Worth mentioning GWTW sports a G rating. Can’t get more inoffensive than that. 😛
I am surprised that GWTW has a G rating. There is violence in the movie. Adult subject matter discussed. There is a scene suggesting rape occurred. There is a famous scene where their are a whole lot of wounded people moaning and groaning. Horse is ridden to death in the movie. I think the n-word might be used in the movie, I can’t remember for certain. I am pretty certain another racial slur for African Americans, beginning with the letter d is used in the movie. Finally, there is the famous curse word at the end of the movie. I think this at least rates a PG rating.
It got a G rating in the early 70’s, which had not yet become a label for kiddie fare. The Planet of The Apes sequels got G ratings too, and have as much if not more violence.
You generally couldn’t curse in the movies in 1939, and an alternate version was contemplated, (can’t recall if they shot it) but they remained faithful to the book in the end. The motion picture production code office merely fined the producer and the sun came up the next day.
You can say hell and damn in a G film. See Star Trek The Motion Picture.
The N word is not said in the movie. David O Selznick actually toned down such things from the novel. I’m not sure it’s uttered in any movies made before the 1960’s.