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Rewrite of May 2020
editI have removed the quote attributed to Jory by Hedda Hopper as it’s demonstrably false and may mislead the casual reader. The US director and US cinematographer (Errol Hinds) were both experienced and Australian born Damien Parer, the camera assistant, was no slouch either. Jory did not take over production as the quote infers.
However, I can see how in a longer and more complex article we might wish to include Hopper’s column, so I will leave the corrected citation here:Victor Jory thinks anybody that complains about the rigors of studio work is just a blooming cream puff. 'They should have been with me when I did an Australian western in that country. The cameraman had never shot an exterior in his life. There was no director and only a few pages of script. I hadn't contracted for all that. I was no budding Orson Welles but I went there to make a picture and by golly I made one! Of course it didn't get write ups like Citizen Kane but it did get shown and I’m still workin!' (Hedda Hopper's HOLLYWOOD Los Angeles Times 8 Apr 1941: A13.)
I have also removed the modern review that characterises the climatic whip fight as a kinky duel with whips, as again, this could mislead the casual reader, who is unlikely to have seen the film. The scene is prolonged and violent, which is why it was cut in the UK. The retitling of the film for later US release, Men with Whips, is quite well documented and I have documented that too. Nickm57 (talk) 05:34, 26 May 2020 (UTC)