For a Few Dollars More (1965)
"Per qualche dollaro in più" (original title)

Two bounty hunters with the same intentions, team up to track down a Western outlaw.

Director:

Sergio Leone

Writers:

Sergio Leone (scenario), Fulvio Morsella (scenario),

Stars:

Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clint Eastwood	...	Monco
Lee Van Cleef	...	Col. Douglas Mortimer
Gian Maria Volonté	...	El Indio (The Indian) (as Gian Maria Volontè)
Mario Brega	...	Nino, Member of Indio's Gang
Luigi Pistilli	...	Groggy, Member of Indio's Gang
Aldo Sambrell	...	Cuchillio
Klaus Kinski	...	Juan Wild - The Hunchback
Benito Stefanelli	...	Luke 'Hughie'
Luis Rodríguez	...	Manuel, Member of Indio's Gang (as Luis Rodriguez)
Panos Papadopulos	...	Sancho Perez, Member of Indio's Gang (as Panos Papadopoulos)
Mara Krupp	...	Mary - Hotel Manager's Beautiful Wife (as Mara Krup)
Roberto Camardiel	...	Tucumcari station clerk (as Robert Camardiel)
Joseph Egger	...	Old Prophet (as Josef Egger)
Tomás Blanco	...	Tucumcari sheriff (as Tomas Blanco)
Lorenzo Robledo	...	Tomaso, Indio's Traitor

Storyline

Two bounty hunters are after the same man, Indio. At first, they go their own ways, but eventually get together to try and find him. But are they after him for the same reason ?

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Plot Keywords:

bounty hunter | jail break | alliance | disarming someone | opening action scene | 

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Taglines:

The man with no name is back.

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

Italy Spain West Germany

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

10 May 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

For a Few Dollars More

Filming Locations:

Almería Railway Station, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

$600,000 (estimated)

Gross:

ESP 274,756,312 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film Produktion, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Sergio Leone:  [flashbacks] 

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Goofs

The car seen driving down the dirt road is visible during the conversation from the passenger on the train. This occurs before Mortimer lowers the Bible. The car is seen out the window moving from lower right to upper left.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Train Conductor: Tickets. Tickets, please. Tickets. Tickets. Thank you. Tickets.

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Crazy Credits

The title credits disappear as if being shot by a gun.

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Connections

Featured in Settling the Score: The Magic and Music of the Western (2012)

User Reviews

The Best of "The Dollars Trilogy" and quite possibly Leone's finest film.

"For a Few Dollars More" has become the template for which most Spaghetti Westerns derive.

As Leone went along, his films got more daring and complex, exploring new ideas and raising not only the bar for Spaghetti Westerns (which, contrary to popular belief, were around before "A Fistful of Dollars") but for Westerns in general. However, this exploration at times affected the quality of his films. Leone was a popcorn director - a visual stylist who always entertained first and maybe provoked a thought or two second. However, his films were never think pieces so when he tried to integrate depth into his films the results became uneven.

"For a Few Dollars More" is his best film because it catches Leone in his most transitional period. At once the film is more complex and stylized than "A Fistful..." and more tight and efficient than "The Good, the Bad and The Ugly" (which is almost on par with "For a Few..."). The revenge sub-plot involving Colonel Mortimer is more compelling than the similar one in Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" because Mortimer is more developed as a character than the Harmonica Player (which is not to insult the great Charles Bronson).

And hell, it has Lee Van Cleef as one of the biggest bad-asses of all time. The mere presence of Colonel Douglas Mortimer elevates the film to a new level. He steals the film from "Manco" completely. And Van Cleef's theft of the film is what makes it a cut above "A Fistful...". As a character, "The Man With No Name" (who in actuality has three: Joe, Manco and Blondie) isn't very interesting and there always needs to be a counterpoint to play off of him. That's why "A Fistful..." isn't nearly as good as this film or "The Good..." (which had the great Eli Wallach in one of the best scenery munching performances ever).

So in closing, "For a Few..." is a tight masterpiece of fluff Western entertainment. It's mean, violent and immoral, just the way any good Spaghetti Western should be.