Pure nonsense. The great gun battle included, among other things, wagons randomly tipping over in the street, pianos plummeting down stairs, men jumping off balconies while clutching tables ... and no blood. The account book was just a McGuffin, and one that didn't matter in the end because, by the time Hardin got it. Stuart was dead. To make things ever more ridiculous, Jeanne's manager was played by S.Z. Sakall with all his usual bluster and bad English.