The Man from Deadhorse

The Man from Deadhorse was a pre-War motion picture by California Crest Studios.
==Background==
The Man from Deadhorse was a Western starring Cooper Howard. Rewritten before the conclusion of the filming, after its scriptwriter was fired for alleged communist ties, it was completed to reflect a "New America" that would come after the defeat of communism.
The film topped the box office shortly after its release around January 2077.Fallout - A Special LIVE Report from Galaxy News, ~46:00: "The Man from Deadhorse gallops to a fast start at the box office! The Howard-led Western is said to be the next smash for California Crest Studios." Because of this, California Crest Studios quickly began work on a sequel to the film.Fallout - A Special LIVE Report from Galaxy News news ticker: "NO ONE'S BEATING THIS DEADHORSE. 'THE MAN FROM DEADHORSE' TOPS BOX OFFICE. A SEQUEL IS ALREADY IN THE WORKS AT CALIFORNIA CREST STUDIOS."
==Content==
Running at 102 minutes, the black and white film starred Cooper Howard as a sheriff, and another actor, Jorge, as a villain named Joey Toro,The Beginning, ~24:00 with a climactic scene featuring Cooper's character shooting Joey to death (despite Joey begging for mercy) after the following monologue:
Cooper initially disliked this scene, complaining to the director Emil Dale that he felt he should spare Joey and arrest the character "as he usually does;" however, he was told by Emil that the new direction was needed to show that even a good person could be driven too far, and also to show a more public anti-communist stance, as the movie's writer, Cadillac Bob, had recently been fired due to what the studio deemed communist ties.
Cooper eventually relented and acted the scene as demanded by the studio, killing Joey instead of arresting him, and delivering an anachronistic line after making the shot:
The movie's box office success made it extremely popular. One Vault-Tec junior executive, in particular, loved the eulogy line and later quoted it to Cooper Howard, much to Cooper's dismay. One surviving tape of the film was found by the Ghoul (Cooper Howard's post-War persona) in a Super Duper Mart in 2296., ~42:00
The Ghoul would later quote back at the same junior executive some odd 200 years later in a confrontation asking about the whereabouts of his family., ~46:20
==Appearances==
The Man from Deadhorse was first mentioned in Fallout - A Special LIVE Report from Galaxy News, a promotional video for the Fallout TV series that released on December 2, 2023. It later appeared .
==Gallery==
FOTV Man from Deadhorse Tape.png|Tape
FOTV Man from Deadhorse 1.png|The Sheriff approaches
FOTV Man from Deadhorse 2.png|Joey pleads for mercy
FOTV Man from Deadhorse 3.png|The Sheriff takes aim
FOTV Man from Deadhorse 4.png|About to pull the trigger
FOTV Man from Deadhorse 5.png|Howard stops the take
FOTV Man from Deadhorse 6.png|Howard discussed the matter with the director
==References==
Category:Pre-War entertainment
Category:Pre-War fiction