William "Bill" Klaus is a major antagonist in the 1968 spaghetti western film Today We Kill... Tomorrow We Die. He was the third of the Comancheros, Elfego's important, loyal criminal man.
He was portrayed by Pietro Torrisi.
Biography[]
James Elfego, Moreno and Bill Klaus were three convicted criminals who committed robberies and murders. They went to Bill Kiowa's house, where Elfego raped and killed his wife. Klaus overpowered Bill with the help of another bandit, and Moreno watched the woman suffering sadistically. Bill wanted to die, but Klaus knocked down with his pistol. Later, the three villains joined the Comancheros. Elfego become the leader, Moreno his right-hand and Klaus the third most important person in the gang.
Elfego sent Klaus and another man, Tiger, with some bandits to Madigan Post. When Klaus and his men arrived in Madigan, they went into a pub where they found two strangers. One was Bill and the other was his friend O'Bannion. Klaus began to begrudge O'Bannion and kicked his leg. O'Bannion fell to the floor and Klaus and his men laughed. After he getting up, Klaus demanded that he pour him a glass of whiskey. O'Bannion slitted the glass into Klaus's palm, his hand bled. Klaus screaming in pain, then O'Bannion smashed the whiskey bottle on Tiger's head. A fight broke out, and Klaus and the criminals were thoroughly beaten. Bill and O'Bannion wanted to know where Elfego was, but Klaus didn't answer. Then the big man threw Klaus out the window. That's when Elfego and his gang arrived. The two gunslinger were tortured and the criminals left in the morning. Klaus began to provoke O'Bannion again, knowing that there was nothing he could do about it. When the man called back to him mockingly, Klaus pulled out a pocket knife and slowly walked toward him. O'Bannion was bandaged, but escaped, and when the criminal wanted to stab him, he dodged the attack and kicked Klaus. The other comancheros came into the pub and one of them reminded the criminal that Elfego wanted the two men alive. Klaus said with a smile that he did not want to kill them but to continue to torture them Slowly he approached O'Bannion again, but then Bill's friends raided on them. Klaus received three shots in the back, but was still able to stand up and shoot. But one of the gunslingers, Jeff Milton, fired again. Klaus died with his men.
Personality[]
Klaus in Bill Kiowa's house.
Klaus was a typical criminal figure. He showed no humanity or respect to anyone, only following Elfego's orders. He liked watching people's suffering and abusing others. He himself liked to hit, beat people. He did not tolerate if anyone else resisted him, if someone resisted him, he being uptight and immediately used violence.
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