Gentle Annie

MGM purchased the film rights to the novel by MacKinlay Kantor in February 1942 and production of the movie began in October 1942 with W.S. Van Dyke as director and Robert Taylor, Susan Peters, Spring Byington, Charley Grapewin, Van Johnson, Morris Ankrum and James Craig. The production was halted and finally shelved after Van Dyke became ill following 4 weeks of shooting, and when it was revived in 1944, only Ankrum and Craig remained in the cast, but in different roles.

During the shoot out near the end of the film, Tatum fires eight shots with his six shot revolver without reloading. During the start of the gunfight, after his first shot, Tatum points and shoots but the gun does not fire. During the gun fight at the bar door Tatum is not shown and there is the physical fight between Rich and the deputy sheriff during which Tatum could have reloaded. When Tatum leaves the door to track Vi who is moving to the rear using a horse as a shield, Tatum shoots through the window and then is clearly shown reloading his pistol after he points and the gun does not fire, apparently he has run out of live rounds.