Many of the film""s major stars, including William Holden, Edmond O""Brien, Robert Ryan and Ben Johnson, were veterans of westerns with a more romantic view of the West in the 40s and 50s.Halfway down the stairs, Thomas took more photos of her as she called down to him, and raced forward to demand the negatives - claiming he had invaded their privacy:What are you doing? Stop it! Stop it! Give me those pictures...He""s a disgrace to the South." In Annabelle""s house, as her father sorts through mail from the post office (he keeps two letters and then tosses the third to the floor - in a recurring pattern), he tosses Johnnie""s framed photograph away." Khan tells his three British prisoners hat if the Colonel is captured alive during the skirmish, that they would all die, and then gloats: "I shall have the pleasure of bringing the Colonel face to face with a son who betrayed his Empire.