He was drafted at age 27 and soon joined the United States Army Air Corps and spent the war unloading bombs in Guam and the Marianas, as well as playing on the Army football team at March Field in Riverside, California.[10]. "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance," the New Yorker's Richard Brody writes, "is the greatest American political movie." He was only 52. Strode is perhaps best remembered as the stoic slave gladiator in Spartacus (1960) who tells Kirk Douglas: I dont want to be your friend. Strode and teammate Kenny Washington were among the best-known college football players in the nation. - IMDb Mini Biography By: "Stagecoach" and his cavalry trilogy, "Rio Grande" "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" and "Fort Apache" - were as bloodthirsty savages. He guest starred on The Lieutenant, The Farmer's Daughter and Daniel Boone and had roles in the features Genghis Khan (1965) and 7 Women (1966), the latter the last film he made for Ford. "I've never gotten over 'Sergeant Rutledge,'" Strode told The New York Times years later. Then, when the steeds had halted, he tried to pick a punch up with his younger co-star. We use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you. Then came Lewis Milestones war film Pork Chop Hill (1959) and steady work would follow. In a film with Lee Marvin's snarl, Andy Devine's squeaky voice and the accent of the Swedes, John Wayne as usual provides the calm center, never trying for an effect. In a long flashback involving most of the film, Ford recalls the events leading up to that day. "I had a certain amount of crudeness that went back a hundred years, and that's what he liked. He and Kenny Washington integrated the National Football League (NFL), and Strode played for the Los Angeles Rams in 1946 before moving to the Canadian . United States. Nationality: American. Liberty Valance cannot abide anyone standing up to him, and the shingle is an affront. "They are not household names like Jackie Robinson. If you're a nice guy, you can walk into a room anywhere in the world. As played by Jimmy Stewart, Stoddard spends much of the film wearing an apron and washing dishes in the restaurant, sending a hardly ambiguous message about a man who doesn't wear a gun. Strode was very close to the director. Strode last appeared on screen posthumously in 1995. But they should be.". He had many murders on his conscience, and much enjoyed using a leather bullwhip. African American History: Research Guides & Websites, Global African History: Research Guides & Websites, African American Scientists and Technicians of the Manhattan Project, Envoys, Diplomatic Ministers, & Ambassadors, Education - Historically Black Colleges (HBCU), Political Activists - Radicals and Marxists, Foundation, Organization, and Corporate Supporters. Strode played a single season with the NFL before moving to Canada to play, according to Britannica. In the article below independent historian Clarence Spigner analyzes Sergeant Rutledge and the other major films of the college football star, early National Football League player, and actor Woody Strode.. Canton called this summer, feting Strode and the rest of the Forgotten Four at Johnson and Glauber's urging. A small donation would help us keep this available to all. Ray Hamel. Who Is Woody Strode's Wife? As for Sergeant Rutledge, it was at one time, a few years ago, available on DVD on Warner Home Video; but it has been out circulation for years, although you could buy an used copy of it for $35 or more on Amazon or Ebay if you wanted it. While some reviewers and historians claim he could have been a more well-known and cast minority actor if not for his size and physically strong appearance, more along the lines of Sidney Poitier, a near contemporary, Hollywood of the past and present still has few positive roles outside of the stereotypical for ethnic males. | "It's heart and guts. Smith Goes to Washington, did not escape Fords sadism unscathed. Woody Strode was 6-3 (190 cm) tall. He also did professional wrestling and reportedly tussled with the renowned Gorgeous George. - IMDb Mini Biography By: Bob Rea <bobnray@concentric.net> When Ford cast Strode in Sergeant Rutledge (1960), the actor remembers the legendary director telling him: You know, Woody, its pretty rough to make a star out of you, but Im going to make you a character actor and youll make some money.. The narrative structure is told mainly in a series of flashbacks in which information is revealedin bits, leaving us guessing as to what really happened. Whistlin' Dan: 1932: Stagecoach Man in saloon : 1939: Sundown Tribal Policeman: 1941: Star Spangled Rhythm Rochester's motorcycle chauffeur: 1942: Bride of the Gorilla Nedo - Policeman: 1951: Lion Hunters Walu: 1951: Cecil B. DeMille cast him in The Ten Commandments (1956) as a slave at $500 a week for five weeks. Woody Strode played 10 games over his career. How many . At 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds, Strode was an athletic marvel in his prime. He was also a professional wrestler, wrestling the likes of Gorgeous George. They were unable to find anyone to play the Ethiopian king so Strode was given that role too. But the hotel we found was integratedand Count Basie was playing thereand we were fine. It's not saying too much to note that Ransom Stoddard is elected to the U. S. Senate because he is "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance." He was interred with military honors at Riverside National Cemetery, east of his hometown. In 1964, there was his penultimate work, the nearly three-hour-long roadshow western epic Cheyenne Autumn, complete with an intermission, a70MM Super Panavision print, released by Warners, which told the true story of a Cheyenne tribe who travel by foot across 1,500 miles back to their ancestral hunting grounds, while US Army troops are ordered to send them back by force if necessary. Tom Doniphon tells him that without a gun in his hand and the experience to use it, he will sooner or later certainly be killed by Valance. But Ford also effectively takes advantage of the physical, broad-shouldered, overpowering presence of Strode, shooting him often from a low angle to let him dominate the frame and the audience. The ban collapsed when the Rams, founded in Cleveland, uprooted to Los Angeles in 1946. Strode was a prolific performer, starring in his first . http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Creator/WoodyStrode. Played for the Calgary Stampeders in the Canadian Football League from 1948-49 before moving back to the US and beginning his film career. Played college football and broke color barrier at the same time as Kenny Washington. So why would actors put up with him? He was the African antagonist in Tarzan Fights for Life (1958) and an Apache chief who took on Sean Connery in the western, Shalako (1968). According to Woody, he's even less in control of himself, and all of his faculties, when tickling is involved. Woodrow Wilson Strode, known as Woody, was a big man on campus. Strode racked up 91 acting credits in six different decades, according to IMDb. (1978), Ravagers (1979), Jaguar Lives! As James Stewart explained it, Woody Strode, the actor who was playing Waynes characters best friend, was part of the scene. Language. "Their actions on and off the field opened a door that allowed other people to follow.". Kenny Washington passed away on June 24, 1971 in Los Angeles due to heart and lung issues. But I must say I got a little smug about it. We used to sit in the best seats at the Coconut Grove (a nightclub in the Ambassador Hotel) listening to Donald Novis sing. We both gotta be professionals. This story first appeared. [19], They wanted him to shave his head. Rams owner Dan Reeves didn't like that Strode's marriage was interracial: his first wife, Luana, was descended from a Hawaiian queen. Berlinale 2023 Highlights, Part Two: Reality, Manodrome, The Adults, Inside, Golda, Angela Bassett, Jamie Lee Curtis, Brendan Fraser, Cate Blanchett, Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson Feted at SBIFF 2023, Revisiting Martin Scorsese's Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Tragically Common: Jamie Dack, Lily McInerny and Jonathan Tucker on Palm Trees and Power Lines. [33], Colo. It's been 15 years since Woody Strode's prime time in Hollywood ]: [4] When World War II began, Strode was playing for the Hollywood Bears football team, but soon joined the Air Force and spent much of the war unloading bombs in Guam and the Marianas, as well as playing on the Army football team at March Field in Riverside. The Legend of Woody Strode. On top of this, Reese actor Lee Van Clef who went on to star in Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns said that Ford resented the meddling and so would take out his annoyance on Wayne, whose casting as Doniphon was demanded by the studio. While in college, Strode and Washington held summer jobs at Warner Bros. Studios in Burbank, mostly running errands on various sound stages; he noted that most days involved standing around and waiting for someone to order something. Strode would become an assistant to some of the studios biggest stars including Bette Davis, James Cagney, Ann Sheridan, Errol Flynn, Olivia De Havilland and Jane Wyman. Ford discovered Wayne, then Marion Morrison, when the latter was a University of Southern California student with a summer job on a studio lot. Stewart said: It looks a bit Uncle Remussy to me. This was a reference to the controversial fictional narrator of 19th century African-American folktales, who was later the main character in Disneys 1946 movie Song of the South a film that Disney does not make available today due to its racist stereotyping. He is a member of famous Actor with the age 80 years old group. He could be seen in The Gambler from Natchez (1954), Jungle Gents (1954) a Bowery Boys movie set in Africa, and The Silver Chalice (1954). Stoddard believes so firmly in the law that he is willing to lose his life for his principles. The retired NFL wideout, in tandem with his co-author Bob Glauber, persuaded the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2022 to recognize the so-called Forgotten Four as pathfinders. And according to the actor, Ford froze, then walked away. "I have the world market on my side even if I don't have the American market.". Youd have thought I was marrying Lana Turner, they way Whites in Hollywood acted, he recalled. The filmmaker would ask his Western star: How rich did you get while Jimmy was risking his life?, According to Michael Munns John Wayne The Man Behind The Myth, Strode said that the directors constant ridiculing really p***ed Wayne off, but he would never take it out on Ford., The reason being that the filmmakers movies had made him a Hollywood star and the Pompey actor claimed: He ended up taking it out on me.. Woody Strode Tuesday, 28th July 1914 - Saturday, 31st December 1994 Los Angeles CA USA. Acting wasnt his first passion, however, as football at Jefferson High School and UCLA brought him initial fame. The same thing will happen again to another black man, and he probably wont be as lucky as Rutledge was. And he was dressed in blue overalls, a blue work shirt and boots. In response, Ford said: Whats wrong with Uncle Remus? The director then called the crews attention and shouted: One of ourplayersdoesn't like Woody's costume. The supporting cast includes Linda Cristal, Andy Devine, and John McIntire. When the legend becomes fact, print the legend. The picture was about, oh, more than halfway finished. Strode was born in Los Angeles on July 25, 1914, the son . A handful of Black players suited up in the NFL in the league's earliest seasons, but franchise owners at the behest of George Preston Marshall, the segregationist founder of the Washington team, conspired to exclude them from 1934 to 1946. As James Stewart explained it, Woody Strode, the actor who was playing Wayne's character's best friend, was part of the scene. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, How Green Was My Valley among his some 140 films he directed in his career. It was the first UCLAUSC rivalry football game with national implications.[9]. The newspaper editor prints the truth about Valance, and for his pains has his office trashed and is whipped nearly dead. Strode made his first appearance in Sundown (1941) playing a native policeman. Posed for one of two paintings commissioned by, Reportedly, his favorite film from his career was, Played college football for the UCLA Bruins, the most integrated collegiate team in the nation in 1939, which included future NFL running back. He was 80 years old. Woody Strode was born on the 25th of July, 2014. Tom could stand up to Valance, but it would suit him to have Stoddard out of the way so that he could bring Hallie home to that porch with its rocking chair. Keeping to one side, Tom Doniphon observes everything but is slow to act; his strength is silently coiled. But by 1946, Strode was 32 and the oldest member of the Rams as a rookie. Even the final scene has an unexpected dramatic impact when, after Rutledge has been cleared of the crime, barely thanks his defense lawyer and goes straight back to leading his Buffalo Soldiers out for another tour of duty. [8] They played eventual conference and national champion USC to a scoreless tie with the 1940 Rose Bowl on the line. He was popular for being a Football Player. Once dubbed "the Jackie Robinson of cinema" by Jet Magazine, Strode shared a backfield with Robinson and Washington in 1939. His parents were from New Orleans; his grandmother was African-American and "part Cherokee" and his grandfather was an African-American who claimed his own grandmother was Creek. Ford passed away in 1974. In movies and life, Strode's range was remarkable. This man was the definition of a renaissance man, keep reading this article and you will understand exactly why. He broke two ribs and a shoulder. I don't know if they ever will be. After football, he went on to become a film actor, where he was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in Spartacus in 1960. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available from thestaff@tvtropes.org. Trapped for life. Shinbone is the only Western town I've seen in a movie with no prostitutes. Acting wasn't his first passion, however, as football at Jefferson High School and UCLA brought him initial fame. Woody played for the Los Angeles Rams after their move from Cleveland. All Rights Reserved. Director John Ford Writers James Warner Bellah (novel) Willis Goldbeck Stars Jeffrey Hunter Woody Strode Constance Towers See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video Needless to say, the crime sets the townspeople aflame with hatred, and theres a lynch mob just itching to take matters into their hands. Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with Kirk Douglas in Spartacus (1960). Ransom Stoddard believes in the U. S. Constitution, the rule by law, the trust in government. We heard stories about Kenny Washington where he was just battered throughout the entire football game.". He was in a TV adaptation of Mandrake the Magician (1954), a pilot for a series that was not picked up, and had small parts in Son of Sinbad (1955), Soldiers of Fortune (1955), and Buruuba (1956) a Japanese film set in Africa. 1951: The Lion Hunters; Bride of the Gorilla. He simply does not have to say a word.". Woody Strode, byname of Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode, (born July 28, 1914, Los Angeles, California, U.S.died December 31, 1994, Glendora, California), American character actor who was part of director John Ford's "family" of actors, appearing in nearly a dozen of Ford's films. In director John Fords Sergeant Rutledge (1960), a western where he depicted a soldier on trial for two murders and the rape of a white woman, when Strode bared his chest to a white woman (actress Constance Towers), even the movie audiences gasped. I'd play a Viking with blue contact lenses and a blond wig.". At the time Ford yelled: Dont hit him Woody! Woody Strode has not been elected into the Hall of Fame. The others were Bill Willis and. In the trailer below, Strode is given third billing, though hes the lead. Local sportswriter Halley Harding, a retired Negro Leagues shortstop, led a civic campaign that pressured the Rams to integrate as a condition of playing in the publicly funded L.A. He was also in Key West (1973), Loaded Guns (1975), The Manhunter (1975), We Are No Angels (1975), Winterhawk (1975), Keoma (1976), episodes of The Quest (1976) and How the West Was Won (1977), Oil (1977), Martinelli, Outside Man (1977), Kingdom of the Spiders (1977), Cowboy-San! When World War II broke out, Strode was playing for the Hollywood Bears in the Pacific Coast Professional Football League. I've done everything but play an Anglo-Saxon. He shared a story from the set of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, Fords 1962 film about an attorney (Stewart) who, robbed and left for dead by a notorious outlaw, is saved by a rancher (Wayne) and has to start over from scratch. I had the greatest Glory Hallelujah ride across the Pecos River that any black man ever had on the screen. All three spend much of their time hanging out in the restaurant kitchen. Without ever seeming to hurry, he doesn't include a single gratuitous shot. Respected Black cavalry Sergeant Brax Rutledge stands court-martial for raping and killing a white woman and murdering her father, his superior officer. In the late 1960s, he appeared in several episodes of the Ron Ely Tarzan television series. After that I said thats all I needed. The film made Strode a major star in European cinema, increasing his salary to a minimum $150,000 per movie. However Warners obviously thought that, though a black man was the lead in their film, the audience wouldnt be able to handle it. Strode worked in B-movies through the '70s and '80s and acted as the narrator for Mario Van Peebles' Black Western Posse in 1993. Woody lived in a modest home overlooking Glendora and the San Gabriel Valley, north east of Los Angeles about 25 miles. Dnde ver La diligencia? [23], He did The Italian Connection (1972), for which he was paid $150,000. Pas : USA "La diligencia" pelcula de pelculas de vaqueros y accin producida en USA. However, by the early 1960s, when Ford was in his late 60s and nearing the end of his long career, the director seemed to have mellowed with age, discovering and exploring a more humanist side to himself. He attended UCLA, where he played multiple sports and starred for the track and field team. [25], His first wife was Princess Luukialuana Kalaeloa (a.k.a. Valance gives him a choice: Leave town, or face him in a shootout on Main Street. Perseverance. Inducted into the National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum and Hall of Fame in 2012-13. Sheriff Woody, the beloved "Toy Story" protagonist, was said to be named after Strode. Luana Strode), a distant relative of Liliuokalani, the last queen of Hawaii. The roles he was offered fell within those limited, though notable range. His composition is classical. [21], He had a support role in Tarzan's Fight for Life (1958) and a small part in The Buccaneer (1958). Ford had to accept those terms or not make the film.. Strode also served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II. I'd play a Viking with blue contact lenses and a blond wig if I could. Reveling in the win postgame, Strode rode a horse into the lobby of the team hotel. Strode's performance in "Spartacus" as the gladiator Draba - who fells Douglas' titular character in a duel, but spares his life to defy the Roman elite - secured him a Golden Globe nomination for best supporting actor. [20], He based himself in Europe from 1968 to 1971.[7]. The National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum in Oklahoma City last year enshrined him in the Hall of Great Western Performers. [4][5], Strode, Kenny Washington, and Jackie Robinson starred on the 1939 UCLA Bruins football team, in which they made up three of the four backfield players. Woody Strode was born in California. Every day, someone was at the bottom of the list in the barrel, as you say, Stewart said of Fords tendency to take his frustrations out on his underlings. His name was the only one of the four "professionals" that was left off of the movie poster; nevertheless, the film was a major box-office success that established him as a recognizable star. He served in the United States Army during World War II. I wanted to crawl into a mouse hole, Stewart recalled. He became part of Hollywood lore after meeting director John Ford and becoming a part of the Ford "family," appearing in four Ford motion pictures. But when it came to shooting 1962s The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance with Duke and Jimmy Stewart on the Paramount lot, the director opted for black and white instead. Had a longtime affair with troubled actress. Sam Raimi's Western "The Quick and The Dead," starring Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Russell Crowe, and Leonardo DiCaprio, is dedicated to him. The way Ford employs the African-American Pompey is observant. According to Disneyland Vice President Tony Baxter, "In 1954. [3] He called it "the first dramatic thing that I had done."[7]. He decided to stay in Europe. Strode also had a brief career as a professional gridiron football player and was among the first African . Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 - December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. That he does this by mixing in history, humorous supporting characters and a poignant romance is typical; his films were complete and self-contained in a way that approaches perfection. It was "one of the first mainstream Hollywood films to address racism frankly," the Hollywood Reporter's Seth Abramovitch wrote last year. Coliseum. He was usually unbilled in films like Sundown (1941), Star-Spangled Rhythm (1942) and No Time for Love (1943). - IMDb Mini Biography By: He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first African American players in the National Football League in the postwar era. "I once played a part written for an Irish prize fighter. Yes, but there's more to it than that, and in John Ford's mind, gun ownership is very much an open question. Tom has long considered Hallie "my girl," and is adding a room to his farmhouse that has a nice porch with a rocking chair, in preparation for the day he has no doubt she will marry him. Met his wife, a Hawaiian princess and stand-in for the swim sequences for Dorothy Lamour. He is killed and his death sparks a gladiator rebellion. They were married until her death in 1980 from Parkinson's disease. But with his ill health and advancing age, the project was dropped. As we got out of the L.A. area we found these racial tensions. However, cinematographer William H Clothier later said: There was one reason and one reason only Paramount was cutting costs. Woody Strode. Draba wins the contest, but instead of killing Spartacus, he attacks the Roman military commander who paid for the fight. His magnificent Western landscapes are always there, but as environment, not travelogue. He enabled the Stamps to score twice in the title game. Strode also played the powerful gladiator who does battle with Kirk Douglas in Spartacus (1960) ." Born July 25, 1914 Died December 31, 1994 (80) Add to list Awards 2 wins & 3 nominations Photos 37 He portrayed an assortment of African chiefs and guards until Cecil B. DeMille cast him in The Ten Commandments (1956), as the King of Ethiopia. "Race is not a factor in the world market," he said in 1981. Then he asked Stewart to come over. Additionally, the director kept mocking Wayne for not enlisting in World War II, which made the star feel guilty in his later years. Waterfield laughs and says: You sons of bitches, youre living good., Strode by then was in his early 30s and his football days were numbered. Strode was a gladiator in Demetrius and the Gladiators (1954) and was in Jungle Man-Eaters (1954), a Jungle Jim film. An old black cowboy named Pompey (Woody Strode) takes Hallie on a buckboard ride into the countryside where they regard the burned-out remains of Doniphon's cottage. Farmers want statehood. Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. Professional Football Player, Actor. Woody Strode was born in 1914 in Los Angeles. Strodes filmography lists 68 appearances. View agent, publicist, legal and company contact details on IMDbPro, Movie Images: My Favorite Film Characters of All-Time! TVTropes is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Pompey/Strode physically carries and thereby saves a drunken, suicidal John Wayne from his burning home. He broke this barrier with his teammate Kenny Washington and Cleveland Browns players Bill Willis and Marion Motley. But then, towards the end of filming, the director asked the Ranse star what he made of Strodes costume for the beginning and the end of the film when their characters were portrayed as 25 years older. When he walks into a bar to fetch Tom, the bartender won't serve him, and Tom slams hard on the bar: "Give him a drink." In Liberty Valance, a picture I did with Duke, Stewart recounted. John Ford put classic words in my mouth You never seen a Negro come off a mountain like John Wayne before. Cuenta con una puntuacin bastante buena en IMDb: 7.8 estrellas de 10. The character was named after Woody Strode, the legendary Spartacus actor who starred in numerous Westerns throughout the 1960s and 1970s. By the mid 1960s Strode had become a respected craftsman and began to make his biggest imprint in Spaghetti Westerns, particularly in Sergio Leones Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). Woodrow Wilson Woolwine Strode (July 25, 1914 - December 31, 1994) was an American athlete and actor. His big break came in 1960. Valuing his toughness, Ford cast Strode as Rutledge over future Oscar winners Sidney Poitier and Harry Belafonte. "[20], During Ford's declining years Strode spent four months sleeping on the director's floor as his caregiver, and he was later present at Ford's death.[22]. John Ford's "Apology" Western 'Sergeant Rutledge' Starring Woody Strode Returning to DVD. Keyshawn Johnson wrote a book about them. But it must have made a real impact on Ford himself, since, in the early 1970s, he planned to come out of retirement with a new film about the life of the first black graduate of West Point, Henry Flipper. Someone's Got A Woody" Episode 804 -- Pictured: Kurt Fuller as Woody Strode, Peter Stormare as Cyrus Polk -- Ernest Borgnine with actor Woody Strode pose for the movie "The Revengers" in 1972. Kalaeloa, 19462014), and a daughter, June. At 6-foot-4 and 210 pounds, Strode was an athletic marvel in his prime. He was a decathlete and football star who was one of the first Black American players in the National Football League in the postwar era. In 1975, he won the Pulitzer Prize for distinguished criticism. The corpse is being held in a plain pine box, and when he views it Stoddard is angered to see the boots have been stolen. [24], In 2021, he was inducted into the Hall of Great Westerners of the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Supplied by UCLA, Corbis Historical / Sunset Boulevard / Getty Images. But Strode (who started his career in the early 1940s after a legendary athletic record at UCLA as a decathlete and a football star, and who died in 1994) is perfectly cast in the lead role as Rutledge and gives a powerful performance in one of the very few lead roles he ever played, among the 90+ films he appeared in, playing mostly supporting roles, sometimes even uncredited, during the early years of his film career. In comparison, Ford had made combat documentaries for the Office of Strategic Services and had been wounded at the Battle of Midway, while Ranse star Stewart had been a bomber pilot who served with distinction. In 1946 he was one of the first blacks to play in the National Football League. He graced the screen alongside Sean Connery, Kirk Douglas, Burt Lancaster, and John Wayne, plus Joe Namath when the Jets quarterback toyed with acting in the afterglow of his Super Bowl triumph. Strode encountered racism in the NFL. Indeed Hallie and Nora Ericson (Jeanette Nolan) are the only two noticeable women in town; little wonder Tom's love for Hallie is intense. In the film, Strodes character recites the Declaration of Independence but apologizes for forgetting the phrase all men are created equal, a poignant line for the 1962 audience. Pompey is observant he had many murders on his conscience, and that 's what he liked probably. 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