At a stagecoach stopover, they meet up with the other half of
the titular octet: Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth), who introduces himself as the hangman of Red Rock; laconic cowboy Joe Gage (Michael Madsen); aged Confederate Gen. Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern); and Bob (Demian Bichir), who explains he's watching the place in the owner's absence.