That Dirty Black Bag

That Dirty Black Bag is a Spaghetti Western television series created by Mauro Aragoni, Silvia Ebreul and Marcello Izzo for AMC+. It features an ensemble cast led by Dominic Cooper, Travis Fimmel and Aidan Gillen. The eight-part series was filmed in Italy, Spain and Morocco, and it premiered on March 10, 2022.

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Premise

In a town full of bounty hunters, bandits and bloody vendettas, Arthur McCoy is a corruptible sheriff with a troubled past. On the other side of things is Red Bill, an infamous solitary bounty hunter known for decapitating his victims and stuffing their heads into a dirty black bag. When the paths of these two men collide, they both learn that in the Wild West, there are no heroes, nobody is invincible, and the predators may become the prey.

Cast and characters

Main

Douglas Booth as Red Bill, a bounty hunter who beheads outlaws claiming that "a head weighs less than a body".
Dominic Cooper as Arthur McCoy, Bronson's brother, sheriff of Greenvale and former outlaw.
Niv Sultan as Eve Hoover, a former prostitute and owner of Greenvale's brothel.
Christian Cooke as Steve, a Greenvale homesteader who strongly believes in God and insistently works his land despite the drought that affected the area for five years.
Rose Williams as Symone, a pretty girl who works as a prostitute in Eve's brothel.
Paterson Joseph as Charles Thompson, Greenvale's richest man.
Zoe Boyle as Michelle, Steve's wife.
Ivan Shaw as Kurt, one of McCoy's deputies.
Daniel Caltagirone as Henry Longines
Benjamin Stender as Nathan Longines
Aidan Gillen as Butler, a solitary farmer who's also a serial killer with implied cannibalistic tendencies and satanic beliefs.
Guido Caprino as Bronson, a former outlaw and businessman, now also a politician.
Eugene Brave Rock as The Stranger, a cold-blooded killer of Native American origin.
Anna Chancellor as Hellen, a rich woman who supports Bronson in his political career and the head of a satanic cult.
Travis Fimmel as James Anderson, Red Bill's former mentor.

Recurring

Jacopo Rampini as Jona, McCoy's first deputy.
Nicolo Pasetti as Martin, one of McCoy's deputies.
Terry McMahon as Blaine, a member of Bronson's gang.

Production

In December 2019, Mediawan announced they had come on board to distribute That Dirty Black Bag, which had been in various stages of development for several years. In June 2021, BRON Studios and Palomar announced the stars of the series would be Dominic Cooper and Douglas Booth with the ensemble cast for the series also being announced at the same time. The series comes from Italian filmmaker Mauro Aragoni, who co-wrote the series with Silvia Ebreul, Marcello Izzo and Fabio Paladini. Series directors are Brian O'Malley and Aragoni. In November 2021, AMC+ announced that it had acquired That Dirty Black Bag. The 8-part series is being produced in English with three seasons already planned.