Directed by: Sergio Leone
Starring: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Mario Brega
Factual error: The El Paso newspaper is dated Monday June 15 1872. June 15 1872 was a Saturday. (00:48:14)
Factual error: There's a plane in the sky above Clint's hat in the shooting hats scene.
Factual error: Two errors. The money in the safe is Confederate. It was worthless in 1872. Tucumcari didn't exist in 1872. The place which later became Tucumcari only came into existence in 1901 and wasn't named as such until 1908.
Revealing mistake: After Manco beats up Cavanaugh and places Cavanaugh's back up against the bar, while Manco faces him, three of Cavanaugh's henchmen appear at the entrance of the bar demanding that Cavanaugh be released. Manco turns around and kills all of them with his pistol, while Cavanaugh falls to the floor crawling toward his gun. Manco is walking toward the entrance of the saloon with his back to Cavanaugh. Manco draws his gun and kills Cavanaugh without looking at him. If you look closely at the tip end of the pistol, you can see that the only thing that Manco would have killed was the saloon floor. (00:17:00)
Monco: You mind telling me how you got here?
Col. Douglas Mortimer: I just reasoned it out. I figured you'd tell Indio to do just exactly the opposite of what we agreed, and he's suspicious enough to figure out something else. Since El Paso was out of the question, well, here I am.
Trivia: The 'whistling' heard in the background before the opening credits is that of the director Sergio Leone.
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