The influence of John Ford on John Wayne is found in the film's use of some devices previously used by John Ford. Like Quincannon's protracted barroom brawl in I cavalieri del Nord Ovest (1949), the lengthy mudhole fight in this film is used for comic relief but does little to advance the plot of the film. And the final, very public confrontation between G.W. and Kate is reminiscent of Sean Thornton dragging Mary Kate from the train station to her brother at the threshing machine in Un uomo tranquillo (1952).

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