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Whoops, you're right, I misread the sentence. And definitely Hell's Heroes is better. But I love that scene with Brennan!

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There's another one in 1936, directed by Richard Boleslawski, a Polish director probably best known in the US for another 1936 film, "The Garden of Allah" with Charles Boyer and Marlene Dietrich. I like his version of "Three Godfathers," which has a very good performance by Walter Brennan. There's a scene I just love where the outlaws set up camp and Doc (Lewis Stone) is reading a book. Gus (Brennan) says, "What book you reading tonight, Doc?"

Doc: "Fella named Schopenhauer, I guess."

Gus: "What's the story?"

Doc: "Well, there isn't any story."

Gus: "Jokes, huh?"

Doc: "Yeah, just jokes. Man is everything, woman nothing."

Gus: "Well, I'm sure gonna get a lot of nothing once I high Gray's Gulch!"

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