Director George Marshall parodies and satirizes the classic Western with its stereotypical elements - a lawless Western town with a saloon and a sheriff, with three saloon/musical numbers! The film""s well-paced, brisk screenplay by Felix Jackson, Gertrude Purcell and Henry Myers was based on Jackson""s original screen story, suggested by Max Brand""s novel of the same name.Robbins was also awarded a special statuette for "his brilliant achievements in the art of choreography on film.The flip-side of this dark and serious buddy picture was its major competitor of the year, the M-rated, humorous revisionistic western/comedyButch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)with its heroes Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman) and he Sundance Kid (Robert Redford).While pursuing Jack on the ocean as he captained theBlack Pearl, Jones on hisFlying Dutchmanthreatened to unleash the mythological sea monster - the Kraken (CGI-created) - to attack Jack""s ship and kill him.]On her floor, she was greeted by a female neighbor who was proceeding to take her dog for a walk.Carol""s bedroom was the first room on the left upon entry.From the rear window looking into the back courtyard, she had a distant view of another female-only locale - a convent nunnery play-yard area, where nuns threw a ball to each other in a circle, but there was an annoying, often-clanging bell.