Darkness, Revenge, and Redemption in The Bravados (1958)
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“I’ve ridden a hundred miles to see this hanging.” These are not the first words we hear from Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck), first seen approaching the town of Rio Arriba alone on horseback. No, those are not his opening words, but they are his first words of any significance. Stopped by a sentry posted just outside the town, Douglas quickly determines he won’t be able to do whatever it is he came to do without the oversight of local law enforcement. It soon becomes clear that everyone in Rio Arriba thinks this stranger is a different visitor from the one they’ve been expecting. There’s a sense of relief, almost jubilation over Douglas’s arrival until the townspeople discover the truth: He’s not the hangman sent to permanently rid the town of four criminals being held in the local jail for a fatal bank robbery. But if he’s not the hangman, then who
Darkness, Revenge, and Redemption in The Bravados (1958)
Darkness, Revenge, and Redemption in The…
Darkness, Revenge, and Redemption in The Bravados (1958)
“I’ve ridden a hundred miles to see this hanging.” These are not the first words we hear from Jim Douglas (Gregory Peck), first seen approaching the town of Rio Arriba alone on horseback. No, those are not his opening words, but they are his first words of any significance. Stopped by a sentry posted just outside the town, Douglas quickly determines he won’t be able to do whatever it is he came to do without the oversight of local law enforcement. It soon becomes clear that everyone in Rio Arriba thinks this stranger is a different visitor from the one they’ve been expecting. There’s a sense of relief, almost jubilation over Douglas’s arrival until the townspeople discover the truth: He’s not the hangman sent to permanently rid the town of four criminals being held in the local jail for a fatal bank robbery. But if he’s not the hangman, then who