I always really liked and empathized with Thornton for some reason .... his situation just seemed like such a terrible place to be, and his redemption at the end is really quite beautiful.
Drew Cook
· 1 year ago
My favorite character is William Holden's "Pike Bishop," the leader of the Bunch.
There are so many great moments in this classic film it's hard to pick one as a favorite, but if I had to, I'd have to say the ending, when Edmond O'Brien's "Freddy Sykes" asks Robert Ryan's "Deke Thornton" "you wanna come along? It ain't like it used to be, but it'll do" -- and then O'Brien's cackling, contagious laughter, triggering Ryan's own, accompanying laughter, leading to the final images of the Bunch, laughing uproariously, lustily, and ironically.
Alan
· 11 months ago
What a question!!
I think my favorite scene is when Warren Oates and Ben Johnson are regaling the others with their exploits of having whores "in tandem," or "one behind the other."
One of my favorite characters is Strother Martin, along with his halfwit friend "T.C."
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There are so many great moments in this classic film it's hard to pick one as a favorite, but if I had to, I'd have to say the ending, when Edmond O'Brien's "Freddy Sykes" asks Robert Ryan's "Deke Thornton" "you wanna come along? It ain't like it used to be, but it'll do" -- and then O'Brien's cackling, contagious laughter, triggering Ryan's own, accompanying laughter, leading to the final images of the Bunch, laughing uproariously, lustily, and ironically.
I think my favorite scene is when Warren Oates and Ben Johnson are regaling the others with their exploits of having whores "in tandem," or "one behind the other."
One of my favorite characters is Strother Martin, along with his halfwit friend "T.C."