 Quentin Tarantino said that the film was one of his inspirations for "Kill Bill" (2003).It took many years, arguably until the 1990s, until female leads appeared in mainstream US cinema who are strong – without adding fictional or overemphasizing masculine traits (or portraying them as femme fatales).Additionally, Welch was a significant figure in the film "The Shawshank Redemption" (1994).