Corrected entry: In the scene where we see a German aircraft, it appears the German aircraft is a earlier variant of the Mustang fighter the P-51B or a P-51C with a longer cockpit canopy. Everything about the aircraft - its rate of climb, sound of the Merlin engine, wing and tail shape points to it being a disguised P-51B Mustang fighter. Later versions of the P-51 Mustang had a bubble shaped canopy. The film was made in 1943 and the war was still on so they would have had a problem getting the real McCoy .
keiko
7th Aug 2009
Sahara (1943)
29th Mar 2009
Johnny Guitar (1954)
Corrected entry: In a scene towards the end of the film Vienna and Emma confront each other for a shootout. The posse has gathered to watch and when "The Dancing Kid" objects to Emma's intentions of killing Vienna, he runs toward Emma and is shot by Emma between the eyes. There is no blood, just a mark on the temple, then he falls to the ground. In the next shot we see the wounded man trying to get up - unlikely. In reality, a head shot is nearly always fatal: at the very least, the person is unconscious.
Correction: Actually, in reality a head shot is not nearly always fatal. People have tried commiting suicide and neither killed themselves, nor been unconscious. Especially with lower powered guns used in the "Old West" which didn't have nearly the stopping power of modern weapons.
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Correction: I believe the assumption this is a P51B or P51C is in error, after watching this clip during a break down of the movie using Blake Edwards Beat Sheet, I looked at it very closely, and believe it to be a North American A-36, which even at this point in time while not a slug, was not procured in massive numbers, in fact we even started outfitting the French Armee D'Air with the aircraft about this time frame.