Clint Eastwood's acting in The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly really showcases his ability to pull of the silent and ruthless action hero without even having to reveal his name. His facial expressions, actions, his glare, and even his stance really, in addition to a ton of other things, work together to form the character that Clint Eastwood would continue to play until modern times. I mean, really, although his roles are relatively diverse between the westerns he is famous for, or the Dirty Harry films, or Gran Torino, he mostly sticks to the same general character type that originated with the Man with No Name.
Really, his whole character is shown in his relationship with Tuco - the way that he works together with Tuco to collect reward money over and over again, only to end up leaving him in the desert is a pretty good indication of his ruthlessness, especially considering his total lack of pity toward Tuco. Then there is the fact that Eastwood trudged through the desert and survived when Tuco tried to get back at him - he even managed to keep himself alive by finding out the name of the grave where the money they are after is buried. Another really important aspect of his characters are their pretty direct, cold dialogue. In this film, the viewer gets a pretty clear example of this when he leaves to find the grave with Angel Eyes and he says a line about having six bullets - which happens to be the amount of people in their group, excluding himself. It is Eastwood's portrayal of the silent, albeit ruthless, character that landed him his future roles that were relatively similar to his role as the Man with No Name.
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