The Quick and the Dead

The Quick and the Dead (1995)

10 mistakes since 9 Jan '17, 00:00

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Visible crew/equipment: When Hackman rises from the ground after the last explosion, a guy is in the upper right corner standing on a balcony holding a device with an antenna (probably a remote device for explosions). He is visible almost four seconds. (01:38:23)

Continuity mistake: In the gun store scene, first shot there are three pistols on the counter, second angle only two. (00:36:36)

Continuity mistake: As the duel between Cort and Spotted Horse begins, Russell Crowe is shown from a distance. He is standing in a "ready" position, with his feet apart and knees and elbows flexed, swaying slightly. In the close up that immediately follows, he's standing up straight and motionless with his right hand above his gun and left hanging at his side.

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Visible crew/equipment: When Herod is talking to Cort he says, "It takes a lot to scare me, I love the sensation," then it cuts to a shot facing Cort, and just as Herod turns around the moving boom mic casts a shadow on the ground, at the lower right side of the screen (next shot Herod shoots Ratsy). (01:49:10)

Super Grover

Other mistake: Final showdown between Ellen and Herod. The first shot hits him in the torso. He does not move and seems surprised to find a hole there. Second shot to the head, from the same gun, lifts him off his feet and drives him back several feet, a very different reaction. Quite possibly at some point it was supposed to be Cort that shoots him first, from behind Ellen. Ellen would be wounded but then fire the killing shot.

Factual error: In the bar when the lady buys herself a drink before getting challenged to her first fight, she drops a nickel on the table. It's a Jefferson nickel, not minted until 1913.

Joe Henopp

Other mistake: After Herod shoots Ellen Doc Wallace examines her and says she is dead. Obviously he is in league with Ellen and Cort, using the red ink to make her look dead. But earlier he says that Spotted Horse is dead, having "examined" him from several feet away. He is wrong, because Spotted Horse gets up and fires several shots at Cort. He would have no reason to fake that death, and is apparently a qualified doctor.

Leicaman

John Herod: I said, are you still fast?
Cort: Faster than you.

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Trivia: This is the only Sam Raimi movie where his trademark Oldsmobile does not appear.

J I Cohen

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Suggested correction: According to legend, the car was stripped down to its chassis then rebuilt as a stagecoach for the movie.

It was apparently "stripped down and covered with a wagon." https://movieweb.com/why-sam-raimi-puts-his-car-in-his-movies/.

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Question: Why did Ace lie about killing the Terence brothers?

Answer: He's a fraud and he's trying to impress people and create a reputation. Most of what he brags about is likely either made up or was actually done by someone else.

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