QIs the film cut for language ?
AIt appears to have been cut at around 45min into the film , when someone yells "What the .... you doin' to my fathers house ?" This is even true for the DVD version.
QIs there a book of this film?
AYes it is by Ernest Tidyman,and is available on ebay,amazon ect...
QSo who exactly is the stranger?
AThis is purposely left ambiguous by Clint Eastwood to give it an almost supernatural feel, but the theories put forth are as follows:Theory One The stranger is Marshal Jim Duncan's brother who learned that the three men who killed his brother were being released from prison and would likely return to their town. So the stranger "passed through" the town in order to take revenge on the three men, and on the town itself for simply standing by and watching as his brother was brutally murdered. But this is a big mistake in the translated german version. Here he says, that the dead man was his brother.Theory Two The stranger was Marshal Jim Duncan himself re-incarnated to exact his revenge. (perhaps through a deal with the devil.) This would explain why nobody in the town recognized him, but he knew how exactly the Marshal was killed and he was able to kill the three men in the same way.Theory Three The stranger was the ghost of Marshal Duncan.
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