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A heavy silence settled over the courtyard. A vulture circled lazily above.

As Sparrow lay dying in the dust, the local sheriff—who had been secretly following the trail of bodies and finally witnessed Sparrow's true nature—stepped out from the shadows. Seeing the truth with his own eyes, the sheriff holstered his weapon and nodded at the rancher. Sabata was finally a free man. Wanted Sabata (1970) - Roberto Mauri - Letterboxd Wanted Sabata (1970)

Sparrow was a ruthless bounty hunter who had concocted a brilliant, diabolical scheme. He didn't want Sabata to hang for a mere $500 reward. By helping Sabata escape and making him a fugitive, Sparrow intended to systematically murder the very witnesses who had lied at the trial. He would pin every new corpse on the fleeing rancher, artificially inflating the bounty on Sabata's head until it was worth a fortune. Only then would Sparrow track him down and cash in. A heavy silence settled over the courtyard

Sabata was done with the gunfighter life. He bought a modest ranch in Texas from a man named Jim Sparrow, wanting nothing more than to raise cattle and live in peace. But the land was arid, and Sparrow was a man consumed by greed. Seeing the truth with his own eyes, the

"The only thing you're collecting today is lead," Sabata replied, his eyes narrowing.

Sabata sat in his cell, listening to the carpenters hammer together the wooden gallows outside. But in the dead of night, a shadowy figure crept to the jailhouse window and slipped a heavy iron revolver through the bars. Sabata used the weapon to overpower the guards and escape into the moonlit desert.

Sabata soon learned that his "mysterious savior" was none other than the killer himself, Jim Sparrow.