God Forgives… I Don’t!

Bill ordered his men out and had a stand-up duel with Cat. When Cat emerged from the burning house, Bill's men followed his orders and allowed Cat to leave. The funeral later featured a burned body that couldn't be identified, suggesting Bill had staged his death to escape the law and start fresh with a new gang.

Early in the film, the flashback structure hints that not everything about the duel is as it seems.

The film reveals that Bill never actually died in the duel. A survivor from the train massacre identifies Bill San Antonio, contradicting the belief that Cat had shot him. This revelation comes through Hutch, who tells Cat that Bill is alive and has assembled a new gang.

The opening scene with the massacred train and survivor identification directly challenges the accepted story of Bill's death.

Bud, the gang's most volatile enforcer, tossed the gun to Cat during the confrontation at the card game. This detail becomes crucial later when Hutch confirms that the gun given to Cat was the one used in the duel, establishing Bud's role in setting up the conflict between Bill and Cat.

The card game scene shows Bud's impulsive nature when he tosses the gun, a moment that gains significance only later.

After the funeral where a burned body couldn't be identified, the gang discovers that their stolen money from the train robbery is missing. Bud immediately accuses Cat of having stolen the loot, likely because Cat was the only one who escaped and had motive given his dispute with Bill.

The missing loot directly follows Cat's departure, making him the obvious suspect in the gang's eyes.

Bud disappears from the gang shortly after the funeral and the discovery of the missing loot. He resurfaces later, having been whipped by Bill for being too conspicuous in the village and blamed for the surviving witness at the train massacre. He eventually teams up with Cat temporarily to find the gold before being killed.

Bud's disappearance coincides with the missing loot, creating initial mystery about his whereabouts.

After moving the gold box to the cliffside hiding spot, Cat demands a larger share than the insurance company percentage Hutch offered. When Hutch refuses, they decide to settle it without firearms to avoid attracting the gang's attention. Cat attacks Hutch with tree swings and kicks until Hutch knocks him out, but the conflict stems from their fundamentally different interests in the gold.

Their partnership was always transactional, Hutch as an insurance agent seeking recovery and Cat seeking personal profit.

Hutch was tortured with fire while Cat was tortured with water, both refusing to reveal the gold's location. When Bill and most of the gang leave to meet his secret partner, the guard Tago is occupied. Hutch then breaks the wooden beam he's bound to, overpowers the guard, and shoots the men who break in through the door.

Hutch's immense strength, demonstrated earlier when moving the gold box, foreshadows his ability to break free.

Cat intended to recreate his first duel with Bill, but this time with dynamite instead of fire. As the fuse burned, they would draw against each other. However, Hutch interrupted with a rifle, and Bill used the distraction to draw a hidden derringer and shoot Hutch.

This mirrors the original duel but with even higher stakes and explosive consequences.

Bill shoots Hutch with a hidden derringer, but Cat wounds Bill's hand with a thrown knife. After Cat wounds Bill's other hand and shoots both his knees, Bill crawls toward the kegs of dynamite and tries to bite off the fuse with his teeth. The explosion kills him as Cat carries the unconscious Hutch to cover.

The dynamite duel was always going to end in flames, Bill's desperate attempt to bite the fuse sealed his fate.

The gold is loaded onto a wagon following the explosion. Hutch regains consciousness on the wagon with the bags of gold. Cat tells him they will discuss the gold's fate once Hutch is strong enough to hold a gun, leaving the outcome unresolved.

The entire film centers on who will control the gold, and this final uncertainty reflects the movie's theme of perpetual mistrust.

Bill and his remaining men knew Cat and Hutch had buried the train robbery gold somewhere. Bill tortured them separately, Cat with water and Hutch with fire, trying to make them reveal the location. Both men endured the torture without giving up the gold's location, demonstrating their resolve.

The torture scene directly follows their capture after the fight at the cliffside.