A cheat sheet in Merciless? Press pause at 55 minutes and 30 seconds to see Clint Eastwood’s opponent cheat!

Filmed in 1992, Merciless earned Clint Eastwood his first Oscar for Best Director. Acclaimed by critics and awarded three other statues (including Best Picture), the film tells the epic tale of William Mooney, an ex-repentant killer who raises his two children alone on his farm, but agrees to take up arms again to seek revenge. A harlot disfigured by a client and promised a reward in his pocket.

In his quest, he joins forces with Ned Logan, a former slave and challenger played by Morgan Freeman, and finds himself facing Sheriff Mooney (Gene Hackman), who wants to keep the peace in his small town.

Still considered one of the greatest Westerns ever made, Impitoyable is not immune to a few minor mistakes and spurious connections, as is the case with almost any feature film. , even of this caliber.

While it airs tonight on France 3, keep an eye on your TV screen for a sneak peek at 55 minutes 30 seconds into the film. In a controversial sequence, Gene Hackman has just locked up the beloved hunter English Bob and his biographer in the city jail. As he examines the notebook with an amused air to tell of the merits of a man whom he had no difficulty in neutralizing, he reads the text aloud.

Additionally, for a brief second, we can see a small piece of paper between the pages of the book, less colored than the rest of the work and featuring a different font for the text. Our Faux Raccord experts make it clear: This is a cheat sheet. Perhaps part of the script was intended to help Gene Hackman remember his long lines during the scene.

A little further into the film, we can also observe another rather significant mistake. Indeed, at 1 hour, 44 minutes and 40 seconds, watch the cowboy get shot in the toilet. He was shot three times in the body before collapsing. However, a few seconds later, a close-up shows him getting hit in the head (see above), which never happened on screen.

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