- Two alternative endings were created for this film:
- A "happy" ending, in which Sheriff Burnett (having somehow survived being trapped under a frozen lake) rides into town and shoots Loco before he can kill Silence, allowing him to kill the remaining bounty killers. This ending was once believed to be shot for the North African and Japanese markets, but has since been revealed to have been created as an alternative solution for the producers, who wanted the film to have a "seasonal" (ie. Christmas) appeal.
- A lesser-known, "ambiguous" re-cut of the original ending with additional footage, in which Silence is wounded, but Loco gestures to his gang members to leave the saloon before they can kill anyone.
- The Italian-language version has different names for several characters:
- Loco is "Tigrero"
- Sheriff Burnett is "Sheriff Corbett"
- Sanchez's brother is "Bobo Schultz"
- The film was first shown on British television as part of the BBC2 series Moviedrome (1988) in 1990 in a unique version that ran five minutes shorter than the uncut version. The print used featured a unique variant of the credits sequence, in which the film was titled "The Big Silence", and featured cuts to several of the film's violent scenes, including the opening ambush, Silence's death and the massacre of the outlaws.
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