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Actors: Richard Farnsworth, Jackie Burroughs, Ken Pogue
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Grey Fox |
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Pinkerton detectives chased Bill Miner, the Gentleman Bandit, who specialized in holding up stagecoaches, for years. This movie begins when he's an old man, probably somewhere in his late 60s or early 70s, just being released after 33 years in San Quentin. For a time, Miner tries to settle down, living with his sister in the beautiful Pacific Northwest. But he hates oyster shucking and so he returns to the life of crime, teaching himself to rob trains (which weren't even common at the time he went away). Having made one really great haul, he heads for British Columbia to lay low for a while. He's happy in a small town there, especially enjoying the romance he strikes up with a feisty female photographer. But Pinkerton picks up his scent once more....
--Ann Gaines, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Grey Fox |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Composition of Movie
Actual chase scenes or violence - 30%
Planning/preparing, gather info, debate puzzles/motives - 30%
Feelings, relationships, character bio/development - 40%
Time/Era of Movie:
- 1900-1920's
Crime & Police Story?
Yes
Crime story:
- criminal becomes sensitive
If this is a criminal POV story...
- criminals portrayed sympathetically on the run
Romance
Yes
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- criminal
Age:
- 60's-90's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
Hair color?
- white
Hair style
- short/standard straight (man)
Body type
- average (man)
Events of movie makes character more...
- happy
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- police/lawman
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- 20%
Physique
- average physique
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- Pacific NW
The Americas (not US):
Yes
The Americas:
- Canada
Small town?
Yes
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately messy visuals of dead
Movie makes you feel...
- excited
How many deaths in film?
- 3-4
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references only
How much use of techno gadgets?
- 1 (None)
Kind of violence:
- guns
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