Unforgiven

In 1880, a cowboy named Quick Mike slashes prostitute Delilah Fitzgerald's face with a knife over an insult, permanently disfiguring her. As punishment, Sheriff "Little Bill" Daggett orders Mike and his associate Davey Bunting to turn over several of their ponies to Delilah's employer Skinny DuBois for his loss of revenue. Outraged, the prostitutes offer a $1,000 bounty for the cowboys' deaths. In response, a boastful young man visits Will Munny's hog farm, claiming to be an experienced bounty hunter looking for help pursuing the cowboys. Formerly a notorious outlaw and murderer, Will is now a repentant widower raising two children. After initially refusing to help, Will realizes that his farm is failing and his children's future is in jeopardy. Will recruits his friend Ned Logan, another retired outlaw, and they catch up with the Kid, whom they discover is severely near-sighted. Back in Big Whiskey, British-born gunfighter "English" Bob arrives in town with his biographer W.W. Beauchamp, seeking the bounty. Enforcing the town's antigun law, Little Bill disarms Bob and beats him savagely to discourage others from attempting to claim the bounty. Will, Ned, and the Kid arrive in town during a rainstorm and enter Skinny's saloon. While Ned and the Kid meet with the prostitutes upstairs, Little Bill confronts a feverish Will. Not realizing Will's identity, but correctly guessing that he wants the bounty, Bill confiscates his weapon and beats him. The trio ambushes Davey, and after missing him and shooting his horse, Ned falters. Will shoots Davey instead. Ned is later captured and flogged to death by Little Bill to learn the whereabouts of Will and the Kid. Will takes the Kid with him to the cowboys' ranch, directing him to ambush Quick Mike in the outhouse and shoot him. After they escape, a distraught Kid drunkenly confesses he had never killed anyone before. A prostitute arrives with the reward and tells them about Ned's fate. Shocked by the news, Will begins drinking and demands the Kid's revolver. The Kid hands it over, saying that he no longer wants to be a killer. Will sends him back to Kansas to distribute the reward. That night, Will finds Ned's corpse displayed in a coffin outside Skinny's saloon. Will walks in brandishing a shotgun and kills Skinny for displaying Ned's corpse. He then aims at Little Bill, but the shotgun misfires. In the ensuing gunfight, Will shoots Little Bill and several other members of the posse with the revolver. He orders the rest of the men out. Beauchamp lingers briefly to ask how Will survived. Will replies that it was luck and scares him away. Little Bill tries and fails to take another shot at Will while lying on the floor, then bemoans his fate and curses Will, who shoots him dead. Will shouts threats as he mounts his horse and rides out of town.