The O""Connells, not knowing that son Alex had quit college, felt estranged from him, remarking: "We can""t let Alex become some stranger in pictures on our mantle.And she also challenged him about whether he worked at Westin Hills, rather than as a general practitioner.You""re gonna give her a god-damn mangy pony?"The lure of the bounty hunt and the old West stirs in Munny""s blood - he digs through a box of momentos and finds an old picture of his wife, but searches further until he finds his real desire - his gun.The medic warned: "Bites are killers.Black ants are the worst." He was also cautioned about drinking too much water that would cause cramps.The second more helpful commander, Sgt.Elias Grodin (Willem Dafoe), reduced the weight of Chris"" pack: "You""re humpin"" too much stuff, troop.He had also directed the Kanin""s first screenplay two years earlier forA Double Life (1947)starring Ronald Colman.