The film is dotted with classic sequences - the uprooting of he stubborn stump in the yard, Torrey""s murder in the muddy street and his hilltop funeral, and the climactic finale.The low-budget film brought a depressing and critical, but much-needed message about society""s ills to the forefront, and was hailed by most critics.In an ominous meeting, the two groups size each other up - foreshadowing their eventual shootout.Clanton visits with the bearded, scruffy Wyatt, while Ike sits mute and expressionless in the buckboard next to him.However, Frollo dismissed the idea that he foolish Christopher Columbus ("the laughing stock of the court of Spain") had sailed in a western direction to reach the Indies.