In the last entry I mention a scene from the 1950's TV western Trackdown in which Robert Culp bathes a 13-year-old boy.
It reminded me of a scene in the 1949 western I Shot Jesse James, directed by Samuel Fuller. Bob Ford has decided to kill Jesse James, but he has to work up the courage to do it. He walks in on James. Jesse James is taking a bath. He talks with Ford. James' back is to him, and Bob Ford stands there knowing this would be the perfect time to kill him, but he hesitates.
Jesse James says, Go on! You know what to do! Do it! What are you waiting for!
Bob Ford is stunned. It's like Jesse James is reading his mind.
Then James says: Go on! Wash my back!
It was a very different time.
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