As a Moments subpage, all spoilers are unmarked as per policy. You Have Been Warned.
- As explained in the last entry of this
Cracked article, the relationship between Munny and his deceased wife. There is nothing at all in the movie to explain why she fell in love with Munny, just that she did, and stuck through with him despite his dark past. And likewise, Munny must have seen something in her too; he was an outlaw from whom legends are made, with great ruthlessness and great skill—and he put it all down for her, to be a simple, struggling farmer. - In the end, William and his children go to San Francisco. William prospers in selling dry goods, finally being able to leave behind his violent past life and find redemption not as some avenging hero but as an honest businessman.
- Munny gives a two-for-one; Delilah mentions to Munny how his partners are using their reward as a kind of credit line to spend some time with the other prostitutes, and offers to spend some time with Munny himself, who declines. When Delilah thinks that it's because of her scarred face, Munny reassures her that it's because of his faithfulness to his late wife, but also that if not for that, he would take her up on her offer, and that she's still beautiful.
- Less so in that he fails to mention that his wife is dead at the time. Delilah naturally assumes he's just saying this to avoid sleeping with her when told afterwards.
- Despite his past as a murderous, thieving, drunken reprobate, William Munny is a very loving, patient father. And see if you don't have to suppress at least a slight "awww" when he pays his respects at his wife's grave.
- The fact that the other Prostitutes were willing to pay so much money to help their friend is sweet, despite the purpose being misled at the very least.
- Mind you, it's not only revenge for Delilah. As one of them (Alice iirc) says, the cowboys must die for what they did or else everyone will think they can hurt the whores as much as they want and get off scot-free after paying a small fine to Sheriff Daggett.
- Munny, in his fashion, does his best to comfort The Schofield Kid after he's overcome with guilt from killing his first man, coming to the realization that he's not suited to be a killer. Munny tells The Kid (after Ned is killed): "You're the only friend I got".
- During his exit from Big Whiskey, Munny makes sure to threaten deadly retribution against the townfolk not only if they fail to properly bury Ned (his longtime partner and only friend), but also if they retaliate against the women of the brothel.
- "Dedicated to Sergio and Don." 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die put it best when describing Eastwood's dedication to his late directorial mentors - "He did them proud."
