A funny spoof on the Western. It’s interesting that this film is one of the first cases of an actor breaking the fourth wall with the audience during dialogue to address them. The difference in Ferris Bueller is the extent of the inclusion and the nature of it in the film, however this movie absolutely pioneers that technique of breaking the line of fiction with the audience by directly talking out to them through the screen. This must have been as shocking as when Al Jolson talked to the audience in the Jazz Singer.
This film really captures my attention, as silly as it is, and shows a shifting social attitude. There is a worldly, stately affect in the performances. It’s not anything super dramatic or comedic but there is absolutely subtlety in the performance in this film that is a major deviation from the super theatrical, wear it on your sleeve style of acting that is prominent in the 30’s and 40s’.