Dipstick
Well-Known Member
In the most common version, Blondie leaves Tuco standing on a cross with a noose around his neck...teetering with unsure footing. Blondie rides out some distance, turns, cocks his rifle and shoots the rope. Tuco falls to the ground. The end.
In the original version, Blondie turns, cocks the rifle and shoots off one side of the cross leaving Tuco standing on one foot; he aims again and shoots off part of the remaining cross leaving Tuco almost losing his footing, then aims again and the viewer wonders if he will shoot off the remaining side of the cross or shoot the rope. Loooonnnnng delay, and he shoots the rope. The end.
Lots more suspense in the original.
