[1] In an interview, Bozzetto claimed to have invented the Spaghetti Western genre with this film, an achievement usually attributed to Sergio Leone with his A Fistful of Dollars which was released the year before, but whose development started later and was faster than the traditionally animated West and Soda.

[2] The plot of the film follows the traditional stranger arriving in a small western town.

There is an ongoing mystery about how the stranger got a hold of the gold nugget he possesses, though at the end of the film it is revealed that he found it in a soap box (it is fake).

It contains 40 minutes of extra material, including interviews, a completely restored version of the film as well as English subtitles.

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