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Two of the Fakest Death Scenes in Motion Pictures! [SPOILERS!]


I couldn't believe it. Anthony Quinn runs down the hall and gets shot. He lays there, supposedly dead, and breathing heavily. πŸ™„

Then Brando -- the great Brando -- is flopped down in the public square, shot full of holes, for the people to see. Some are at his feet. Some are at his shoulders and around his head. We have a full view of his right hand which lifts about three inches, then lies still again. I'm sure they thought we'd think someone lifted his arm, but they didn't -- the wrist stayed on the stone. How could the director not see this stuff? Or was the budget so tight that they had to take what they could get?

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