Factual error: The rifles that Jake Cutter has Paul Regret dig up are Henry repeaters, or possibly 1866 Winchesters. Either way weapons unavailable in the period depicted in the movie.
The Comancheros (1961)
Directed by: John Wayne, Michael Curtiz
Starring: John Wayne, Nehemiah Persoff, Ina Balin, Stuart Whitman
Visible crew/equipment: When John Wayne is on the wagon and the Comancheros are leading them to the secret hideout, for a split second in the background, a large truck and a trailer that seems to be camouflaged in the background are visible.
Factual error: The movie is set in 1843-44, when the rest of the world is still using cap and ball weapons, yet Ranger captain Jake Cutter is wielding a gunbelt with filled cartridge loops and a colt six-gun.
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: Let him make a run for it, I'd say to myself.
Paul Regret: And then what would you say?
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: And then I'd say back to myself, you can't let him run. You swore an oath whent they put that badge on you.
Paul Regret: And that's important to you?
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: I said I swore an oath.
Paul Regret: Words.
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: Mon-sewer, words are what men live by... words they say and mean.
Paul Regret: How do you know you killed him?
Ranger Capt. Jake Cutter: There wasn't time not to.
Question: What does the term "grey dawn" mean?
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Answer: There's no specific meaning. Metaphorically, it would mean that it is the beginning of something that is dismal, is going to be long and difficult to achieve, or may not end well. Basically, it's a "bad omen."
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