A Fistful of Dollars

Joe escapes from San Miguel and slowly recovers from his injuries. He returns, wearing a boilerplate hidden under his poncho, and taunts Ramon, who repeatedly shoots him but can't kill him. When Joe walks close enough, he kills Ramon's bodyguards, shoots the rifle out of Ramon's hands, and then removes his armor and drops his revolver. "When a man with a .45 meets a man with a rifle, you said the man with a pistol's a dead man. Let's see if that's true." They pick of their weapons at the same time, but Joe loads his revolver faster, and kills Ramon.

Factual error: When the "U.S." soldiers open fire on the Mexican cavalry, they employ a machine gun. The only two rapid-firing weapons in that time period were the Gatling gun, which used a magazine or drum of rounds and was fired by turning a crank, or the "Mitrailleuse" volley gun, which required at least two men to operate it, one to load the ammunition blocks, and the other to turn, once again, a crank to fire the weapon. The gun pictured has a single operator and neither a crank, nor any visible cartridge feed.

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Marisol: Why are you doing this for us?
Joe: Because I knew someone like you once and there was no-one there to help. Now, get moving.

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Question: When they both finally grab their guns and load up and Joe spins the revolver, how's he so sure it's going to load that one live round?

Answer: The look in Ramon's eyes.

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