In 1968, Spaghetti Western master Sergio Corbucci released a film that would eventually become a genre classic. Decades later, that film, The Great Silence , was just ranked as the film with the “Best Western Movie Villain of All Time.”

Who Ranked ‘The Great Silence’ as the Film With the ‘Best Western Movie Villain of All Time’?

Throughout Western movie history, one of the things that has always made the genre epic is its many captivating villains. After all, no matter how entertaining a Western hero may be, their story is often only as interesting as the antagonist they are grappling with.

Fortunately, characters like Angel Eyes from The Good, the Bad and the Ugly , Frank from Once Upon a Time in the West , and Little Bill Daggett from Unforgiven prove how effectively Westerns can build dastardly figures.…