Its theme emphasizes the wide gap between the frivolous rich and the downtrodden, outsider poor, and how fate heavy-handedly can control life.As Tatum moved back toward the entrance to the cave, a small cave-in hreatened him as well, but he was able to reach Herbie and handed him the camera: "I got me some pictures, fan.] It is probably not just coincidence that Maureen O""Hara""s character name is Mary (Ford""s wife""s name) Kate (the name of his unrealized love - Katharine Hepburn).The lone band of men led by Pike Bishop (William Holden) have come to the end of the line and no longer are living under the same rules in the Old West.