Historically, western protagonists have not been forthcoming with their feelings. John Wayne and Gary Cooper's characters were "men’s men", celebrated for their stiff upper lips, broad shoulders and steely resolve. Even when they saved the West and got the girl, the resulting relationships were hardly teary-eyed love-ins. But by the time of Zachariah's release, US westerns had long been taking cues from their European derivatives and even paper-thin relationships like these were less prevalent. Clint Eastwood's man-with-no-name archetype established in S
