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What happens at the end?

posted 20 years ago by DuplexPenthouse
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Does Harper get shot? I didnt get how he just stopped and almost surrendered. great movie, though

[–] hkjohn2001a 20 years ago

He locks poor old Fay up in the broom closet

[–] dgcrow 20 years ago

My take on the final scene is that Albert Graves (Arthur Hill) decides not to shoot Harper, and at the same time Harper decides not to turn Albert in for his misdeed in the movie.

[–] route661 19 years ago

It's "Ah Hell"
Back when you couldn't use any nastier words.

[–] route661 19 years ago

dgcrow had it right. Harper was going to bust his buddy, but then figured it wouldn't do either one of them any good. That's where the "Ah Hell" line came in.

[–] thejackal54 19 years ago

He doesn't get shot, like it has been mentioned before, Harper doesn't turn his friend in, and Arthur Hill doesn't shoot him, besides, Newman as Lew Harper would return almost 10 years later in the follow up: The Drowning Pool

[–] davidgj6 18 years ago

Just seen this movie last night at National Film Theatre in London. No, he doesn't get shot, it's not that dark a movie. He decides not to give his friend up and his friend realises he can't shoot him. Great film. Had heard about it from William Goldman's 'Adventures in the Screen Trade' but not seen it. Can't understand why it is not more widely known.

[–] route661 18 years ago

It's like a lot of movies.
They are not appreciated at the time. Most people didn't have the time or money.
Now that I have the time, I appreciate movies from the '30's and '40's and 50's.
But whatever. We now have DVD's and VCR's and TIVO.
"Metropolis" was a great movie, but how many people could have seen it in 1922?
route661

[–] loveoldmovies22 17 years ago

Actually the movie did fine when it was released and was shown on TV in the 70's and 80's, even the early 90's. It seems to be that way with a lot of older movies now, sadly. Since the early 90's they have, for the most part, disappeared.

More movies from the 80's, 90's and the early 2000's are available now for regular basic cable stations. Most stations know that younger people (for the most part) don't want to see B&W movies or movies where they don't know the actors-- where the actors are either dead or no longer acting. The stations want the younger viewers.

So these classics have to compete for a place on TCM or are shown early in the morning on HBO, MAX, etc.

[–] heyuactor 16 years ago

Good assessment, love.

"I can understand it, but I don't like it none!"--Cheyenne.

[–] Slurrysback 10 years ago

No one saw Metropolis in 1922. It was released in 1927.