One of the best westerns and a great movie all around. While none of the actors, other than Bottoms are really the right age. Fletcher was a real person, he rode with Bloody Bill and young Jesse James. He did end up in Texas after the war, minus an arm. I believe he opened a mill. Bloody Bill was only about 24 when he was beheaded by the Yankees in Richmond Missouri (about 6 days after he killed my wife's G.G. grandfather). I am in that area of the country, and one has to learn to sing Dixie or the Battle Hymn of the Republic with equal enthusiasm!