Throughout the film, there were many great one-liners spouted by Woody Allen""s character, such as:- (about TV dinners): "Who bothers to cook ""em? I suck ""em frozen.In the welcoming scene for the new sheriff, HowardJohnson- as chairman of the welcoming committee - practices his speech (with an awful pun) before looking up and seeing the arrival of the sheriff:It is my privilege to extend thelaurel and heartyhandshake o our new.The film, shot on location in Arizona (near Elgin) and Mexico, authentically chronicles an epic, bleak and tough journey, similar to the ones inThe Odysseyor inExodus(in he Old Testament), that is fraught with external dangers, threats, ests of strength, and internal contentious tensions between its wo strong-willed, conflicting leaders: a hard-nosed, bitter, ruthless and tough commanding father (John Wayne in one of his best performances and his first film, of five, for Hawks) and his men, defiantly led by his less harsh, surrogate, adopted son (Montgomery Clift, in his first film, after being noticed acting in the Broadway stage production of Lillian Hellman""sThe Searching Wind).Godfrey: Hmmm, like a forgotten man?Irene: That""s right, and the one that wins gets a prize.Only there really isn""t a prize.It""s just the honor of winning, because all he money goes to charity, that is, if there""s any money left over, but then there never is." The witty Prefet of Police informs him that the suspected killer""s identity is known, and that his arrest is being staged, in Strasser""s honor, later that night atRick""s Cafe Americain- a gambling den.