The Stranger happens across a murdered postal inspector and a gang of bandits set on a prize of stolen gold which should be transported in a stagecoach. The Stranger, a sharpshooter named En plein and a treacherous postal agent try to get their hands on the gold. Source: SWDB www.spaghetti-western.net
Cinematography
Sweaty close-ups and sun-bleached decay
Acting
Tony Anthony's squinting, snarling stranger energy
Director
Luigi Vanzi
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Tony Anthony basically willed this franchise into existence—he co-produced to keep playing The Stranger after studios passed.
The coffin gimmick became Anthony's trademark; it was so iconic he revived it for 1975's 'Get Mean,' because why fix what coffins?
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