意大利西部片宗师瑟吉欧·莱昂的传世经典之作，继与克林伊斯威特合作「镖客三系列」之后，瑟吉欧·莱昂这部近三个小时的长篇钜作，被称之为影史上最伟大的西部片。 　　故事叙述一名神秘客（查理士布朗逊）来到小镇上，被卷入一名寡妇（克劳蒂雅卡迪奈尔）与铁路大亨的土地抢夺战，此片最有趣的角色，是由一向形象正义的亨利方达，难得在此片中扮演一名冷面的残酷杀手，从头到尾几乎没有表情，只有嘴角偶尔小有动作，让人不寒而栗... 当年影片在美国上映时，曾因为片长过长而被片商修剪，导致故事架构含混不清，语焉不详。Story of a young woman, Mrs. McBain, who moves from New Orleans to frontier Utah, on the very edge of the American West. She arrives to find her new husband and family slaughtered, but by whom? The prime suspect, coffee-lover Cheyenne, befriends her and offers to go after the real killer, assassin gang leader Frank, in her honor. He is accompanied by Harmonica, a man already on a quest to get even.