When Ewing is shot and falls off of his horse, his foot slips THROUGH the stirrup. When the horse gallops away, the foot of the stuntman doubling for Jason Robards is TIED to the stirrup by a long strap that can be safely released.
After Ewing is told he will lose his ranch if he doesn't allow testing for oil, Frank and Ella are shown chasing cattle while swinging their ropes...left handed. In the next scene, they are shown roping right handed.
Both James Caan and Richard Farnsworth sang the song "Old Paint" and neither of them knew the lyrics well enough to sing the entire song. Farnsworth's version came closer than Caan's version, but both seemed to be making up lyrics in places.
The line that most people get wrong is "Ride around, ride around 'em real slow, 'cause they're fiery and they're snuffy, and rarin' to go". Caan and Farnsworth got many more lyrics wrong than that one.
The line that most people get wrong is "Ride around, ride around 'em real slow, 'cause they're fiery and they're snuffy, and rarin' to go". Caan and Farnsworth got many more lyrics wrong than that one.
When there is oil miners explosions in the valley, sound of the explosions is heard at the same time as they are seen. Distance to explosions is 1-2 kilometers. In real life sound would come 3-6 seconds late..