This film has many sides to it;
it is definitely character driven : that's why i can watch it over & over;
what can one say about the music except it is :
1)extraordinary
2)beautiful in an exotic sense
3)memorable
4)evergreen-never stale !
5)tad nostalgic as one recalls the rise of Mancini-mania
all in all : what a movie !
mby
...jus' a visual dee-lite !
It also made the Duke look like a normal person which he didn't do much of in the latter part of his career when he was in more contemporary settings.
His dialogue was a bit more relaxed than usual and seeing him walking around with a large glass of scotch and fooling around with "Dallas" was sort of atypical Wayne.
If he did much of his own stunts --must have used a double in some scenes-- he really enhanced the look and feel of the film. Much better than the standard 60's fare from JW.Director Hawks did a good job on a number of levels with this film.
Kisskiss, Bangbang