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Dwight McCarthy is the main protagonist in a number of Sin City yarns written by Frank Miller . He appears in ''A Dame to Kill For'', ''The Big Fat Kill'', ''Family Values'', ''The Babe Wore Red'' and a cameo in ''That Yellow Bastard''. In terms of character and history, he is the most developed of the main characters. APPEARANCE In Dwight's first appearance in ''A Dame To Kill For'', he is bald as he shaves his head and possibly nearing middle age. There was virtually nothing left of his face after being shot up by his ex-fiancée Ava Lord, so it was operated on by the Old Town girls at Gail's behest. After agreeing to allow him to stay in Old Town, he asks for more surgery. They change his facial appearance dramatically, and he allows his hair to grow again as well. By his next appearances in ''The Big Fat Kill'' and ''Family Values'', his face has been polished off for a more natural look. In terms of clothing, in the first half of ''A Dame to Kill For'' he wears just a shirt and pants. Afterwards he takes to wearing a black shirt and a trenchcoat. Another notable feature of his is that he wears red Sneakers . CHARACTER HISTORY In the time span of That Yellow Bastard, Ava leaves Dwight and marries Damien Lord. In That Yellow Bastard, it is on the night John Hartigan enters Kadie's that a drunk Dwight, after whining about Ava leaving him a month ago, goes home with Shellie and sleeps with her. Three years before ''A Dame to Kill For'', Dwight rescues Miho from two Tong gangsters. A Dame to Kill For Ava Lord contacts Dwight and asks to meet at a seedy bar. Ava mentions that it has been about four years since they last saw each other, but Dwight is still embittered by her leaving him. Manute interrupts their meeting just as Ava mentions she might die soon. The next night, Dwight goes to Damien's estate to check on her and he is beaten brutally by Manute. By the time Dwight makes it back to his apartment, Ava is there, where they sleep together after a nasty argument. Ava tells him she's being secretly sexually tortured by Manute and Damien just as Manute shows up. Dwight tries to fight him off, but gets thrown out of his apartment's window. On the street, Dwight sees Ava's frightened face as Manute's car drives past and Dwight finally snaps. Fearing for her safety, he goes to Kadie's and recruits Marv's help. Shellie lectures Dwight at having not seen nor heard from him in six months. Upon arriving at Damien's estate, Marv causes a commotion and distracts the security while Dwight looks for Damien. Marv fights Manute and takes out his right eye. After Dwight has killed Damien, he finds out Ava tricked him into doing so, gets shot in the face by her and falls out the window. Marv hears the gunshots, picks up Dwight's body and leave the estate. In their getaway car, Dwight tells Marv to take him to Old Town. Dwight begins to be rehabilitated at this point when an old flame, Gail, hears Dwight's voice and sees what has happened to his face. Gail, Dwight, Miho and Shellie develop a plan to get revenge on Ava Lord. Gail and the others tell Shellie that Dwight is still alive, and brief her on what she should tell the cops. Ava, with her late husband's fortune inherited, and mob boss Wallenquist unite their corporations. Dwight McCarthy (with his new face), Miho, and Gail get into Ava Lord’s estate, with Manute being gravely injured by both Dwight and Miho. Dwight, after listening to Ava's last, desperate lie, finally kills her. The Big Fat Kill Dwight, with a more polished off face, is at Shellie's place when Jackie-Boy and his friends arrive, completely drunk, to harass Shellie and have some fun. Dwight talks with Jackie-Boy in the bathroom and scares him off. They leave Shellie's, but Dwight follows them for fear that they might hurt another woman that night. Dwight follows them straight to Old Town where Miho slaughters Jackie-Boy and his friends for threatening one of the Old Town girls. Dwight, in an attempt to prevent a war between the Old Town girls and the police, tries to dispose of Jackie-Boy’s body. The Old Town girl that Jackie-Boy had his eyes on, Becky, sells them out to the mob (Wallenquist) in an attempt to make money and get out of the prostitution game. Manute returns, embittered by the death of Ava Lord, captures Gail and later offered a trade by Dwight: Jackie-Boy’s head for Gail’s life. Dwight informs the Old Town girls of his plan while Miho clears the rooftops for them. The trade happens in a narrow alley and the Old Town girls kill Becky and all of the other mob men by firing from up on the rooftops looking down. Family Values Dwight is on a mission from Gail to dig up information about a recent mob hit at a small diner. He goes into a bar near where the hit happened and tries to charm one of the local drinkers there named Peggy. Dwight also spots Fat Man and Little Boy, which makes his job easier later on. As Dwight keeps charming Peggy, she realizes he's not interested in any company that night and only looking for information behind the recent hit. It's revealed that Bruno, the target, was killed by Vito; one of Don Magliozzi's nephews and also one of his hitmen. This was done in retaliation on Don Magliozzi's part as Bruno killed his beloved niece years ago. Going against his family's treaty with Mob Boss Wallenquist, he orders Vito to kill Bruno, who is on Wallenquist's payroll, immediately. Afterwards, everyone's nervous about what Wallenquist will do and if there will be a mob war. With that information, Dwight leaves the bar and is confronted by Vito and some other hitmen who came when Fat Man and Little Boy alerted them someone was digging around for information. Dwight is kidnapped by them, but is more interested in Vito's car and constantly refers to it as his just as soon as he kills all of them. No one believes him as they drive toward the Projects. Unknown to them except for Dwight is that Miho was following Dwight for protection. On the way, Vito tells his side of the story as to how he killed every living thing he saw, including a stray dog. Dwight is satisfied with this and orders Miho to maker her appearance. She kills Spinelli, one of the goons, and they park in a hilltop rest area, overlooking the Projects. There, Miho toys with one of the hitmen as Dwight tells Vito to kill the other hitman; Vito's own brother Lucca. After Miho and Dwight are through, they head straight to Sacred Oaks to confront Don Magliozzi, driven by Vito. Miho cuts through the guards and Dwight makes his appearance. He tells the Don he is going to die along with Vito for the accidentical death of Carmen, one of the Old Town girls. Dwight tells them Vito shouldn't have shot at the stray dog, since the angles were in a straight line to where Carmen was calling for a ride when Vito shot her. Carmen's lesbian lover, Daisy, arrives as Dwight walks away from the Don and his associates. Daisy guns them down as Dwight remarks there's going to be a mob war because of this, but that neither he nor the girls of Old Town will have cause to worry about it. Finally, he takes possession of Vito's car and drives off into the night. PERSONALITY A man of extreme emotions, Dwight is first introduced as a man who lives in total abstinence in order to keep out of trouble. Having a history of bad tempers, wild drinking and wild love affairs (as well as a mysterious, but seemingly significant incident involving his father, briefly mentioned in "A Dame to Kill For") he lives completely denying himself even a taste of what he refers to as "the fire". During this time he appears to be a tortured soul who is afraid even to rev the engine of his Mustang or grow his hair, all the while trying to not 'let the monster out.' After being duped into murdering Damien Lord in ''A Dame To Kill For'' and nearly killed by Ava he develops a new outlook forged by his hate of her and that he no longer has anything left to lose. After his murder of Damien Lord, he constantly refers to himself as a dead man, hinting that he no longer lives the life he had prior to Ava's reappearance. The new Dwight, possibly the 'monster' he had tried to restrain, is far more confident in his self worth and more at ease with allowing himself to indulge in pleasures and whims. At all times Dwight is a model of chivalry, treating all women (including the prostitutes of Old Town) with the utmost respect and offering them his protection. His passion for romance runs deep and a woman in need of help is the trigger for his involvement in all the stories he stars in. Frank Miller, on the special 2-Disc or a righteous force like John Hartigan , Dwight is simply someone who tries to do the right thing and find his place in the world. TRAITS
MOVIE APPEARANCE He is played by Clive Owen in the 2005 Sin City film. As it turned out, he is the only protagonist, and along with Elijah Wood one of the few main male stars, whose appearance was not achieved by using prosthetic make-up. |
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