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

Director:

Sergio Leone

Writers:

Sergio Leone (scenario) and
Fulvio Morsella (scenario) ...
(more)

Release Date:

10 May 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Western

Tagline:

The man with no name is back... The man in black is waiting! As if one wasn't enough . . . as if death needed a double!

Plot:

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

Plot Keywords:

Bounty Hunter | Jail Break | Alliance | Disarming Someone | Opening Action Scene

Cast

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
Sergio Mendizábal	...	Tucumcari bank manager (as Sergio Mendizabal)
Dante Maggio	...	Carpenter in cell with El Indio
Diana Rabito	...	Calloway's beautiful girl in tub
Giovanni Tarallo	...	Santa Cruz telegraphist
Mario Meniconi	...	Train Conductor
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Werner Abrolat	...	Slim, Member of Indio's Gang (uncredited)
Román Ariznavarreta	...	Half-Shaved Bounty Hunter (uncredited)
Frank Braña	...	Blackie, Member of Indio's Gang (uncredited)
José Canalejas	...	Chico, Member of Indio's Gang (uncredited)
Rosemary Dexter	...	Mortimer's Sister (uncredited)
Diana Faenza	...	Tomaso's Wife (uncredited)
Eduardo García	...	Member of Indio's Gang (uncredited)
Maurizio Graf	...	The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited)
Jesús Guzmán	...	Carpetbagger on Train (uncredited)
Peter Lee Lawrence	...	Mortimer's Brother-in-Law (uncredited)
Francesca Leone	...	Tomaso's Baby (uncredited)
Sergio Leone	...	Whistling Bounty Hunter (voice) (uncredited)
Rafael López	...	(uncredited)
José Marco	...	'Baby' Red Cavanaugh (uncredited)
Antonio Molino Rojo	...	Frisco, Member of Indio's Gang (uncredited)
José Félix Montoya	...	(uncredited)
Guillermo Méndez	...	White Rocks Sheriff (uncredited)
Nazzareno Natale	...	Paco - Member of Indio's Gang (uncredited)
Enrique Navarro	...	Sherrif of Tucumcari (uncredited)
Ricardo Palacios	...	Tucumcari Saloon Keeper (uncredited)
Aldo Ricci	...	(uncredited)
Antoñito Ruiz	...	Fernando (uncredited)
Enrique Santiago	...	Miguel, Member of Indio's Gang (uncredited)
Carlo Simi	...	El Paso Bank Manager (uncredited)
José Terrón	...	Guy Calloway, Mortimer's 1st Criminal (uncredited)
Kurt Zips	...	Hotel Manager (uncredited)

Directed by
Sergio Leone

Writing credits
Sergio Leone		(scenario) and
Fulvio Morsella		(scenario)
Luciano Vincenzoni		(screenplay) and
Sergio Leone		(screenplay)
Luciano Vincenzoni		(dialogue: English version)
Fernando Di Leo		uncredited &
Sergio Donati		uncredited

Produced by
Arturo González	....	producer (as Arturo Gonzalez)
Alfredo Fraile	....	executive producer: Spain (uncredited)
Alberto Grimaldi	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
Massimo Dallamano		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Eugenio Alabiso
Giorgio Serrallonga		(as Giorgio Serralonga)

Set Decoration by
Ángel Cabero		(setting) (uncredited)
Montoro		(setting) (uncredited)

Makeup Department
Amedeo Alessi	....	makeup artist
Rino Carboni	....	head makeup artist
Juan Farsac	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Isabel Mellado	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Manuel Castedo	....	production supervisor
Ottavio Oppo	....	production manager
Norberto Soliño	....	production supervisor (as Norberto Solino)
Fernando Rossi	....	production supervisor (uncredited)
José Sánchez	....	assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tonino Valerii	....	assistant director
Fernando Di Leo	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Julio Ortas	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Julio Sempere	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Rafael Ferri	....	assistant art decorator (as Raphael Ferri Jorda)
Carlo Leva	....	assistant art director
Carlo Simi	....	sets

Sound Department
Oscar De Arcangelis	....	sound
Guido Ortenzi	....	sound

Special Effects by
Giovanni Corridori	....	special effects (as Corridori Giovanni)
Eros Bacciucchi	....	special effects (uncredited)
Manuel Baquero	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Ludovico Bettarello	....	digital online film restoration: Technicolor Rome (uncredited)

Stunts
Luis Beltran	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nosher Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)
Benito Stefanelli	....	stunt director (uncredited)
Benito Stefanelli	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mario Lommi	....	assistant cameraman
Eduardo Noé	....	cameraman (as Eduardo Noe)
Aldo Ricci	....	cameraman
Isidro Muro	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Julio Ortas	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Luis Beltran	....	local casting (uncredited)

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Carlo Simi	....	costumes

Editorial Department
Adriana Novelli	....	supervising editor
Andrea Gargano	....	final colorist (uncredited)

Music Department
Bruno Nicolai	....	conductor
Alessandro Alessandroni	....	musician: whistling and guitar (uncredited)
Bruno Battisti D'Amario	....	musician: guitar (uncredited)
Nino Culasso	....	musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Maurizio Graf	....	singer (uncredited)
Ennio Morricone	....	conductor (uncredited)

Other crew
Mariano Canales	....	script supervisor
Fernando Di Leo	....	assistant: Mr. Leone
Arturo González	....	presenter
Alberto Grimaldi	....	presenter
Sergio Leone	....	copyright holder
Antonio Palombi	....	production secretary
Maria Luisa Rosen	....	continuity
Emilio Cigoli	....	voice dubbing: Lee Van Cleef (uncredited)
Dhia Cristiani	....	voice dubbing: Mara Krupp (uncredited)
Lauro Gazzolo	....	voice dubbing: Josef Egger (uncredited)
Nando Gazzolo	....	voice dubbing: Gian Maria Volontè (uncredited)
Pino Locchi	....	voice dubbing: Benito Stefanelli (uncredited)
Bruno Persa	....	voice dubbing: Klaus Kinski (uncredited)
Enrico Maria Salerno	....	voice dubbing: Clint Eastwood (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Constantin Film Produktion (presents)
• Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA) (A Co-Production) (as P.E.A. Rome)
• Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas (A Co-Production) (as Arturo Gonzales Madrid)
• Constantin Film Produktion (A Co-Production) (as Constantin Film Munich)

Distributors

• Constantin Film (1966) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• United Artists Films (1966) (Finland) (theatrical) (cut version)
• United Artists (1966) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• United Artists Corporation (1967) (UK) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• United Artists (1967) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• United Artists (1969) (USA) (VHS) (re-release)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1974) (USA) (TV)
• United Artists Films (1984) (Finland) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Astro Distribution (1994) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• Divisa Home Video (2002) (Spain) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Divisa Home Video (2008) (Spain) (DVD)
• Chapel Distribution (2003) (Australia) (theatrical) (re-release)
• United Artists (1966) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (????) (Brazil) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (Canada) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (????) (USA) (VHS)
• Mondo Home Entertainment (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
• Regia-Arturo González Rodríguez (Spain)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2005) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Svensk Filmindustri (SF) (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Universum Film (UFA) (2013) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (????) (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Andrea Leone Films  thanks (DVD version)
• Borja  footwear (uncredited)
• Cornejo  costumes (uncredited)
• Eureka Edizioni Musicali  publishers
• Luna  props (uncredited)
• Mateos  props (uncredited)
• Mengíbar  props (uncredited)
• RCA Italiana Studios International Recording  recorded at
• Vázquez Hermanos  props (uncredited)

Also Known As:

"Per qualche dollaro in più" - Italy (original title)
"A Few Dollars More" - Philippines (English title)

Runtime:

132 min

Country:

Italy | Spain | West Germany

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R (re-rating) (1989) | USA:Approved (Certificate No. 21240) (original rating) | USA:M (re-rating) (1969) | UK:X (original rating) (passed with cuts) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) | Ireland:15 | Norway:15 (DVD rating) (2005) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) (1997) (1999) (2002) (2005) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Finland:K-16 (1966) (cut) | Finland:K-16 (1984) (uncut) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Brazil:12 | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | West Germany:16 (nf) | Portugal:M/12 | Peru:14

Filming Locations:

Almería Railway Station, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Constantin Film Produktion

Trivia:

The title of the film reportedly originated out of spite towards Jolly Films, the producers of A Fistful of Dollars, with whom 'Sergio Leone' had a bitter falling out.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Manco springs Perez from prison, the sky changes from light to dark and back to light in an impossibly short time.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009)

A classic in every aspect.

"For a Few Dollars More" is the middle film of Sergio Leone's classic western trilogy starring a then upstart Clint Eastwood. Sandwiched between "A Fistful of Dollars" and the finale, "The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly." This film provides further insight into Eastwood's "Man with No Name."

Eastwood is a bounty killer who is in search of the feared bandit known as El Indio. Colonel Douglas Mortimer (played by Lee Van Cleef) is in a similar position, and the two cross paths many times in their pursuits of El Indio. The premise has similarities to that of the first, and in fact won't be all that surprising to most younger viewers. But at the time, the various plot turns and twists were unique and revolutionary.

The pace is both a pro and con at the same time. Unlike modern films, the usual western showdown scenes unfold very deliberately. Rather than simultaneously begin and end in a furious volley of bullets, the encounters are set up slowly. On the bright side, this gives both the characters and the viewers an opportunity to fully appreciate the choices made and the consequences that will follow. From a negative perspective (not mine), one might say that the gunfights are plain slow, and the action is too sparse. While I enjoyed the change of pace, I also understand why some will say otherwise. Others portions of "More" can hang with any western sequences ever put on film. Highlighting the action is a robbery scene, the creativity of which ranks with any modern heist out of "The Score" or "The Italian Job."

This trilogy catapulted Clint Eastwood to Hollywood fame, and one can see his star-making charisma ooze through the screen. Blending stoicism and machismo wonderfully, Eastwood produces the epitome of the tough and arrogant loner cowboy. In a role that could easily have been overshadowed, Van Cleef holds his own against Eastwood. His character was probably similar to Eastwood's in his youth, but Van Cleef accurately reflects the wisdom that would likely come with his character's age. The motley crew of baddies is filled with men who completely look their parts. That's about all that is asked of them, and they deliver.

The cinematography of "More" follows in the groundbreaking footsteps of "Fistful." While one might not notice anything revolutionary now, at the time shots like that had scarcely been seen. Shots like the low-angles utilized prior to a few shootouts, as well as the framing of space are all now staples of cinematic westerns, and they originated here.

Ennio Morricone's score is also a classic. Whether serving as epic background music for sweeping crane shots or providing aural cues during action sequences, the music is always appropriate and often the best part of the film.

Bottom Line: While it might not seem as great now, so much of this movie was groundbreaking and remains classic that it merits 8 of 10.