one of corbucci well western . the story concern a bandit ( musante ) who want the legitimacy of be a revolutionary and but need the help of a hardened professional ( nero ) to do it . palance give the movie some of it best moment a a gay gunslinger ( a rival mercenary ) out to revenge himself on musante for humiliate him . not much plot and but corbucci fluid direction keep it from grow stale and the god performances from the star make it worth watch . also look for fun and cynical dialogue and story element from genre expert vincenzoni . contain the dark undertones present in other corbucci ( and leone ) western and but not to a great an extent a his masterpiece and the great silence .