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Gitchigumee · 02-22-2008, 10:51 AM

Hi Jesse,

I honestly did like his portrayal of the US Marshall and thought the acting was very good. But being the perfectionist that Gord is, I can see why he would be unjustifiably critical of his own performance.

Although he is so softspoken, he did a good job coming across mean and nasty, kind of sadistic I thought, you know like it was a cat and mouse game and he enjoyed the chase and torturing Harry when he had him in his grasp. But that he also had a more human side at the end of the movie when he makes an offer to spare Harry's life if Katherine talks him out of the cornfield. The scene when Harry takes the Marshall's and his men's clothes and they are forced off the train in their long underwear and then made to trot along down the tracks, I thought that was so hilarious! Oh my gosh there were several great parts like that, and I particularly liked watching Gord on horseback. Looked to me like he knows how to handle a horse too.

I will most definitely go to Val's site to order the movie for my collection.

02-22-2008, 10:51 AM	#3
Gitchigumee Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 504	Re: Harry Tracy Hi Jesse, I honestly did like his portrayal of the US Marshall and thought the acting was very good. But being the perfectionist that Gord is, I can see why he would be unjustifiably critical of his own performance. Although he is so softspoken, he did a good job coming across mean and nasty, kind of sadistic I thought, you know like it was a cat and mouse game and he enjoyed the chase and torturing Harry when he had him in his grasp. But that he also had a more human side at the end of the movie when he makes an offer to spare Harry's life if Katherine talks him out of the cornfield. The scene when Harry takes the Marshall's and his men's clothes and they are forced off the train in their long underwear and then made to trot along down the tracks, I thought that was so hilarious! Oh my gosh there were several great parts like that, and I particularly liked watching Gord on horseback. Looked to me like he knows how to handle a horse too. I will most definitely go to Val's site to order the movie for my collection. __________________ "There was a time in this fair land when the railroad did not run. When the wild majestic mountains stood alone against the sun. Long before the white man, and long before the wheel. When the green dark forest was too silent to be real."