Isn’t the noose scene in the beginning 
The scene I’m referring to is the final confrontation.
Credit page (2nd one above) has been added.
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Watched the Mill Creek version (on the 20 box set) which was of passable quality (better than the You Tube version) and uncut with the nudity. Ran just short of 90m.
According to the manual ledger seen on the Peter Martell interview posted elsewhere on this site, Martell filmed his scenes for 11 days from 23 November to 1 December 1967 which looks correct given snow on the ground and actors’ visible breath. Martell’s diary entry has ‘L’Uomo che non doveva Morire’ (The man Who shouldn’t have died) as the title.
The Morricone piece from Fistful of Dollars, placed twice, is The Chase (played originally over the scene Rojo henchmen riding intercut with Eastwood destroying the house after shooting several bad guys).
Both Bridou and Battaglia re-appeared in Baldanello’s Black Jack with Battaglia again playing the bad guy and Bridou again playing a woman called Susan. The hero’s sister gets raped in both This Man Can’t Die and Black Jack. These two films were Bridou only substantial performances on film and she appears to have retired to get married and raise a family a couple of years later. John Bartha is also in both movies.
Madison looks quite the worse for wear and he is a generation older than any of his siblings. Not quite as bad as the age difference between John Wayne and Michael Anderson in The Sons of Katie Elder but not too far off. Madison was 45 when he shot this but based on the grave (1815-1870) his mother was supposed to be only 55 and his father 60. Maybe he should have been an uncle rather than a brother? Madison is visible doubled in several scenes, e.g. the jump off the saloon balcony and the fight with Battaglia. It’s also not his voice in the English dub.
The scene transition looked very abrupt in some cases but nothing seemed to be missing. Possibly, the first Italian western to feature topless nudity? Any earlier examples (not counting Old Shatterhand)? Made before The Great Silence and Find a Place to Die.
I want a nice Widescreen version of this, DVD, Blu-ray…either or.
As an SW, I always found this to be very ordinary; but the main theme is extremely catchy…