I don’t recall, but the Duke had several movies with a woman where either he was away from the gal (”She wore a yellow ribbon”?) or his wife had passed on. Eastwood in “Unforgiven” had the deceased wife. I wonder if it has something to do with establishing the “loner” image and the rugged individual. Lost his love, never to love like that again, alone, but will handle it.
Of course just watched part of “High Plains Drifter” yesterday where Eastwood rapes a gal in a barn (well - it really wasn’t “rape-rape” as she enjoyed it), then beds the hotel owner’s wife, etc.
—— I don’t recall, but the Duke had several movies with a woman where either he was away from the gal (”She wore a yellow ribbon”?) or his wife had passed on. Eastwood in “Unforgiven” had the deceased wife. I wonder if it has something to do with establishing the “loner” image and the rugged individual. Lost his love, never to love like that again, alone, but will handle it.-—
Interesting. Same with the Rifleman. Is this a primal male fear of being alone, like the male equivalent of the apparent good-guy-turned-syringe-wielding madman on Lifetime? Not that I’ve watched several movies like that, or anything...
-—Of course just watched part of “High Plains Drifter” yesterday where Eastwood rapes a gal in a barn (well - it really wasn’t “rape-rape” as she enjoyed it), then beds the hotel owner’s wife, etc.-—
I remembered that scene, which is why I qualified my statement. Not much of a relationship, though...
Have you ever seen that movie where he’s bed-ridden in a house full of hard-up women? I won’t attempt to analyze that one.