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- Definition: The more successful someone is, the more challenges he or she will have when something goes wrong. This is a proverb intended to teach a lesson to people. People either use the whole phrase when speaking, or they shorten the phrase to, “the bigger they are…” and expect their companion to mentally fill in the rest of the phrase.
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The Richer They Are the Harder They Fall: Directed by Sigmund Neufeld Jr.. With Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Mary Carver, Joan McMurtrey. When AJ's wealthy college roommate drops dead of a heart attack during his anniversary party, the boys know something's amiss.
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- Action, Crime, Drama
- Sigmund Neufeld Jr.
- 1988-12-10
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"Simon & Simon" The Richer They Are the Harder They Fall (TV Episode 1988) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Synopsis: The Simon brothers join the Van Alder family at their elaborate estate for the first wedding anniversary of AJ's best friend Tommy Van Alder and his beautiful wife Trish, but as they repeat their vows, Tommy is stricken with an apparent heart attack and dies.
- When A Resident Complains About New Tax Laws
- When Nat Love Shows Up to Kill Cortez
- When Trudy Smith and Cherokee Bill Free Buck from A Train
- When Love Hands Over Cortez's Body to Father Esparza
- When Love Asks Mary Fields Why She Asked Him to Leave After Kissing Him
- When Buck Assaults Sheriff Wiley Escoe
- When Beckworth Explains Why He Is Rushing During A Heist
- When The Sheriff Refuses to Leave Town
- When Love Advises Reeves to Flee Before Buck Shows Up
- When Cuffee Warns Reeves
"A Rock And A Hard Place Is What We Call Monday." — Trudy Smith.
A Redwood citizen isn't happy about a newly imposed tax, so he laments that the new law will put the townsfolk between a rock and a hard place. Trudy offers the perfect counter. With her words, Trudy makes it clear that the start of every new week brings numerous challenges in America. A new tax law won't exactly be the biggest problem that the people have to deal with. She also believes that the citizen is somehow privileged, and that's why he is making such a complaint.
"Just A Man. Here To Kill The Scorpion." — Nat Love.
Twenty years after the outlaw Cortez killed his parents, a grown Love shows up to exact revenge. He tells Cortez that it's stupid of him to have a tattoo of a scorpion on his head. The outlaw isn't impressed by the remarks, so he demands to know who Love is and why he is talking to him like that. The scene is a reminder of how much harm criminals like Cortez cause to innocent people without realizing it. Having killed so many, he doesn't recall Love's parents, yet the incident has haunted the...
"You Must Be The Hero. Why Is There Always One?" — Cherokee Bill.
Trudy and Bill lead Buck's gang in freeing Buck from a train heading out of Yuma Territorial Prison. While they are at it, a large, unnamed guard confronts them. RELATED: The 10 Best Westerns Of All Time, According To The AFI Bill's words immediately remind viewers of the Hollywood trope of someone trying to save the day even when the odds are against them. In this case, the guard has a chance since his size gives him a great advantage but unfortunately for him, Bill and the rest of the gang...
"I'm Worth 10." — Nat Love.
After killing Cortez, Love hands over his body to the priest, Father Esparza, advising him to turn it to the authorities so that he can get the bounty of $5,000. Love figures the money will be useful to the church. And when the priest asks him why he hasn't handed over the body himself, he claims he's worth $10,000, not $5,000. The pronouncement is not only a braggadocious one but also an acknowledgment of self-worth. Gien that Cortez murdered his parents, Love should be more than happy to re...
"To Remind You Of What It Was." — Mary Fields.
Shortly after getting revenge on Cortez, Love tries to reconnect with his former lover Mary Fields, aka Stagecoach Mary, who is the owner of a salon chain. She kisses him but then asks him to leave. When he asks why she kissed him, she is more than glad to explain. Fields is portrayed as a no-nonsense lady. It's why she is such a successful businesswoman and one of the most likable characters in The Harder They Fall.And her cutthroat ways arent just limited to entrepreneurship. Holding the fi...
"Vacate Immediately Or Die Where You Lay." — Rufus Buck.
Buck is furious when he comes back to Redwood to find that his old associate, Sheriff Wiley Escoe, has used his position to make himself rich. Buck declares that Redwood is his town before pistol-whipping the Sheriff and ordering him to leave. RELATED: 10 Highest-Grossing Westerns Of All Time While he'd normally kill other people that cross him, Buck is willing to spare Escoe because the two helped each other out a lot back in the day. Greed is mostly what influences him to kick the Sheriff o...
"I Hear Patience Is A Virtue, But I've Never Been Able To Wait And See If That's True." — Jim Beckworth.
As Love's partners are stealing a haul from the Crimson Hood gang, Grimes asks Beckworth to go slow. He doesn't take the advice because being patient isn't something he is used to. Even though Grimes makes Beckworth's lack of patience look like an undesirable trait, it has helped him a lot in his criminal life. Heists require accuracy and speed. Beckworth's tendency to move quickly has therefore prevented him from getting caught or botching any move.
"Look At You, Relic Of Yesteryear. I Suggest You Leave Before I Finish My Steak." — Wiley Escoe.
Before getting pistol-whipped by Buck, Sheriff Wiley Escoe acts tough and refuses to even talk to the outlaw. He believes they are no longer equals hence he stands his ground. Escoe has delusions of grandeur as he believes he is more powerful than he actually is. It takes a simple beating from Buck to put him in his place. His remarks ooze pride and disgust. They also show why he isn't close to being one of the most intelligent characters in The Harder They Fall.Given how rude he is, he could...
"I've Seen The Devil, And Rufus Buck Ain't Him." — Bass Reeves.
U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves is the first to inform Love that Cortez's partner, Rufus Buck, has been released from prison. Reeves offers to help Love fight the man but he refuses, warming him that Cortez is the devil and only he can deal with him. RELATED: The 10 Best Western Remakes, According To Metacritic As a U.S. Marshal, Reeves isn't one to back out of a fight. He too knows how dangerous Buck is and that's why he isn't keen on letting Love fight him on his own. By claiming that he has alrea...
"Don't Nobody Come In Here Gunned Up, Or They Might Get Gunned Down." — Cuffee.
Field's enforcer, Cuffee, is furious when Reeves shows up at the salon to arrest Love. She particularly doesn't like the fact that he is carrying a gun. Reeves doesn't take Cuffee's threat seriously even though he should since her exploits in the movie prove she qualifies to be ranked among the fastest and deadliest gunslingers in Westerns.Cuffee is not only loyal to her boss, Fields, but everyone that has ever been associated with her. It's thus not surprising that she tries to protect Love...
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