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.
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.
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
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.
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 😂
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.
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.
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.
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”!!
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.
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
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.
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!
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 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.?
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.
If you enjoyed watching this great scene, I strongly recommend that you watch the second clip, witch is: Unforgiven: Two-Gun Corcoron There you will see more on little Bill and English Bob.. A great and funny scene.
English Bob was The Duke of Death from the train ride all the way up till he left the barbershop then when he opened the inside door & saw Little Bill than he very quickly became Old Bob The Duck of Death especially after Little Bill kicked the poohp out of poor Old Bob
Hackman and Harris giving a master class in acting here !
"I'll shoot for the Queen ..and yooou for..well whomever"
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
"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.
" 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.
They don't make actors like The great Gene Hackman anymore.
Or Richard Harris.
Some of these actors have been working with Clint Eastwood since the 1970's. Lot of loyalty there.
,
"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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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.
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'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?
Richard Harris sadly missed ,,,
It’s hell of a thing to kill a man, to take away all he’s got and all he’s ever going to have…. Always sticks with me such an outstanding film.
Yeah well I guess he had it coming!
Awesome movie that was filmed just outside of my hometown of Canmore Alberta. Kananaskis Country Alberta!
Not just one hell of a Western, one hell of a movie.
Top 5 movie of all time
"I guess you think I'm kickin' you, Bob."
But it ain't so, what I'm doing is talking
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
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.
I guess you think I'm kicking you Bob,isn't so( as he kicks him again)😂
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.
Very well written script. And great actors to play it out.
Great scene... lots of tension. Note the nervous horse. Good detail.
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!
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.😅
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😉
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One Gene's last movies, if not his last.
He was in more than 20 films after this.
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.
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.
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.
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)
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.
Little Bill is such a self-righteous character that he's completely blind to his own hypocrisy and depravity!
Little Bill deserved his fate.
Great casting.
I guess he didn't realize that Queen Victoria, herself, had survived multiple assassination attempts.
Little Bill doesn't hide the fact that it's personal when it comes to gunslingers.
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."
Nothing more unamerican than disarming someone entering an american town.
Well Bob wasnt American lol
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.
lol good old englishman telling the yanks a thing or two
funny ass line though!!
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
You been talking about the queen again? On Independence Day?! lol
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.
I've heard it said William Munny is actually Josey Wales trying to live peacefully in obscurity.
Damn, Gene Hackman just kicked Dumbledore's ass all over that town!
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🤣
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
You Don t know what dictatorship is. You don t what you re talking about
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!
American swagger meets English fancy
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.
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.
WATCHING " LITTLE BILL " GET CUT DOWN BY...EASTWOOD'S CHARACTER WAS JUST FINE !!!
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.
Doesn't matter they burn the table in 78 for firewood😂
All those guns pointed and none of them able to be fired if need be. LOL.
Guess you think I'm kicking you bob!
I had the same misconception myself.
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
The Duck of Death?
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.
So much for your “Queen”
You been talking about the Queen again? On Independence Day?
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.
Did all those guys really have empty chambers when the writer went to his briefcase?
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
Marcus Aurelius himself.
None of those guys cocked their weapons before the man reached into his pockets?
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
The Duck Of Death
Dude in the opening scene could be Joe Walsh's brother🤣
I guess that's Richard Harris from Macarthur's Park
The Duck of Death....! LOLOL ....He forgot to duck...!
@1845jc One of the best lines in movie history!!!!
Thought I died and gone to hell, but it turned out that the bus just stopped in LA.
And then, Clint enters the picture.
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.
i guess you think im kicking you bob
You been talking about the queen again on independence day
Dang. Popeye Doyle just kicked the crap outta Dumbledore.
Crossfire?
....hot ain't it 🔥🔥
Tell Archduke Ferdinand that..
Aaaand NO ONE had rounds chambered ….
Well cocked
Hey if luthor could outwit super man then dumbledore should be a walk in the park
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.
Poor Bob had his difficulty level turned up to black when dealing with the police
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.
Books huh… I guess that means you boys can read
I saw that at first Hackman didn’t want the role. Didn’t like playing the bad guy.
@upcock
You must be English Bob.
I have the feeling this isn't about Independence Day----I think it's personal
If you enjoyed watching this great scene, I strongly recommend that you watch the second clip, witch is:
Unforgiven: Two-Gun Corcoron
There you will see more on little Bill and English Bob.. A great and funny scene.
Of course the English Roundheads had killed Charles I without any problems around AWE…
Little Bill beat the shit out of English bob.😂
Duck i says...
Big Shots 50 against 1 also need guns
I wonder if the airbags are made safe in the junkyard.
I'd hate to get an accidental airbag deployment In the face.
That scene still hurts me. I feel it as an assault on humanity.
Bill its only a Peacemaker
Bully Hackman.
English Bob was The Duke of Death from the train ride all the way up till he left the barbershop then when he opened the inside door & saw Little Bill than he very quickly became Old Bob The Duck of Death especially after Little Bill kicked the poohp out of poor Old Bob
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Little Bill sure loves kicking the shit out of people while listing US cities. "Abilene!" [kick] "Amarillo!" [kick] "Wichita!" [kick]