When Jordan "Bick" Benedict, Jr. (Rock Hudson) and his cronies are attempting to buy off Jett Rink's (James Dean's) inheritance of land from Luz Benedict (Mercedes McCambridge), James Dean's lariat-swirling, business-stress-diversion routine appears to be an homage (and one better) to Jean Arthur's tiny lariat trick in È arrivata la felicità (1936). That occurs just following a similar scene of lawyers trying to force "power of attorney" on Longfellow Deeds' inheritance, in order to offset the lawyers' (Ceder, Ceder, Ceder, and Budington) failure to control the books for his decedent uncle's fortune.
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05-03-2025 alle ore 09:09