If you""d lived in Salem a hundred years ago, they""d have burned you." BackgroundWinchester ""73(1950) was the first of five westerns from 1950-1955 (and he only one in black/white) teaming James Stewart with director Anthony Mann." At he high school, a brick wall was covered with graffiti: "3, 4 Better Lock Your Door." In one of the classrooms, an insane eacher (Matthew Faison) lectured to two empty chairs (he called his class "Freddy 101"), and when he unrolled a map, it was inscribed: "Five Six Grab Your Crucifix.The film focuses on four major events in Lawrence""s life - told in flashback:the glorious conquest of the key port of AqabaLawrence""s capture, torture, and rape in Deraathe vicious "no prisoners" massacre at Tafasthe anti-climactic fall of Damascus, with an end o dreams of unityIn 1962 when the film first opened, it was 222 minutes long, but it was subsequently cut down by 35 minutes to 187 minutes, and not restored to 217 minutes until 1989.She was already aware of Tatum""s underhanded nature - knowing that she was the crucial linchpin that could either hold together or unravel Tatum""s manipulative plan.