William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.
Direction
Eastwood deconstructing the genre he defined.
Acting
Hackman's terrifying charm; Eastwood's haunted silence.
Writing
David Webb Peoples' script simmers for 90 minutes, then explodes.
Director
Clint Eastwood
Clint Eastwood
William Munny
Gene Hackman
'Little' Bill Daggett
Morgan Freeman
Ned Logan
Jaimz Woolvett
The Schofield Kid
Richard Harris
English Bob
Saul Rubinek
W.W. Beauchamp
Frances Fisher
Strawberry Alice
Anna Thomson
Delilah Fitzgerald
David Mucci
Quick Mike
Rob Campbell
Davey Bunting
Anthony James
Skinny Dubois
Tara Frederick
Little Sue
Beverley Elliott
Silky
Liisa Repo-Martell
Faith
Shane Meier
Will Munny
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Eastwood waited 15 years to age into the role, buying the script in 1976 and filming at 62.
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