Directed by: Robert Aldrich
Starring: Harrison Ford, Gene Wilder, Ramon Bieri, Val Bisoglio
Character mistake: Gene Wilder as the rabbi leaves the Torah on the floor of the porch of the home of the synagogue president. A rabbi would never put a Torah on the ground.
Factual error: In the wedding reception scene toward the end of the movie, the celebrants are dancing in a circle to Hava Nagilah. The song did not exist in the 1800s. The song is derived from a slow dirge from the early 1800s in Ukraine and was not written as the fast, energetic folk tune we know until around 1918.
Question: When Avram is departing on his horse after meeting Tommy, Tommy asks him if he speaks any Mexican. Abram, who doesn't, is puzzled by the question and asks why...to which Tommy responds "Just curious." I've always assumed that Tommy was mocking him cause he was unknowingly riding south and headed for Mexico instead of West towards San Francisco. Am I right?
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Answer: Right on the nose.