Man with No Name
The Man with No Name is a male film character who features in the Dollars Trilogy.
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Biography
The Man with No Name (Italian: Uomo senza nome)
During his time as a ranch hand, the man was constantly at odds with a fellow ranch hand named Carvell. The two faced off in a duel, the man victorious. Carvell was subsequently identified as Monk Carver, a fugitive with a $1,000 bounty, thus prompting the man to quit his position as a ranch hand and take up the profession of bounty hunting. In the early part of his career, he had partnered with "Foot Sick" Feebly, who possessed a fetish for womens' shoes. After the man happened upon Feebly indulging in that fetish, he preferred to work alone. During the time of the Civil War (1861 to 1865), the man had formed a partnership with bandit Tuco Ramírez, who nicknamed the man "Blondie." Their partnership entailed Blondie turning in Tuco for the bounty on his head, then rescuing him just before he was to be executed for his crimes and splitting the bounty. After Tuco's price reached $2,000, Blondie rescued him from three other bounty hunters and claimed his prize from a local sheriff. As Tuco was about to be hanged, Blondie shot the rope, severing it, and the two escaped on horseback. Following one more escape, Blondie grew weary of his partnership with Tuco, believing the price on his head would not go up any further. Thus, he ended their partnership and abandoned Tuco in a desert.
Blondie made his way to a town being abandoned by Confederate troops and successfully foiled an ambush by three gunmen inside of a hotel, having heard their spurs outside his door. However, during the commotion, Tuco climbed in through the window and made Blondie prepare to hang himself. Just at that moment, the hotel was shelled by Union forces and Blondie managed to escape. Tuco managed to track Blondie down again and forced him to march through a desert. The two reached a runaway carriage holding a near-death Bill Carson, who informed Tuco of a cemetery where a cache of gold had been hidden. As Tuco went to retrieve water for Carson, the dying man told the dehydrated Blondie that the gold was buried in a grave marked "Unknown" next to that of Arch Stanton. Carson then died and Blondie told Tuco that he knew where the gold was buried, thus motivating Tuco to let him live, taking him to a nearby mission to recover. Following Blondie's recovery, the two left the mission in Confederate uniforms from Carson's carriage. However, the two encountered Union soldiers and were taken to a Prisoner of War camp. At the camp, Tuco gave into torture by mercenary Angel Eyes, who was disguised as a Union soldier, revealing to him the name of the cemetery and that Blondie knew where the gold was buried. This prompted Angel Eyes to form a partnership with Blondie, agreeing to half of the fortune.
Overview
Personality and attributes
He is generally portrayed as an outsider, a mercenary or bounty hunter, or even an outlaw. He is characteristically soft-spoken and laconic.
Powers and abilities
The Man with No Name was born an ordinary human being with all the natural traits of the species.
Notes
- The Man with No Name was created by Sergio Leone where he was portrayed by actor Clint Eastwood and featured in the Dollars Trilogy universe.
- A Fistful of Dollars was directly adapted from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961) causing it to be the subject of a lawsuit by Yojimbo's producers.
- Jotaro Kujo, protagonist of Part three of the manga series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, "Stardust Crusaders", was inspired by The Man with No Name. Author Hirohiko Araki met Eastwood in 2012 as part of the series' 25th anniversary celebration and presented him with an original framed Jotaro Kujo illustration; in return, Eastwood recreated one of the character's signature poses.
- Boba Fett, an antagonist from George Lucas' Star Wars film series, was based on the Man with No Name, according to Jeremy Bulloch, the actor who portrayed him, from his mannerisms to his green-on-white armor that has the same colour scheme as the Man's poncho.
- Roland Deschain, the primary protagonist of Stephen King's The Dark Tower book series, is heavily inspired by The Man with No Name. In The Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah, King, who appears as a character in the book, makes the comparison when he calls Roland a "fantasy version of Clint Eastwood."
In other media
Comics
- In The Man With No Name v1 (2007), the Man with No Name appeared in the Dynamite Entertainment comic written by Christos Gage. Set after the events of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Appearances
- A Fistful of Dollars: (1964)
- For a Few Dollars More: (1965)
- The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: (1966).
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