Unforgiven
Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner and a young man.
- Director: * Clint Eastwood
- Genre:Drama / Western
- Runtime:131 minutes
Cast
Clint Eastwood : William ‘Bill’ MunnyGene Hackman : Little Bill DaggettMorgan Freeman : Ned LoganRichard Harris: English BobJaimz Woolvett : The Schofield Kid
A group of prostitutes in Big Whiskey, Wyoming, offers a $1000 reward to whoever can kill two cowboys who disfigured one of them. This upsets the local sheriff, a former gunfighter known as Little Bill Daggett (Gene Hackman), who doesn’t allow guns or assassins in his town.
Miles away, in Kansas, the Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) visits the farm of William Munny (Clint Eastwood), seeking to recruit him to kill the cowboys. In his youth, Munny was an infamous bandit, killer and drinker, but is now a widower raising two children on a pig farm. Though Munny initially refuses to help with the assassination, he reconsiders a few days later and sets off to catch up with the Kid. On his way, Munny recruits Ned Logan (Morgan Freeman), another retired gunfighter who reluctantly leaves his wife to go along on the hit.
Back in Wyoming, gunfighter English Bob (Richard Harris) and his biographer W.W. Beauchamp (Saul Rubinek) arrive in Big Whiskey, also seeking the reward. Little Bill and his deputies disarm English Bob and Little Bill savagely beats him in the street, hoping to set an example for other would-be assassins. When English Bob is kicked out of town, Beauchamp decides to stay and write about Little Bill, who has impressed him with his tales of old gunfights.
Munny, Logan and the Kid arrive in Big Whiskey amid a rain storm and head to the whorehouse to find out where the cowboys are. Munny has a bad fever after riding in the rain, and is sitting alone in the saloon when Little Bill and his deputies arrive to confront him. Little Bill has no idea who Munny is. Little Bill informs Munny that firearms aren’t allowed in Big Whiskey and asks him if he is carrying any and who he is, Munny gives him a phony name William Hendershot and tells him he isn’t carrying firearms. Bill searches Munny and discovers his gun, so he beats him up and kicks him into the street. Logan and the Kid, who are upstairs getting “advances” on their payment from the prostitutes, escape out a window when they realize the law is on to them.
The three regroup at a barn outside of town, where they nurse Munny back to health. Three days later, the men ambush a group of cowboys in the canyons and kill one of the targets — though it becomes apparent that Logan and Munny no longer have much stomach for murder. Logan decides he won’t stick around to kill the second cowboy and sets off back home. Munny and the Kid head to the cowboys’ ranch, where the Kid ambushes the second target in an outhouse and shoots him dead. After the two men escape from the ranch, the Kid confesses he had never killed anyone before.
When a prostitute meets the two men to give them their reward money, they learn that Logan was captured by Little Bill’s men before he got out of the county. He was tortured to death, but not before giving up the identities of his two accomplices. When he learns of his friend’s death, Munny takes a swig from the Kid’s bottle of whiskey. An alcoholic in his past life, Munny had until this point refused all offers of drink. The Kid heads back to Kansas to deliver the reward money to Munny and Logan’s families, while Munny heads into town to get revenge for Logan’s death. Read more
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