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The hike up the mountain with the ice was

posted 7 years ago by [deleted]
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Jeronimo's downfall. There's still a possibility the rebels would have found it anyway through the grapevine but Allie's ego got in the way.

[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

His unbridled enthusiasm lead to his downfall

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

He should have been happy enough with just Jeronimo I reckon. Ford was really good in this though, what a character.

[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

If you look at the movie chat poster who does it look like

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Looks a bit like Nolte

[–] captainbucky (15252) 7 years ago

I thought it was Russell

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

Yep there's a resemblance there too 👍

[–] [deleted] 7 years ago

naivety I thought

[–] TandyMan (11338) 16 days ago

That's what I thought rewatching this. Talk of what they were up to was spreading up and down the river. The bad men showing up was just a matter of time. He simply accelerate events.