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When the wildest gunslinger in the west is wanted dead, an underemployed ranch-hand sets out to capture him alive for the biggest cash reward.
If the gunslinger is wanted "dead", why there would be a bigger reward for him "alive"? The usual is "dead or alive", same reward, I think.
If the gunslinger is wanted “dead”, why there would be a bigger reward for him “alive”?
See lessThe usual is “dead or alive”, same reward, I think.
A Montana preacher rides across a fading wild west to see his outlaw daughter one last time before she hangs for train-robbing and decide if he will break his moral code to save her.
There seems to be some good conflict here, deserthorror! Does one choose moral values and work ethic over family. I expect the daughter and father have a history of conflict. Is the "one last time" needed here? If she hangs, obviously it would be the last time he would see her, right? By saying he "Read more
There seems to be some good conflict here, deserthorror! Does one choose moral values and work ethic over family. I expect the daughter and father have a history of conflict.
Is the “one last time” needed here? If she hangs, obviously it would be the last time he would see her, right?
By saying he “rides across the fading Wild West” , I get the impression this is about the road-trip he takes and about? what is different now (fading). Perhaps he learns of a different, new world that forces him to confront what he values and this is what makes him want to save her. Perhaps he was going to watch her hang, to say goodbye and forgive her sins. Perhaps after the journey he is changed by what he sees and now realizes he must save her?
Cheers, SWS
See lessWhen he fails to catch an old enemy, an intolerant US Marshal must grant a ferocious gunslinger amnesty in exchange for his help to apprehend the outlaw.
As Zentaceous pointed out, a U.S. Marshall doesn't have the legal writ to issue an amnesty. Their job is to catch the bad guys, not ?issue pardons after sentencing by the courts. Only state governors and the President of the United States (if a Federal offense is involved) have the power to pardon,Read more
As Zentaceous pointed out, a U.S. Marshall doesn’t have the legal writ to issue an amnesty. Their job is to catch the bad guys, not ?issue pardons after sentencing by the courts. Only state governors and the President of the United States (if a Federal offense is involved) have the power to pardon, spring a convicted criminal from prison.
And ?it seems to me the a stronger dramatic conflict would entail if the the marshal had to enlist the help of a bad guy not because he’s gone rogue, is insubordinate, but in spite of the fact that he’s a by-the-rules-no-exceptions kind of guy. ?Circumstances compel him to defy his defining characteristic.
Finally, I suggest considering an alternative foe whom the marshal must partner up with — a cunning Indian chief who has been leading his tribe in an insurrection against the Paleface invasion and occupation of his native land.
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