Continuity mistake: When Sharon Stone confronts Gene Hackman at the end, she throws the marshal star at his feet. It is an inch or two in front of his boots. After he is shot, he gets flung backwards several feet. Stone then picks the star up and throws it to Russell Crowe. She picks it up from behind Hackman's body, several feet away from where it landed but still sticking out of the sand the same way.
The Quick and the Dead (1995)
Ending / spoiler
Directed by: Sam Raimi
Starring: Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, Leonardo DiCaprio, Sharon Stone, Gary Sinise
Sharon Stone realized the only way to beat Gene Hackman is to instill fear in him first. She fakes her own death in a shootout with Russell Crowe. As Gene and Russell face off, the town clock is blown up, shaking up Gene. As she emerges from the smoke, he finds out who she is. Then, she kills him. Russell becomes the new sheriff.
More mistakes in The Quick and the Dead
John Herod: Like I always say - put a fox in the henhouse and you'll have chicken for dinner every time.
Trivia: This is the only Sam Raimi movie where his trademark Oldsmobile does not appear.
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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/.
Question: Who shoots Herod the first time in the final showdown with Ellen? I have replayed the video several times and her gun does not fire until the second, kill shot to the head. Cort is just behind her. Are we supposed to surmise that he shot Herod first? Just a mistake?
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