If the woman doesn't get you killed, the dog will.Humphrey Bogart's Mad Dog Earle is killed during a shoot out with police on a mountain after he attempts to retrieve his dog, Pard (which was Bogart's actual dog, Zero, which is an awesome name for a pet), and is shot in the back. Just like Jesse James.
Women played a huge part in this little escapade, too. There was Velma, the club-footed hillbilly that Earle paid to get her foot fixed only to find out she was spoken for. Earle was probably wondering why the boyfriend didn't get her foot fixed, but he realized we are all pawns in this chess game of life. He was a pawn, used to set up Velma's next move. Hussy.
So he jumps to Marie, played by the extremely average Ida Lupino, who's been all over him the entire film but to no avail. He winds up getting treed up a mountain and shot in the back trying to get his sticking dog. It was all Marie's fault.
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