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the Southwest during the Civil War, a cash box containing $200,000 is stolen
and hidden in an unmarked grave. Nearby, a mysterious stranger called
Joe has formed an uneasy alliance with Tuco, a Mexican outlaw. To make
money, Joe turns Tuco over to a series of sheriffs, collects the bounty
money, then rescues the outlaw from a hanging, and the two of them share the
reward. Their scheme nearly fails because of a poor shot by Joe, and
Tuco decides to betray his companion. Although Joe kills the three men
commissioned by Tuco to kill him, he is nonetheless captured by Tuco and
dragged through the dry heat of the desert to near death.
When Joe informs Tuco that he has learned the location of the
$200,000, Tuco immediately gives him water and shade before they embark on a
search for the cashbox.
Meanwhile, Setenza, a sadistic criminal, is conducting his
own search for the cashbox and has joined the Union Army to find the soldier
who knows where the money is buried. Dressed in Confederate uniforms,
Tuco and Joe are captured by the Union Army and brought before Setenza.
Tuco, claiming to know the location of the cashbox, is brutally beaten by
Setenza until he reveals that the money is hidden in a graveyard. The
three men then separately head for the graveyard, each trying to dupe the
others into revealing the exact gravestone under which the cashbox is
buried.
In a final gunfight, Joe shoots Setenza but spares Tuco and
leaves him his share of the money—all the bandit
has to do for the gold coins is free himself from the rope hanging around
his neck. Before he rides off, however, Joe shoots through the rope,
and Tuco is left in the middle of nowhere, wealthy but without a horse. |
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