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Two Goofs I Noticed

posted 13 years ago by 5thbeatle
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The first one is when Wayne goes to the hanging of the sheep herder. Wayne offers the sheep herder "X" amount of money for the sheep and the herder, (played by Bernard Fox) says back to Wayne "That's highway robbery" and Wayne says back "Do you think you'll get a better offer today"? The goof is how would anyone know in 1909 what a "Highway" is? The second one is when Wayne walks into the station to see O'Hara she gives Wayne the ransom note and when he reads it, the note is upside down. If you watch the scene you can see the word "Hurry!" at the top of the note when it should be at the bottom.

NO ONE WILL BE WATCHING US WHY DON'T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD?

[–] leroykevin 13 years ago

From Wikipedia: The word highwayman is first known to be used in the year 1617 other euphemisms included "knights of the road" and "gentlemen of the road." In the 19th-century American West, highwaymen were known as road agents. I think that was what he meant by Highway robbery

[–] 5thbeatle 13 years ago

That's very interesting, I didn't know that. Good answer!!

NO ONE WILL BE WATCHING US WHY DON'T WE DO IT IN THE ROAD?

[–] brower8 13 years ago

People can read something upside down.