The Highwaymen on Netflix

[AKtinman]

Hamer and Gault were both Freemasons, which gave them another bond besides that of having been Rangers.

 

[keith44spl]

I did keep thinking-
Didn't those Guys have any Holsters?
They mostly Mexican Carried Colt SA's driving around in a car loaded with guns!

Well, mexican carry is or was purty popular when working plain clothes,

or maybe it was just the bunch I ran with.

The film makers did do one promo photo of Costner wearing a holster.

(Click on the pic to see it bigger)

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[Absalom]

Upon re-reading some of the pertinent chapters in John Boessenecker's Hamer biography, I noticed that he does frequently refer to Hamer tucking his .45 into his pants or somesuch expression. I suspect that was mostly the imprecise language in the original sources he used; nobody back then was writing stage directions

 

[rockquarry]

Nothing wrong with Mexican carry; particularly under a shirt. Secure and much better than any holster especially with a J-frame if you're really interested in concealing a gun.

 

[CH4]

Another who watched it last night. I enjoyed it and would watch it again sometime in the future. I thought it was well done and seemingly, historically accurate. I liked how they didn't personalize B & C, they focused on Hamer and Gault. The gun store scene was the best!

 

[S&WIowegan]

Watched it again last night..

.and I also watched the B&C movie with Beatty and what's her name. The movie is pretty good and it's clear that Netflix keeps control of the spending(which goes absolutely wild if permitted). One thing should be mentioned: Frank tells Maney the story about the farmer who buckshot him and says he went back and killed the ***. This story has become legend but the author of the latest Hamer biography researched the story. According to Boessenecker the farmer McSwain died about 5 years later according to county records.

Facts aren't always true, just legends.

 

[Muley Gil]

The best part of the 1960s version was listening to Lester and Earl pick.

 

[cpt-t]

One of the best movies I have seen in a long time. I have watched it three time now. And enjoyed it more each time. This movie was about hard times and even harder men. When I was a young boy at Mr J M Davis`s hotel and gun museum in Claremore Ok. I got to listen to a man tell a story one day about the killing of B/C. And one of the things that I remember him saying that stuck with me the most was that Bonnie Parker was screaming like a panther while the shooting was going on. I asked Mr Davis if that was true later, when we were alone. And He told me that he thought it was. Because the man I had been listening to tell that story, was one of the six men that killed B/C. Their were unique men and great storytellers that frequented the lobby of Mr Davis`s hotel in Claremore Ok, back in those days. And I loved to be able to just sit and listen to all the fantastic stories. Told by these very special men.
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[RobertJ.]

The best part of the 1960s version was listening to Lester and Earl pick.

Foggy Mountain Breakdown is my single favorite piece of bluegrass!

My wife and I finally watched The Highwaymen. I liked it, and surprisingly enough, so did my wife.

 

[keith44spl]

Did any of y'all notice the rifle the actor playing Bob Alcorn's character was holding in the ambush blind?

Looked to me like a Winchester model 1907 Self Loader in 351 Win.....

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[doublesharp]

Didja catch kind of a throw away line while Hamer was in the gunstore? He asked to see a Winchester lever gun and said in a low voice "I need one gun that won't jam". At least that's what I thought I heard.

To me the mark of a good movie is one I think about after watching it. Most are just filler but Highwaymen was special.

 

[keith44spl]

I need one gun that won't jam..........

[ame]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2f_jW06Rtw[/ame]


Jest rick 'em in the backseat like cord wood


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[The Norseman]

Good old down in the Dirt Detective Work

I liked it, period!

Sorry, I'm late to join the Club.

Just watched it, on this, on again, off again Rainy/Windy Day.

 

[rdcl]

Near the beginning, I like the way Hamers wife refers to her new car as : "My new Henry Ford".......instead of just saying "my new Ford" as we'd say today. It is the little details like that that make the movie interesting, that they give a sense how folks talked back then.

I also liked how the wife tells Hamer : "Keep oil in 'er" .....before he takes the car on the road. His reply: "Yes Ma'am".

The actress playing the wife is really good. Never seen her before.

Russ

 

[ericrlarson]

Near the beginning, I like the way Hamers wife refers to her new car as : "My new Henry Ford".......instead of just saying "my new Ford" as we'd say today. It is the little details like that that make the movie interesting, that they give a sense how folks talked back then.



I also liked how the wife tells Hamer : "Keep oil in 'er" .....before he takes the car on the road. His reply: "Yes Ma'am".



The actress playing the wife is really good. Never seen her before.



Russ

She also played in Deadwood. Kim Dickens.


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