Parents Guide for
A Fistful of Dollars (1964) More at IMDbPro »Per un pugno di dollari (original title)

A man lusts after a married woman and holds her hostage. Nothing obscene, 1 semi-forced kiss.

Suggested MPAA description: Rated PG-13 for western violence. There is a lot of shooting and dying in this. The story revolves around 2 families feuding in 1 town.

A man is stabbed by a sword, it protrudes out his back.

A character gets a beating and though not very graphic, there is a lingering brutality that may unsettle some viewers. He is mocked and his face is swollen and bloody.

A man gets shot by a shotgun in his head, but he is behind a curtain. When shown his face is covered in blood

A man shoots about 25 people with a Gatling gun and some men are suffering from their wounds before they're finished. No blood or bullet holes.

A man accidentally punches a woman knocking her unconcious

2 men are smooshed by a barrel.

2 non gory dead guys are posed to look like live men to facilitate a plot.

During interrogation an innocent man is beaten and choked (a little blood on his mouth)

A slew of surrendering and unarmed men are shot and killed in succession

People are covered in fire and run out of a burning building

There is one clearly audible blasphemy, but in Spanish.

The protagonist smokes throughout the film and drinks at saloons. The 2 feuding families sell "liquor" and "weapons". Some wine casks are seen.

The protagonist is brutally tortured by beating. A child is shot at and kept from seeing his mother, this isn't particularly frightening but might bother kids.