Synopsis:
During the Civil War a mysterious stranger
(Blondie) enters into a macabre partnership with a Mexican bandit named
Tuco. Because Tuco has a price on his head, Blondie turns him in
for the bounty money, then rescues him from a hanging at the last
possible moment by cutting the rope around Tuco's neck with a rifle
bullet! They play this deadly game throughout the American
Southwest, splitting the reward money.
Meanwhile, a sadistic criminal name Setenza
(Angel Eyes) is playing for bigger stakes; a hidden cashbox containing
$200,000, Blondie discovers the exact location of the box from a
dying Bill Carson, just as Tuco is about to kill him. He trades
this information with Tuco for his life. Blondie and Tuco dress in
Confederate Army uniforms in order to cross their lines and reach the
cemetery where the money is buried. However they are captured by
Union forces and ironically brought before Angel Eyes, now a Union
Sergeant. Angel Eyes tortures until the bandit reveals the hiding
place, then cuts himself in on the deal. Together the three form
an uneasy alliance and set out on the impossible journey to the
cemetery, crossing both lines in the war-torn land.
When they eventually reach the cemetery,
still alive, they finally fall out among themselves and one final fight
is waged among the tombstones. Blondie kills Angel Eyes and splits
the cashbox with Tuco in the same way their relationship began; Tuco on
the end of a rope.