Variety
This is a hard-hitting item, ably directed, splendidly lensed, neatly acted, which has all the ingredients wanted by action fans and then some.
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A Fistful Of Dollars
In this unofficial remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo and the first entry in Spaghetti Western director Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy, Clint Eastwood stars among a mixed American and European cast in the movie that initiated the popularity of the genre.
The Man With No Name (Eastwood) enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers (Antonio Prieto, Benny Reeves, Sieghardt Rupp) and sheriff John Baxter (Wolfgang Lukschy). 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.
1964Rating: M, Violence99 minsItaly, Spain, West Germany
ActionDramaWesternClassic
- Director:
- Sergio Leone ('The Good, the Bad and the Ugly', 'Once Upon a Time in the West', 'For a Few Dollars More')
- Writer:
- Víctor Andrés CatenaJaime Comas GilSergio LeoneFernando Di LeoDuccio TessariTonino Valerii
- Cast:
- Clint EastwoodMarianne KochGian Maria VolontéWolfgang LukschyJosé CalvoSieghardt RuppAntonio PrietoMargarita Lozano
A Fistful Of Dollars / Reviews
Time Out
Though far less operatic and satisfying than Leone's later work, his first spaghetti Western with Eastwood still looks stylish, if a little rough at the edges.
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Once in a great while a western comes along that breaks new ground and becomes a classic of the genre.
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Empire Magazine
Sergio Leone's first spaghetti Western is now a deserved classic of the genre it invented. And it's got Clint. What more could you want?
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