<![CDATA[You'd make an unlikely looking Mexican…]]>Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Major Dundee

FANatic-10 — 13 years ago(February 16, 2013 12:15 AM)

Heston must have been, at least some times, able to laugh at himself. This line, said by Richard Harris to his character of Major Dundee, must slyly reference his none-too-convincing appearance as a Mexican police chief in Orson Welles' "Touch of Evil". I love everything about "Touch of Evil", including Heston's performance, but let's face it, he faced a Herculean task in trying to pass as Mexican! "Major Dundee" has moments that are totally Peckinpah and inspired, but its choppiness and lack of focus bespeak the troubled production it indeed was. I'm glad I saw it, but everything I've always read of it was true - a shame, given the obvious potential for greatness.

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Heston did a lot better at playing a Mexican in Touch of Evil than Sinatra did as a Spanish patriot in Pride and the Passion ugh, what a stinker.
Conquer your fear, and I promise you, you will conquer death.

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Let's consider he could have been a mexican with lots of spanish ancestry! and maybe some french, too! I remember in my only holiday in Mexico I sow some people who could easily pass for pure europeans..in any case he did a great work

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It's actually James Coburn who says the line, but it's still funny.

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