Black Jack Murphy is the brains in an outfit of outlaws who rob the bank at Tusca City. All goes to plan with the heist but once the loot is safely obtained Jack's men lose no time in trying to double cross him. Wily Jack manages to outfox them at first and gets away with the cash but they soon catch up with him again and not only make off with the money but leave him crippled and carrying multiple causes for wanting revenge. This need for amends possesses Jack with an all consuming passion and he sets out to get even with each of his unfaithful former compadres but has his particular sights set on Indian Joe and Sanchez who abused and killed his beloved sister.
Practical Effects
The crippling sequence is nastily convincing for '68.
Acting
Robert Woods seethes through every frame like actual gunpowder.
Director
Gianfranco Baldanello
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released simultaneously as 'Black Jack' and 'Django' in some markets to cash in on Corbucci's phenomenon—Robert Woods plays two different revenge-crippled gunslingers that year.
Baldanello's camera lingers on Jack's ruined body with uncomfortable fascination, making this one of the few euro-westerns that genuinely interrogates the cost of violence rather than celebrating it.
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