[PJ-Comix]

One interesting thing here not in the movie. The gunfighter Wilson was just a shade too fast. He was able to draw quickly enougn to wound Shane. In the movie, Wilson was unable to hit Shane who was wounded by someone using a rifle from above. I think there is significance in the fact that Wilson was able to draw fast enough to wound Shane. Notice how Bobby made Shane say that Wilson couldn't have drawn fast enough to hit him if Shane had been in practice. Shane knows this wasn't really the case but agrees with Bobby to humor him.

[Antoninus]

One interesting thing here not in the movie. The gunfighter Wilson was just a shade too fast. He was able to draw quickly enougn to wound Shane. In the movie, Wilson was unable to hit Shane who was wounded by someone using a rifle from above.

You know, I read and re-read that part several times and I came away thinking that Wilson actually hadn't been able to hit Shane in the book -- that it only appeared that he hit Shane, but that the bullet had actually come from the balcony. Was I wrong?