Overview:
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.| Original Title: | Per un pugno di dollari |
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| Status: | Released (1964-09-12) |
| Awards: | 1 win & 5 nominations |
| BoxOffice: | $14,500,000 |
| Screen: | Adriano Bolzoni, Mark Lowell, Víctor Andrés Catena |
| Productions: | Jolly Film, Ocean Films, Constantin Film |
| Production Countries: | Germany, Italy, Spain |
| Spoken Languages: | Italiano, Español |
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Casts
- 190: Clint Eastwood - Joe
- 16309: Marianne Koch - Marisol
- 14276: Gian Maria Volonté - Ramón Rojo
- 16310: Wolfgang Lukschy - John Baxter
- 16312: Sieghardt Rupp - Esteban Rojo
- 14279: Joseph Egger - Piripero
- 16313: Antonio Prieto - Don Benito Rojo / Don Miguel Rojo
Crews
- 14268: Massimo Dallamano - Director of Photography - Camera
- 1259: Ennio Morricone - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 16325: Roberto Cinquini - Editor - Editing
- 16321: Arrigo Colombo - Producer - Production
- 16326: Alfonso Santacana - Editor - Editing
- 4385: Sergio Leone - Director - Directing
- 16324: Federico G. Larraya - Director of Photography - Camera
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Reviews
AshJohann
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Funny child acting, nonsense sense of distance, bad dubbing and weak dialogue bring down an otherwise magnificent film. A Western remake of Yojimbo, it's remarkable how such a simple story can lend itself to such a great experience. The atmosphere is built up masterfully - with stunn ....
Continue reading ->Venti_Pro
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Even better than I remember. The story was more interesting than I remembered. The Man With No Name is more fun in this movie than I remembered. The side characters are more interesting than I remembered. My only complaints are that some of the acting and parts of the script could be ....
Continue reading ->r96sk
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A supremely entertaining western from 1964! I will say the dubbing nature of <em>'A Fistful of Dollars'</em> is a little distracting early on, but by the time the opening portion concluded I was incredibly interested in what was happening onscreen. The pacing is excellent, thanks ....
Continue reading ->drystyx
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Leone almost single handedly destroyed the Western. But it wasn't "single handed" because he had help from the critics who were even bigger hacks than Leone was. Here, we have a movie based on Yojimbo, which is called a classic by some, though I doubt it is truly a classic. "Seven ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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With barely enough cash to buy a drink, drifter "Joe" (Clint Eastwood) rides into a small, pretty war-torn town near the US/Mexican border. He makes friends with the bar owner "Silvanito" (José Calvo) and pretty quickly finds himself drawn into the brutal quarrelling between "Baxter" ....
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