My Name Is Nobody

My Name Is Nobody (Italian: Il mio nome è Nessuno) is a 1973 Italian/French/German international co-production comedy spaghetti Western starring Terence Hill and Henry Fonda. The film was directed by Tonino Valerii and based on an idea by Sergio Leone. The film follows the story of Nobody (Terence Hill), who attempts to get his idol Jack Beauregard (Henry Fonda) to take on the Wild Bunch gang of outlaws.

The film was widely seen in Italy and Germany. In spite of some good reviews, it was not successful in the United States.

In 1899, Jack Beauregard is an aging gunslinger who wants to retire peacefully to Europe. After watching him quickly shoot three gunmen who attempted to ambush him in a barbershop, the barber's son asks his father if there is anyone in the world faster than Beauregard, to which the barber replies, "Faster than him? Nobody!"

Beauregard pauses to watch a young man catching fish by hitting them with a tree branch before continuing to an old goldmine. He finds his friend Red dying after an attack by a gang. Beauregard asks Red about the whereabouts of "Nevada"; Red manages to disclose only Nevada's village before dying. At a horse relay station, the young man is asked by three men to deliver a basket to Beauregard inside. He talks to Beauregard, revealing his detailed knowledge of Beauregard's feats. He throws the basket outside, where the bomb hidden within explodes.

The man introduces himself as "Nobody". He idolizes Beauregard and wants him to end his career in style by taking on all 150 of the Wild Bunch single-handed. The bandits are using a worthless goldmine to launder their stolen gold. Sullivan, the mine owner fronting for them, believes Beauregard is trying to kill him, so he tries to kill Beauregard first.

Arriving at Nevada's village, Beauregard finds Nobody already there, and he reveals that the Nevada Kid, Beauregard's brother, is dead. Nobody again unsuccessfully tries to get Beauregard to take on the Wild Bunch. Arriving in a town, Sullivan hires Nobody to kill Beauregard, but Nobody instead helps Beauregard to take out Sullivan's men. The Wild Bunch ride into town to collect sticks of dynamite, stashing them in their saddlebags.

Later, an old man tells Beauregard that he was bought out of a worthless goldmine by his partners Nevada and Red, only to have the mine produce much gold afterwards. Beauregard hurries off to the mine and catches Sullivan loading sacks of gold powder. Sullivan offers Beauregard Nevada's share, but Beauregard tells him he could not care less about his brother, and takes just two sacks, as well as $500 to pay for his passage to Europe. He then leaves to catch a train to New Orleans.

Nobody steals a train that is being loaded at a station with bars of gold, guarded by soldiers. Beauregard is waiting down the line when the Wild Bunch charge towards him across a featureless plain. Nobody arrives with the train but refuses to rescue Beauregard until he "makes his name in the history books". Remembering the mirrored conchas on the gang's dynamite-filled saddlebags, Beauregard shoots them and takes out most of the gang until Nobody lets him board the train.