After witnessing the brutal murder of his entire family by Native Americans as a child, Jeremiah Bridger becomes a merciless Indian-killer and scalp hunter. After saving the life of a beautiful Native American girl named Tune, however, the lone and silent gunman slowly reconsiders his hatred. He starts to doubt his former persuasion, that it was really Indians, who killed his family, and soon has to find out that a greedy and unscrupulous landowner usually blames Native Americans for his own crimes.
Acting
Klaus Kinski doing 'tender' is somehow more disturbing than his villains.
Direction
Squitieri's slow-burn reveals landowner corruption with bitter patience.
Director
Pasquale Squitieri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Italian westerns of this era often critiqued American imperialism more sharply than Hollywood dared, using the genre's own mythology against itself.
Kinski reportedly improvised several violent outbursts; director Squitieri kept rolling because 'the madness felt authentic.' The tar/feather scene used real heated pitch.
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