Well, I grew up having to sit through "The Real McCoy's" on TV while waiting for something else to come on and Walter Brennnan was cackling on and on in "Stumpy" mode throughout and it got quite grating, I never appreciated him as an actor till later when I saw "My Darling Clementine", "The Westerner", and "Support Your Local Sheriff".He most probably latched on to that schtick from this movie, lol.
Groggy: While I agree that most love scenes in movies are forced and detract from the film, I don't agree that every time there is a love scene it must be wrong...
I always enjoy being misinterpreted.
The problem is that Dickinson's scenes don't really connect with the narrative - they're long and tedious digressions from the actual story. I think the film could cut them out completely without losing much.
I don't understand the criticism about the Angie scenes when the movie is built on the relationships between characters. It dawned on me the last time I watched this recently that it's more of an anti-western than anything.