| “ | People scare better when they're dying. | „ |
| ~ Frank |
| “ | Keep your lovin' brother happy. | „ |
| ~ Frank to a younger Harmonica, who is holding his hanging brother on his shoulders. |
Frank is the main antagonist of the late Sergio Leone's 1968 epic Spaghetti Western film Once Upon a Time in the West. He is a ruthless, sadistic mercenary who is hired by the railroad tycoon Morton to manipulate McBain into moving off the land, but instead kills him and his family.
He was portrayed by the late Henry Fonda.
What Makes Him Pure Evil?[]
- Before the events of the movie, Frank had a man stand on top of his younger brother's shoulders while he had a rope tied around his neck, and then put a harmonica in the younger brother's mouth and forced him to play it while he and his gang sadistically watched. The younger brother would eventually collapse and fall to the ground, while the older brother would be hanged. Later, the youngest would call himself Harmonica later in life, keeping the harmonica that Frank put in his mouth.
- When Harmonica comes back to kill him, Frank doesn’t even remember him, implying he had committed so many atrocities that he forgot what he did to Harmonica and his brother.
- In his first appearance, he and his men murdered almost the entire McBain family (except for Jill, who was not at the scene), including the youngest son, even though Morton had hired him to scare them, not kill them. Frank then frames the bandit Cheyenne for this.
- He murdered one of his men after Harmonica found them, angry that he thought Harmonica had found them thanks to him.
- He betrays Morton before he can make his peace with Jill over the death of his family and plans to kill him later to take over his railroad business.
- He threatens to kill Jill if she doesn't have sexual intercourse with him.
- He sends his men to the McBain farm auction to keep the bidders quiet.
- He doesn't mind at all seeing his men killed by Cheyenne, and he considered shooting the wounded Morton but decided not to as Morton was going to die anyway.
- Tries to kill Harmonica to get rid of all his troubles.
External Link[]
- Frank on the Villains Wiki
