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* TokenGoodTeammate: Bill was the only man in the Bishop gang to show any conscience, and [[RetiredOutlaw gave up the criminal lifestyle]] because he loved Jane, rescuing her from them before he married her.

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* TokenGoodTeammate: Bill was the only man in the Bishop gang to show any conscience, and [[RetiredOutlaw gave up the criminal lifestyle]] because [[LoveRedeems he loved Jane, Jane]], rescuing her from them before he married her.
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** The film goes to some effort only use firearms available in the year it is set, 1871, meaning that there are no Colt [=SAAs=] (Peacemakers) as these didn't enter production until 1873. Instead the film features several guns seldom seen in westerns, including the Colt Walker, the Colt 1860 Army, the Starr 1858 Army, a Remington 1858, and a Henry 1860 rifle.

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** The film goes to some effort to only use firearms available in the year it is set, 1871, meaning that there are no Colt [=SAAs=] (Peacemakers) as these didn't enter production until 1873. Instead the film features several guns seldom seen in westerns, including the Colt Walker, the Colt 1860 Army, the Starr 1858 Army, a Remington 1858, and a Henry 1860 rifle.

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* ActionMom: Jane is the mother of a young daughter who takes up arms against very dangerous criminals to protect both her husband and her child, trained by gunslinger Dan Frost.
* AffectionateNickname: Jane calls Bill Hammond, her husband, "Ham" after his last name.



* ClickHello: Bishop cocks his pistol behind Dan after he gets the drop on him, announcing himself this way. Then a minute later Jane does the same thing to him.
* DamselInDistress: Jane was made a {{sex slave}} and held in a brothel, with Bill rescuing her.
* DeadGuyOnDisplay: [[spoiler:At the end, John Bishop's body is displayed upright in his coffin, as was [[ShownTheirWork actually done]] with notorious outlaws killed during the Wild West era]].
* DisappearedDad: Dan unknowingly became one as he impregnated Jane, his fiancee, before going off to fight in the American Civil War. He never knew their daughter existed for years until Jane tells him. [[spoiler:They reunite with their daughter and become a family at the end of the film.]]



* {{Flashback}}: Several of these show Jane, Dan and Bill's backstory.



* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: After Dan shoots the member of the Bishop gang who chances upon the Hammond farm, he interrogates him about the whereabouts of the rest of gang: stepping on the bullet wound in his chest and jamming his pistol barrel into the wound in his shoulder.

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After Dan shoots the member of the Bishop gang who chances upon the Hammond farm, he interrogates him about the whereabouts of the rest of gang: stepping on the bullet wound in his chest and jamming his pistol barrel into the wound in his shoulder.shoulder.
** Jane later coerces Bishop to [[spoiler:tell her where Mary is]] by shooting repeatedly beside him.
* KilledMidSentence: Jane blows away one of the Bishop gunmen while he's in the middle of talking with Dan, trying to cut a deal.



* ShownTheirWork: The film goes to some effort only use firearms available in the year it is set, 1871, meaning that there are no Colt [=SAAs=] (Peacemakers) as these didn't enter production until 1873. Instead the film features several guns seldom seen in westerns, including the Colt Walker, the Colt 1860 Army, the Starr 1858 Army, a Remington 1858, and a Henry 1860 rifle.

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* ShownTheirWork: SexSlave: Jane was forced into prostitution at a brothel Bishop owned along with many other women.
* ShownTheirWork:
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The film goes to some effort only use firearms available in the year it is set, 1871, meaning that there are no Colt [=SAAs=] (Peacemakers) as these didn't enter production until 1873. Instead the film features several guns seldom seen in westerns, including the Colt Walker, the Colt 1860 Army, the Starr 1858 Army, a Remington 1858, and a Henry 1860 rifle.rifle.
** Notorious outlaws actually were displayed upright in their coffins once killed in the Wild West, as occurs with [[spoiler:John Bishop]] at the end.



* StillWearingTheOldColors: Fitchum, the member of the Bishop Boys who ambushes Jane outside the store and drags her into the alley, is wearing the remains of a Confederate uniform.

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* StillWearingTheOldColors: Fitchum, the member of the Bishop Boys who ambushes Jane outside the store and drags her into the alley, is wearing the remains of a Confederate uniform.uniform.
* TokenGoodTeammate: Bill was the only man in the Bishop gang to show any conscience, and [[RetiredOutlaw gave up the criminal lifestyle]] because he loved Jane, rescuing her from them before he married her.
* WantedPoster: Several posters giving rewards for the members of the Bishop gang have been posted, which Jane sees. [[spoiler:After she kills the gang along with Dan, Jane takes down these posters then collects their rewards.]]
* WouldntHurtAChild: Evil as he may be, John Bishop turns out to be above harming children, and actually left Mary alive doing chores.
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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: After Dan shoots the member of the Bishop gang who chances upon the Hammond farm, he interrogates him about the whereabouts of the rest of gang: steeping on the bullet wound in his chest and jamming his pistol barrel into the wound in his shoulder.

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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: After Dan shoots the member of the Bishop gang who chances upon the Hammond farm, he interrogates him about the whereabouts of the rest of gang: steeping stepping on the bullet wound in his chest and jamming his pistol barrel into the wound in his shoulder.

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* GroinAttack: When Ham storms the brothel to rescue June, he shoots one of the pantsless men who is with her in the groin: with a [[HandCannon Colt Walker 1847]]! Ouch!

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* GroinAttack: When Ham storms the brothel to rescue June, Jane, he shoots one of the pantsless men who is with her in the groin: with a [[HandCannon Colt Walker 1847]]! Ouch!


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* JackBauerInterrogationTechnique: After Dan shoots the member of the Bishop gang who chances upon the Hammond farm, he interrogates him about the whereabouts of the rest of gang: steeping on the bullet wound in his chest and jamming his pistol barrel into the wound in his shoulder.


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* RetiredOutlaw: Bill 'Ham' Hammond used to be a member of the Bishop Boys. He fell in love with Jane when the gang was transporting her and the other women they had kidnapped to the town where John Bishop was setting up a brothel. When Bishop refused to let Ham marry her, Ham rescued her from from the brothel--killing four other gang members in the process--and ran off with her. The married and set up a farm in remote New Mexico, and had a child together. The film starts with the Bishop Boys catching up with Ham again.
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* ShownTheirWork: The film goes to some effort only use firearms available in the year it is set, 1871, meaning that there are no Colt [=SAAs=] (Peacemakers) as these didn't enter production until 1873. Instead the film features several guns seldom seen in westerns, including the Colt Walker, the Colt 1860 Army, the Starr 1958 Army, a Remington 1858, and a Henry 1860 rifle.

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* ShownTheirWork: The film goes to some effort only use firearms available in the year it is set, 1871, meaning that there are no Colt [=SAAs=] (Peacemakers) as these didn't enter production until 1873. Instead the film features several guns seldom seen in westerns, including the Colt Walker, the Colt 1860 Army, the Starr 1958 1858 Army, a Remington 1858, and a Henry 1860 rifle.
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* LoveRedeems: Ham falls in love with Jane when she and the other women are being transported to the brothel. He wants to marry her and leave the Bishop gang. When John Bishop refuses to let him and sends Jane to the cathouse anyway, Ham quits the gang and storms the brothel to rescue her. He kills several of his former comrades and carries her off. He and Jane set up a farm and have a daughter together.
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* HumanTraffickers: Jane decided to take her daughter Mary and move West on the Bishop wagon train. Too late, she and the other women on the wagon train realized that Bishop intended to start a brothel, forcing the helpless women into prostitution.
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Bill 'Ham' Hammond finds himself in mortal danger when a notorious gang of criminals, the Bishop Boys, sets their sights on him. With no other options left, his wife Jane reaches out to her ex-fiance Dan Frost, who is been battling alcoholism. Together, they must wage a fierce battle for survival against their merciless enemies.

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Bill 'Ham' Hammond finds himself in mortal danger when a notorious gang of criminals, the Bishop Boys, sets their sights on him. With no other options left, his wife Jane reaches out to her ex-fiance Dan Frost, who is been battling alcoholism. Together, they must wage a fierce battle for survival against their merciless enemies.
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* ShownTheirWork: The film goes to some effort only use firearms available in the period, meaning that there are no Colt [=SAAs=] (Peacemakers) as these didn't enter production until 1873. Instead the film features several guns seldom seen in westerns, including the Colt Walker, the Colt 1860 Army, the Starr 1958 Army, a Remington 1858, and a Henry 1860 rifle.

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* ShownTheirWork: The film goes to some effort only use firearms available in the period, year it is set, 1871, meaning that there are no Colt [=SAAs=] (Peacemakers) as these didn't enter production until 1873. Instead the film features several guns seldom seen in westerns, including the Colt Walker, the Colt 1860 Army, the Starr 1958 Army, a Remington 1858, and a Henry 1860 rifle.
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* ProtectThisHouse: After Dan saves Jane from Fitchum, Jane and Dan ride back to her house. Ham is still alive but very weak. Dan has changed his mind about helping Jane, so they start preparing for the expected attack from the Bishop gang. Dan digs a shallow trench in Jane's front yard, and they fill it with jars containing kerosene, nails and pieces of glass.
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* ShownTheirWork: The film goes to some effort only use firearms available in the period, meaning that there are no Colt [=SAAs=] (Peacemakers) as these didn't enter production until 1873. Instead the film features several guns seldom seen in westerns, including the Colt Walker, the Colt 1860 Army, the Starr 1958 Army, a Remington 1858, and a Henry 1860 rifle.
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* MamaBear: Jane, who has been largely fatalistic up to his point, goes into full Mama Bear mode when she discovers that her first child Mary is still alive and Bishop knows where she is.
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* StillWearingTheOldColors: The member of the Bishop Boys who ambushes Jane outside the store and drags her into the alley is wearing the remains of a Confederate uniform.

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* StillWearingTheOldColors: The Fitchum, the member of the Bishop Boys who ambushes Jane outside the store and drags her into the alley alley, is wearing the remains of a Confederate uniform.
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* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: After Dan left to enlist, Jane discovered she was pregnant. When Dan did not return or write, she assumed he was dead, and life in Jane's war-torn town had become so wretched that she decided to take her daughter Mary and move West on the Bishop wagon train.
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* PunctuatedForEmphasis: Jane's final question to Bishop is punctuated by gunshots as she carefully fires around him as he squirms backwards across he floor away from her:
-->'''Jane:''' Where. ''(BLAM)'' Is. ''(BLAM)'' My. ''(BLAM)'' Child?
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* EvenEvilHasStandards: Bishop denies having killed Jane's daughter Mary, and turns out to be telling the truth:
-->'''John Bishop:''' I may be an outlaw, but I do not kill little children.
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* ManOnFire: The Bishop gang finally arrive at Jane's house under cover of darkness and riddle the house with bullets. Dan and Jane fire into the booby-trapped ditch, igniting the kerosene "bombs". Most of the gang are killed; going up like human candles.
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* FromDressToDressing: When Jane is shot in the belly during the final shootout, Dan rips up a sheet to use as a pad and clamps it in place with her gun belt.
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* GroinAtack: When Ham storms the brothel to rescue June, he shoots one of the pantsless men who is with her in the groin: with a [[HandCannon Colt Walker 1847]]! Ouch!

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* GroinAtack: GroinAttack: When Ham storms the brothel to rescue June, he shoots one of the pantsless men who is with her in the groin: with a [[HandCannon Colt Walker 1847]]! Ouch!
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* GroinAtack: When Ham storms the brothel to rescue June, he shoots one of the pantsless men who is with her in the groin: with a [[HandCannon Colt Walker 1847]]! Ouch!
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* HandCannon: Ham carries a pair of Colt Walker 1847s, both of which have been converted to accept .44 metallic cartridges. Jane loads both Walkers in the beginning of the film, keeping one for herself and leaving the other for her husband.
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* PantsPositiveSafety: When the first outlaw approaches the farm, Dan tucks his revolver down the back of his trousers so he he can walk out to meet him while appearing unarmed.
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* SillWearingTheOldColors: The member of the Bishop Boys who ambushes Jane outside the store and drags her into the alley is wearing the remains of a Confederate uniform.

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* SillWearingTheOldColors: StillWearingTheOldColors: The member of the Bishop Boys who ambushes Jane outside the store and drags her into the alley is wearing the remains of a Confederate uniform.
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* TheAlcoholic: At the start of the film, Dan Frost is a a surly man living in a squalid house, who is constantly swigging from a whisky bottle he carries with him.

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* TheAlcoholic: At the start of the film, Dan Frost is a a surly man living in a squalid house, who is constantly swigging from a whisky bottle he carries with him.him.
* POWCamp: Flashbacks show that Dan was held for years in a P.O.W. camp during the American Civil War.
* SillWearingTheOldColors: The member of the Bishop Boys who ambushes Jane outside the store and drags her into the alley is wearing the remains of a Confederate uniform.
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* TheAlcoholic: At the start of the film, Dan Frost is a a surly man living in a squalid house, who is constantly swigging from a whisky bottle he carries with him.
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''Jane Got a Gun'' is a 2015 American Western film directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Brian Duffield, Creaor/JoelEdgerton, and Anthony Tambakis. The film stars Creator/NataliePortman, Joel Edgerton, Creator/NoahEmmerich, Creator/RodrigoSantoro, Creator/BoydHolbrook, and Creator/EwanMcGregor.

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''Jane Got a Gun'' is a 2015 American Western film directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Brian Duffield, Creaor/JoelEdgerton, Creator/JoelEdgerton, and Anthony Tambakis. The film stars Creator/NataliePortman, Joel Edgerton, Creator/NoahEmmerich, Creator/RodrigoSantoro, Creator/BoydHolbrook, and Creator/EwanMcGregor.
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''Jane Got a Gun'' is a 2015 American Western film directed by Gavin O'Connor and written by Brian Duffield, Creaor/JoelEdgerton, and Anthony Tambakis. The film stars Creator/NataliePortman, Joel Edgerton, Creator/NoahEmmerich, Creator/RodrigoSantoro, Creator/BoydHolbrook, and Creator/EwanMcGregor.

Bill 'Ham' Hammond finds himself in mortal danger when a notorious gang of criminals, the Bishop Boys, sets their sights on him. With no other options left, his wife Jane reaches out to her ex-fiance Dan Frost, who is been battling alcoholism. Together, they must wage a fierce battle for survival against their merciless enemies.
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