Ms. Dickinson's role and scenes seem dispensible. Who was she married to and why was she there? It seems these scenes could have been left on the cutting room floor and it would have not detracted from the movie. They only seemed to round out Marvin's character. It was nice to see both the actors from Point Blank reunited, though.
shareCompletely agree. Hollywood, in making a more marketable film, took tons of liberties in depicting the Albert Johnson case. The inclusion of Angie Dickinson is one of them. The Carl Weathers character should have been portrayed by a person of Yukon native descent.
Adding a token hot blonde and black man, neither of which were present in the Yukon in 1931, sells tickets and dvds.
I'm all for some liberties in making an entertaining film over a dry documentary, but this film went too far. Rather sad considering that the real story, fact for fact, has everything necessary to make a very compelling movie.
I didn't mind Weather's character, because he at least had a point and a role in the story. Dickinson was just sort of there, with scenes that had zero point and did nothing to advance the plot or develop the characters. Even when I was a kid and saw this, I couldn't figure out what the hell she was doing there or what purpose she served.
Here's to the health of Cardinal Puff.
Adding a token hot blonde and black man, neither of which were present in the Yukon in 1931...
She's there to show that Marvin has a case of the "not-gays".
shareIt was likely cut in the editing room. As it was, it was a part that could had been played by anyone.
shareAccording to Wikipedia ( not the best source I know) but Dickinson says the best was always small but she took the role because she wanted to work with Charles & Lee. Had they not been cast, she wouldn't have done the role.
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