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Why would Calvera let them go?

posted 9 years ago by Degree7
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Seriously, he had them at gun point. All he had to do was gun them down and bury the bodies somewhere. And if he really had to dump them outside of town, he should have had the foresight not to give them their guns back. That just felt like a bad plot device. And he didn't even bother to post any sentries to make sure they didn't decide to come back. Seriously, just ignoring the presence of 7 deadly, armed mercenaries wasn't that believable.

Also, why were Lee, Bernard, and Britt standing in the open like morons, risking their lives needlessly, while the bandits were either retreating or all dead? If they'd stayed behind cover they would have still been alive.

~ I'm a 21st century man and I don't wanna be here.

[–] mtlddrms 9 years ago

Calvera feared that the US Army would go after him for killing Americans. He explained this. As for him giving back their guns, I have no explanation. Just a plot device, I guess.

[–] james_powers 9 years ago

Makes absolutely no sense for Calvera to give the Seven their guns back. Guns were the tools of the trade for him and his men, and why take a chance that the Seven would return?

[–] olds1999 9 years ago

Calvera was a smart ruthless leader. The Seven had killed half his gang. Made no sense. Also realistically,when the Seven came back to the village,they would have found, Calvera and his gang, drinking and raping the women.

[–] flint_285 9 years ago

As some have already responded, Calvera respected the Seven and he was concerned that if he killed them outright some of their friends in the US would have made trouble for him. He thought they would not come back given they had been betrayed by the village. Obviously Calvera was wrong.

[–] rabksaj 8 years ago

Some of the actors did not have much talk time either I was hoping for coburn to have more lines

[–] beeger 8 years ago

Great film, but it was a 1960's movie. Logic & reason don't apply here. A lot of the 60's films had issues. They aren't the most historically accurate, nor costumed accurately etc. Still like 'em though.

[–] liscarkat (18393) 6 years ago

In contrast, films of today are perfectly written gems of historical accuracy and logic. Sturges screwed up: he forgot he had been assigned to make a documentary, and made a highly entertaining movie instead.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

lol