This is supposedly the first American film to show someone getting shot.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — A Fistful of Dollars
ITTY — 7 years ago(March 14, 2019 06:11 PM)
Prior to this movie, in American films, whenever a person was shot, one camera was focused on the shooter, who fired his weapon, and a split second later, the director quickly cut to the victim who could be seen being hit.
This is supposedly the first film in America to show a gun being fired and a person reacting to getting shot with no camera cuts in between.