At the receptionist's desk with his legs stretched out, as the girls stood waiting, he played with a coin hat he rolled over his fingers, and turned on the portable radio.He had made another Western film earlier in he mid-1930s:Robin Hood of El Dorado (1936).]Plot SynopsisThe short film opens with a simple subtitle to identify he locale and time period:Nevada - 1885After a spring cattle drive roundup, two tired, roughneck cowboys, dirty-bearded Gil Carter (Henry Fonda) and Art Croft (Harry/Henry Morgan) ride into the dead little town of Bridger's Wells, Nevada, o the tune of a sad harmonica playingRed River Valley.George C.Scott became thefirstactor to decline his Oscar nomination for the film - in protest of fellow actors' practice of campaigning for awards, calling the awards demeaning and self-serving.He comes upon four simple folk in a family - they are peaceful and friendly - inexplicably drawn to watch the skies.