A Man Pushed to the Edge

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from her to keep the land n the family. In other words "The Bull" McCabe has alot of pull in the village and no one dare to cross him. His idea was to bring this small Irish villige into a nw age by cementing McCabe's field in a campain for Roads and Factories. In some senses The American could be viewed as the villian in this story. I believe that the fact that The American is rather ignorant to the way of life of those in the village slightly sways him away from the villiness type, because he belived he was doing something good by helping the town progress. Though in McCabe's mind the land was already his, there was a quick reality check in store. A critic for the Desert Sun News remarks that ".

An outsider, which they called The American, played by Tom Berringer, unknowingly bid against McCabe and The American was willing to double and bid that McCabe made. McCabe is fine with the autioning off of the land because he knows that no one in the village would take the chance and bid against him. the larger-than-life "Bull" McCabe, a bearish bully who has terrozied his tiny village-not to mention his family-for years"(Hicks).

One of the main problems in the filmis that the widow decides to sell the farm by putting it up for aution.

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Richard Harrison, Bull McCabe, McCabe American, Roads Factories, , Noel Pierson, Desert Sun, Tom Berringer, Jim Shariden, bid mccabe, bull mccabe,

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