Originally Posted by cmac2012

They did paint some fairly broad caricatures. The McCoy woman who had been married to Johnse, after her true love Phillips was shot, after hitting the guy who shot him (in self defense if the film is to be believed) chimed in 'there weren't none better than my Frank fer killin' Hatfields!' Oh well, live by the sword . . .

And the guy in the role of her brother hammed it up pretty good when he came to their cabin saying they were after him, he needed to hide out, etc. It was sorta funny, him waving his gun as he gestured. He said he shot the guy, they asked why, he says 'cuz I was drunk!'

God only knows how much of this was pure fabrication by the film-makers, well maybe someone other than God but not me.