 but still ticking.
Nothing more unamerican than disarming someone entering an american town.
Well Bob wasnt American lol
Richard harris brilliant
English Bob (AKA) Sir Richard Harris,was one of the Greatest Acttor s of the 20th century ,including iconic westerns and He like to Drink😉
Transcript
If you stood in the presents of royalty you would dismiss all thought of violence and stand in awe.
.....the Irish have entered this chat.
presence
@@yanni2112
I suppose it is actually possible to stand in certain presents.
Shoes for instance.
You’ve made that obvious
Multiple actually tried to assassinate the exact person he's talking about.
Well since that was Richard Harris delivering the lines, the Irish were already in the chat.
You been talking about the Queen again? On Independence Day?
Little Bill doesn't hide the fact that it's personal when it comes to gunslingers.
This is probably the best Western movie of all time. I think Clint gets number two as well.
I always thought it was the worst western I ever saw, even though a high school friend played one of the hookers! Pale Rider, and The Outlaw Josey Wales were both far better! Lonesome Dove is the best western IMO.
@@nathanadrian7797 Agree with everything except the #1 Western is The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. 😁😉
@@BPzeropoint Well, If we all liked the same things, this world would be a bit boring!
@@nathanadrian7797 Nah not really🤣
In the end, Lil Bill got what he deserved! ☠️
"We all have it coming."
But he was building a house.😊
Karma. What comes around, goes around.
One Gene's last movies, if not his last.
Hackman worked in films until 2003. He even had roles as memorable as this one fairly often.
He gave serious thought to being the lead in Nebraska before politely turning it down.
So they're standing there pointing unloaded guns at English Bob and don't load until Little Bill reaches into his bag.
Guns were loaded just not cocked. This is a time before semiautomatic.
Right? What if Bob slipped his sleeve shooter? At the lest, Gene would be dead or maybe wounded. Or not.
@@artdeco64 They would rack the slide for the same audio/visual effect anyway.
This movie shows that most "wild west" action was actually in the Midwest.
Wyoming is nowhere near the Midwest.
@@JesusDiedLMFAO Yes it is. The Midwest is exactly that. The middle of America.
@@iamgermane stop.
Filmed in Alberta, Canada.
@@jackshadow325 Still the Midwest!
Guess you think I'm kicking you bob!
I had the same misconception myself.
English Bob talking mad shit in defense of the queen for someone who had Charles I executed
I thought that was Cromwell ( Lord protector of England) who instigated Charles 1st death.
Unless you are thinking of Queen Elizabeth and Mary Queen of Scots.?
@@John-ob7dh yes, it was Cromwell, that’s my point
He played cromwell in the movie, bro@@John-ob7dh
Lil Bill was built differently. And mean as a pissed off rattlesnake
Best western ever made IMO. Hackman is so good in this role -- you wanted him to die as much as any villain in any movie ever made. Funny thing is he just represents a long-time trend in law enforcement -- putting a bully in charge of policing the other bullies.
Yeah, yeah cops are so bad, but who else is going to protect weak men like you? I mean let's face it, you should be down on your knees thanking every cop you see, because without them you'd have been purged a long time ago.
Isn't that the basis of The State? The citizenry grants a monopoly on violence to just one select group (elected, these days), rather than suffer competition among many competitors for most violent. Little Bill understood that establishing law and order in the wild west meant ruthlessly stamping out vigilantes. That's the fundamental social contract. This movie is a masterpiece that rewards multiple viewings-- on my first viewing I thought that Little Bill was the villain but I've since reconsidered. The real villain is the human propensity for violence.
Doesn't matter they burn the table in 78 for firewood😂
The Duck of Death?
Wait a minute. That’s Original Dumbeldor
Dude in the opening scene could be Joe Walsh's brother🤣
I guess that's Richard Harris from Macarthur's Park
American swagger meets English fancy
None of those guys cocked their weapons before the man reached into his pockets?
So nice that lil Bob dies in the end
The irony is that English Bob doesn't die; he leaves town to lick his wounds. It's Little Bill that gets wiped out by William Munny in the end.
Damn, Gene Hackman just kicked Dumbledore's ass all over that town!
So much for your “Queen”
They can show that on TH-cam, but they won't let you show screwing the silencer on a weapon, doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever
Has there ever been a western town Hackman entered that he wasn't the corrupt sherriff of lol
Little Bill was the good guy in this film. Just because the assassin was the protagonist doesn't mean he was a force for good.
@@justinbailey1756 No he wasn't.
@@justinbailey1756 I do not think there was any "good guys" in that film and that was probably the point.
@@johnnyskied But he was building a house! He didn’t deserve that!
@@dr.badass702 That leaky thing?? Did him a favor, nobody should have to live like that.
Marcus Aurelius himself.
being British, and having lived in the USA... yep English Bob should have shut his mouth
Jesus, how'd the barber let that guy out of his chair with a haircut like that?
I was wondering the same thing, but then realized that English Bob was there for a shave, not a haircut. At 4:40 you can see a close up of his smooth chin. Little Bill finished the job nicely!
The Barber only extracted a molar.
The Duck of Death....! LOLOL ....He forgot to duck...!
Bill is not so tough when he meets Clint …. 🤠
@1845jc One of the best lines in movie history!!!!
This is why we must be willing to fight and die for our rights to bear arms. It literally is the only reason we have the other rights still
The Duck Of Death
And then, Clint enters the picture.
Bring it on cowards. I can't be intimidated.
Thought I died and gone to hell, but it turned out that the bus just stopped in LA.
Gene Hackman is the best actor first class Ye good he made a movie with Clint Eastwood eh No actors can acts like them eh
i guess you think im kicking you bob
WATCHING " LITTLE BILL " GET CUT DOWN BY...EASTWOOD'S CHARACTER WAS JUST FINE !!!
Hey if luthor could outwit super man then dumbledore should be a walk in the park
Crossfire?
You been talking about the queen again on independence day
....hot ain't it 🔥🔥
Someone left his face out in the street, and I don’t think that he can take it , coz it took so long to kick it, and he’ll never have his peacemaker again … oh no.
I understand that reference. Clever.
"There aint no whores gold" 😂😅
Dang. Popeye Doyle just kicked the crap outta Dumbledore.
Tell Archduke Ferdinand that..
This movie is the perfect example of why you never let government have a monopoly on deadly force
Little Bill didn’t give two fucks about the second amendment!
Aaaand NO ONE had rounds chambered ….
Well cocked
Sigh. That's not how that works.
Little Bill sure loves kicking the shit out of people while listing US cities. "Abilene!" [kick] "Amarillo!" [kick] "Wichita!" [kick]
Duck I says
Americans love to take a poke at the British. It makes them feel better.
Well you can't blame them , we did burn the White House down once.
Did all those guys really have empty chambers when the writer went to his briefcase?
Tell us you know nothing about guns without saying, "I know nothing about guns".