The film helped make co-star Jean Arthur a prominent leading lady for the rest of the decade and into the 40s - it was the first of her three films for Capra.Yeah, I know.Well, I mean, I understand that.Yeah.Yeah.Afterwards, his mother's persistence in finding him a nice Catholic girl to marry results in nagging and pestering questions at dinner.The next morning, Fiona awoke at sunrise and sang to a bluebird (a mocking parody of a duet inSnow White and the Seven Dwarves) - until her high-pitched voice caused the bird to explode.In a Union encampment just North of Chattanooga.Seated at a table, Union General Thatcher (Jim Farley) is told by his chief spy, cigar-smoking gentleman Captain Anderson (Glen Cavender) that he has hatched a plot to disguise ten Northern soldiers as civilians and infiltrate the South:I know every foot of this railroad from Marietta o Chattanooga - and with ten picked men I cannot fail.C.(L.Q.Jones) argue over their kills and scurry around like vultures looking for loot.Harrigan disdains their sloppy job: "You stupid damn fools.Why did you shoot this employee and let the others get away?" Strong but haggard, Thornton argues with Harrigan:Thornton: The next time you better plan your massacre more carefully or I'll start with you!Harrigan: Why didn't you kill Pike when you had the chance?One of the abandoned gang members, Crazy Lee is discovered in the bank and wounded by Harrigan and Deke Thornton.