When
Sergio Corbucci was putting “The Great Silence” together in 1966-1967 he wanted
Jean-Louis Trintignant for his leading man. Trintignant at first declined
because he didn’t feel comfortable speaking his native French language as a
cowboy and he had never made a western before. To get around his objections
Corbucci decided to make his star a mute. Therefore, in a flashback scene we
see Silence as a young boy witnessing the murder of his parents and the killer
cutting the boys vocal cords so he could never tell anyone who or what
happened.
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