Talk:Lawman (film)

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Did you know... that in the 1971 film Lawman, American actor Robert Ryan played the role of the sheriff under the name Cotton Ryan?

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I removed some ill-sourced speculative material that is directly contradicted by other sources and by at least one of the individuals concerned: [1]. This must not be reinstated without multiple reliable independent sources, per WP:BLP. Guy (Help!) 14:24, 16 May 2010 (UTC)[reply]

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Weak Synopsis

The last two sentences of the plot synopsis seem rather strange and un-Wikipedia-like to me.

First, "The action in this film is dry and tersely authentic." I don't understand what the "dry" is trying to convey. According to my dictionary, "dry" means "dull and uninteresting". Did the author perhaps intend something more like, "The action in this film is matter-of-fact and tersely authentic."

Second, "There are no pretty cowboys or pretences of morality and the ending has the resolution of a rattle snake bite." What is a "pretty cowboy"? The word “pretences” is misspelled (assuming American English is used for an American western movie). And what on earth is "the resolution of a rattle snake bite" supposed to mean? (Not to mention that "rattlesnake" is one word, not two.)

I don't know the rules for editing Wikipedia articles, but maybe someone could rewrite the last two sentences of the synopsis along the lines of:

"The action in this film is straightforward and tersely authentic. The ending is abrupt and unemotional." 2601:600:A27F:E1D0:B03F:B818:10C8:DBFF (talk) 07:13, 1 April 2023 (UTC)[reply]