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* BanditClan: * Inverted. The Hannassey clan in Blanco Canyon are treated as this by Major Terrill and his men, but it becomes increasingly clear that this is a pretext for throwing their weight around. The real source of tension is a range war between cattle families over access to the waters of the Big Muddy River. While more rustic, and despite the fact the the Hannassey boys are roughnecks (Buck in particular, who is both a {{Dirty Coward}} and a {{Jerkass}}), the Hannassey clan are never shown participating in criminal activity, beyond active participation in a range war, and are no worse than the Terrills.

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* BanditClan: * Inverted. The Hannassey clan in Blanco Canyon are treated as this by Major Terrill and his men, but it becomes increasingly clear that this is a pretext for throwing their weight around. The real source of tension is a range war between cattle families over access to the waters of the Big Muddy River. While more rustic, and despite the fact the the Hannassey boys are roughnecks (Buck in particular, who is both a {{Dirty Coward}} and a {{Jerkass}}), the Hannassey clan are never shown participating in criminal activity, beyond active participation in a range war, and are no worse than the Terrills.
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* BanditClan: * Inverted. The Hannassey clan in Blanco Canyon are treated as this by Major Terrill and his men, but it becomes increasingly clear that this is a pretext for throwing their weight around. The real source of tension is a range war between cattle families over access to the waters of the Big Muddy River. While more rustic, and despite the fact the the Hannassey boys are roughnecks (Buck in particular, who is both a {{Dirty Coward}} and a {{Jerkass}}), the Hannassey clan are never shown participating in criminal activity, beyond active participation in a range war, and are no worse than the Terrills.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [=McKay=] finally decides to accept Leech's challenge to a fist-fight, on condition that they take it into the rough lands early one morning when and where no one will see them. Leech cockily believes that this is because [=McKay=] doesn't want anyone to see him get the stuffing knocked out of him. One roughly even fight later, he realizes that it's actually because [=McKay=] wasn't interested in grandstanding and had nothing to prove to anyone else but himself. Following this, while the two aren't exactly friends, Leech does come to respect [=McKay=] a bit more.

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [=McKay=] finally decides to accept Leech's challenge to a fist-fight, on condition that they take it into the rough lands early one morning when and where no one will see them. Leech cockily believes that this is because [=McKay=] doesn't want anyone to see him get the stuffing knocked out of him. One roughly even fight later, he realizes that it's actually because [=McKay=] wasn't interested in grandstanding and had nothing to prove to anyone else but himself. Following this, while although the two aren't might not exactly be what you'd call friends, Leech does come to respect [=McKay=] a bit more.
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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [=McKay=] finally decides to accept Leech's challenge to a fist-fight, on condition that they take it into the rough lands early one morning when and where no one will see them. Leech cockily believes that this is because [=McKay=] doesn't want anyone to see him get the stuffing knocked out of him. One roughly even fight later, he realizes that it's actually because [=McKay=] wasn't interested in grandstanding and had nothing to prove to anyone else but himself. Following this, while the two are not exactly friends, Leech does come to respect [=McKay=] a bit more.

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* WhatYouAreInTheDark: [=McKay=] finally decides to accept Leech's challenge to a fist-fight, on condition that they take it into the rough lands early one morning when and where no one will see them. Leech cockily believes that this is because [=McKay=] doesn't want anyone to see him get the stuffing knocked out of him. One roughly even fight later, he realizes that it's actually because [=McKay=] wasn't interested in grandstanding and had nothing to prove to anyone else but himself. Following this, while the two are not aren't exactly friends, Leech does come to respect [=McKay=] a bit more.
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Wealthy, newly retired sea captain James [=McKay=] (Peck) travels out to the American West to join his fiancée, Patricia (Baker), at the enormous ranch owned by her father, Major Henry Terrill (Bickford). Terrill has been feuding with Rufus Hannassey (Ives), the patriarch of a poorer, less refined ranching clan, and [=McKay=] finds himself caught in the middle of the Terrill-Hannassey feud.

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Wealthy, newly retired sea captain James [=McKay=] (Peck) travels out to the American West to join his fiancée, Patricia (Baker), at the enormous ranch owned by her father, Major Henry Terrill (Bickford). Terrill has been feuding with Rufus Hannassey (Ives), the patriarch of a poorer, less refined ranching clan, and [=McKay=] finds himself caught in the middle of the Terrill-Hannassey Terrill–Hannassey feud.

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* CitySlickerCitySlicker: What everyone takes [=McKay=] for, with his "Eastern Style" hat, three-piece suit, and English riding boots.


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* GunsDoNotWorkThatWay: An in-universe example: Buck is familiar with revolvers, so after firing a single-shot dueling pistol, he cocks the hammer and pulls the trigger again. Naturally, nothing happens the second time.
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** Ironically, the one person who has an accurate measure of [=McKay=]'s true nature is Hannasey, who [[WorthyOpponent respects him]] far more than the Terrills.
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* BilingualDialogue: When [=McCay=] and Ramon first meet, the former speaks English and Ramon speaks Spanish. After that first talk, Ramon mostly speaks in English.
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Rufus is visibly distraught over killing Buck.]]
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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The Hannassey/Terrill feud is loosely based on the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield%E2%80%93McCoy_feud Hatfield and McCoy feud]] which caused a lot of trouble in Kentucky and West Virginia in the 1880s, only transplanted to the Old West.

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* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The Hannassey/Terrill feud is loosely based on the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hatfield%E2%80%93McCoy_feud org/wiki/Hatfield-McCoy_feud Hatfield and McCoy feud]] which caused a lot of trouble in Kentucky and West Virginia in the 1880s, only transplanted to the Old West.
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* PlayingGertrude: Aged 47 at the time of filming, Burl Ives was only 11 years older than Chuck Connors, who played his son.
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-->'''[=McKay=]''': Tell me, Leech... what did we prove?

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-->'''[=McKay=]''': --->'''[=McKay=]''': Tell me, Leech... what did we prove?

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