]The opportunistic ""stranger""instinctively asked to confirm the location of the back door for a quick exit, returned to his horse to retrieve something from his pack, then re-entered with a dark red cloth.The original story by blacklisted scriptwriter Nedrick Young (credited as Nathan E.Douglas), who had refused to name names to the House Un-American Activities Committee, was adapted by Harold Jacob Smith.The assassin callously ears off a piece of the man""s long loaf of French boulangerie bread just purchased before walking off.One memorable scene is the one in which the March sisters discuss what they""ll each do with their Christmas present of $1 dollar from well-to-do Aunt March (Edna May Oliver).In this modern-day classic western shot on location (in Alberta, Canada and Sonora, California), Eastwood reprised his film origins - as a gritty and weathered Western character (e.