Crossfire Trail (2001)
Rafe Covington promises a dying friend that he'll watch over the man's wife and ranch after he's gone. When Rafe gets to his friend's ranch, he finds that Barkow, the local power in town, wants not only the ranch but the woman, too, and hires a gang of gunfighters to make sure he gets both.
"A hero is measured by the enemies he makes."
Beau Dorn: You shot me.
Rafe Covington: Just when things were going so good for you.
CL Ranch - 45001 Township Road, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Wilford Brimley, as Joe Gill, carries an unusual Evans repeating rifle. The Evans rifle, invented by Warren R. Evans of Thomaston, ME, was produced only from 1873-9. Gill, who admits to not being a very good shot, says he likes it because he can fire 28 shots before having to reload.
Before becoming an actor Wilford Brimley had been a blacksmith.
Tom Selleck wears a holster similar to the one worn by Rory Calhoun in Red Sundown (1956). He changes both his holster and his sidearm mid-film with no explanation: first, a Smith & Wesson top-break revolver worn on his right hip, and later an ivory-handled Colt in a crossdraw holster on his left hip.
Author Louis L'Amour, son of a 19th century Montana rancher, not only grew up experiencing much of the western life that was reflected in his novels, but like his Covington character he also sailed the Pacific as a merchant seaman.
Continuity
The door to Bruce Barkow's office is locked for the meeting with Beau Dorn. Dorn leaves through without unlocking it.
Factual errors
None of the pistols or rifles recoil when they are fired. Also, the rifles don't eject any empty cartridge cases when they are cocked for the next shot.
Revealing mistakes
When Rafe shoots Taggart, he jacks another shell into the chamber and then shoots the other guy on the roof, but no empty shell is ejected from the chamber.
When Beau Dorn is riding out of town at sunrise to kill Rafe, he stops in the street to look at Anne Rodney, and they are both brightly lit from the side. However, the sun is only rising at Beau's back and is not above the horizon yet, the sky is still fairly dark, and there isn't enough natural sunlight to light them up that way.
Anachronisms
Shortly into the movie, Selleck's character Rafe Covington sits around a campfire with two companions. Covington is smoking a filter cigarette. Later he orders supplies and requests "rolling tobacco." The film is circa 1876. Filter cigarettes are not invented until the 1950's.
Boom mic visible
When Dewey comes around the bar to prevent the marriage, it is reflected in the mirror.
Character error
When Barkow comes from behind the house he tells Rafe that he is trespassing illegally. This is an error that an educated man would not make. Trespassing is illegal. So, it's incorrect to add illegally as there is no such thing as legal trespass.