A Fistful of Dollars
(1964)
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A Fistful of Dollars
(1964)
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| Marianne Koch | ... |
Marisol
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| Gian Maria Volonté | ... |
Ramón Rojo
(as John Wells)
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Wolfgang Lukschy | ... |
John Baxter
(as W. Lukschy)
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Sieghardt Rupp | ... |
Esteban Rojo
(as S. Rupp)
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Joseph Egger | ... |
Piripero
(as Joe Edger)
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Antonio Prieto | ... | |
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José Calvo | ... |
Silvanito
(as Jose Calvo)
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Margarita Lozano | ... |
Consuelo Baxter
(as Margherita Lozano)
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Daniel Martín | ... |
Julián
(as Daniel Martin)
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Benito Stefanelli | ... |
Rubio
(as Benny Reeves)
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| Mario Brega | ... |
Chico
(as Richard Stuyvesant)
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Bruno Carotenuto | ... |
Antonio Baxter
(as Carol Brown)
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| Aldo Sambrell | ... |
Rojo gang member
(as Aldo Sambreli)
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An anonymous, but deadly man rides into a town torn by war between two factions, the Baxters and the Rojo's. Instead of fleeing or dying, as most other would do, the man schemes to play the two sides off each other, getting rich in the bargain. Written by Andrew Hyatt <dres@uiuc.edu>
'A Fistful Of Dollars' is a wonderful movie which, despite having an enormous following of fans around the world, sometimes gets unfairly dismissed in my opinion. For two reasons - firstly because the second and third movie in Leone/Eastwood "Man With No Name" trilogy ('For A Few Dollars More' and 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly') are so damn good it's easy to overlook this one. Despite being made on a much tighter budget and being less ambitious than the sequels to follow, it's still one of the greatest westerns ever made in my opinion. The second reason is the Yojimbo thing. Now movie buffs frequently slam 'A Fistful Of Dollars' as being a rip off of Kurosawa's 'Yojimbo', which I think is extremely misleading. I'm not disputing that Leone was familiar with Kurosawa (I have no idea one way or the other), but one name I rarely hear ANYONE mention is Dashiel Hammett. Hammett's hard boiled crime classic 'Red Harvest' was published THIRTY YEARS before 'Yojimbo' and features the same central premise of an anti-hero playing two rival groups off against each other. So if anyone deserves acknowledgement as uncredited inspiration for Leone (AND Kurosawa) it's Hammett. Anyway, this is an absolutely brilliant movie and it launched Clint Eastwood, a popular TV actor, into being a major movie star, and likewise put Sergio Leone on the map. I can't recommend 'A Fistful Of Dollars' highly enough, it's pure entertainment, and very, very cool!