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(1956)

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Sex & Nudity

  • A woman engages in an adulterous relationship throughout the film. There is a scene of implied sex. This same woman being of the femme-fatale cast-type is often in body-flattering clothing, night wear and possesses a sensual personality. Several instances of kissing are acted out between two different couples.
  • Bare-chested male nudity is seen in several scenes, once in a locker room and once in public when a man's shirt gets ripped off.
  • Adulterous wife makes up a story of sexual assault/rape to make her husband jealous.

Violence & Gore

  • A horse is shot, non-explicit.
  • A character is shot onscreen; no blood. A man stumbles home after being shot covered in blood.

Profanity

  • A black man is called a "nigger" to his face.

Alcohol, Drugs & Smoking

  • Heavy smoking and drinking, but not in a way to encourage it.

Frightening & Intense Scenes

  • Rated PG-13 for some violence and one racial epithet (n-word). The film would've most likely gotten a PG rating if given a rating when the MPAA ratings were first unveiled.
  • All of the shootings are intense, but not overtly graphic.

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Violence & Gore

  • Numerous men are shot on and offscreen in a brief shootout. During the gunfight there is no blood, but afterwards there is some. A survivor of the fight stumbles around with a moderate amount of blood on his face, and later dies. Violent, but not extremely graphic, since this film is in black-and-white.

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