| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Clint Eastwood | ... | Bill Munny | |
| Gene Hackman | ... | Little Bill Daggett | |
| Morgan Freeman | ... | Ned Logan | |
| Richard Harris | ... | English Bob | |
| Jaimz Woolvett | ... | The 'Schofield Kid' | |
| 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 | |
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Tara Frederick | ... | Little Sue (as Tara Dawn Frederick) |
| Beverley Elliott | ... | Silky | |
| Liisa Repo-Martell | ... | Faith | |
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Josie Smith | ... | Crow Creek Kate |
After escaping death by the skin of her teeth, the horribly disfigured prostitute, Delilah Fitzgerald, and her appalled and equally furious co-workers summon up the courage to seek retribution in 1880s Wyoming's dangerous town of Big Whiskey. With a hefty bounty on the perpetrators' heads, triggered by the tough Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett's insufficient sense of justice, the infamous former outlaw and now destitute Kansas hog farmer, William Munny, embarks on a murderous last mission to find the men behind the hideous crime. Along with his old partner-in-crime, Ned Logan, and the brash but inexperienced young gunman, the "Schofield Kid", Munny enters a perilous world he has renounced many years ago, knowing that he walks right into a deadly trap; however, he still needs to find a way to raise his motherless children. Now, blood demands blood. Who is the hero, and who is the villain? Written by Nick Riganas
I enjoy the transformation of Clint Eastwood's character throughout the movie. In the beginning he reluctantly becomes a gunfighter but as the movie progresses you see how he slides down the slippery slope of wickedness to become the cold-blooded killer needed for the task. Morgan Freeman's reaction to the transformation is well played also. Richard Harris' character is colorful as is his sidekick. Gene Hackman's sheriff is pleasantly atypical of the role. All these actors and their characters effectively leave the viewer with a myriad of directions from which the movie expertly entertains. If you are expecting anything like Clint's "spaghetti westerns" you will be disappointed. If you are looking for an excellent story with characters that all have varying degrees of wickedness, you will be satisfied when its all said and done.