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

Director:

Sergio Leone

Writers:

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

Carlo Simi, the set and costume designer, has the role of the El Paso bank manager. It was his only appearance in a feature film, and was a favor by Sergio Leone in return for his expertise on the sets in the film, mainly El Paso.

Goofs:

Continuity: When The Man With No Name walks up to the poker game, the coins on the table change position between shots.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Il conto è chiuso (1976)

One of my favorite westerns- a fitting middle section to the "Dollars" trilogy

As the second of the three films legendary filmmaker Sergio Leone collaborated on with Clint Eastwood (not to mention his first with Lee Van Cleef and his second with 'Fistful' actor Gian Maria Volonte), For a Few Dollars More gets well earned respect from the fans of the director and the groundbreaking star. And yet, occasionally there are those who'll not even know this film from Leone and Clint exists since it does sometimes get under the shadow of their two most infamous works, Fistful of Dollars (which for the most part introduced Clint and Leone to the public's awareness) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (which solidified Clint as a Western icon and gave Leone a similar status for film buffs). But taken as a film unto itself, aside from its place in the trilogy, this is a Western that simply delivers the goods, and it does so with a spectacular marriage of style and substance.

The story begins by introducing our two (anti) heroes, bounty hunters Douglas Mortimer (Cleef), former Colonel, and Monco (Eastwood), a drifter. They both set their sights on the leader of a gang of bandits named Indio (Volonte), who is plotting to go after over a million locked in a bank in El Paso. At first, Monco and Mortimer seem like their after Indio for the same reason- reward money- though there seems to be more than each man counted on with him and his gang.

From the opening scenes with Cleef and Eastwood, to the scenes in El Paso, and then into the set pieces in the stone ruins in the Mexico desert(s), For a Few Dollars More displays the utmost skill by Leone in his storytelling, as well as in his use of the camera. Using Fistful's camera-man Massimo Dallamano, Leone does what he does best in his spaghetti westerns- he creates a perfectly in sync mood with his characters: each look in a scene, whether it's intense waiting for guns to be drawn, or just regular conversation, the look of the film draws the viewer in without over-doing it. Some points are made bold or repetitious (like Ennio Morricone's score, that keeps its whistling theme and serene watch theme completely in check), though it's not done to any degree of annoyance or by accident.

In fact, that's what makes his westerns such fun, is that you take them seriously as films, yet he always reminds you that it's all in the 'movie-world' just by the way Mortimer or Monco strikes up a match. As for the actors themselves, Eastwood and Cleef are total pros in this genre, so ever line of dialog comes out naturally, and the supporting actors (however dubbed over from original Italian) all contribute great notes as well. At the least, it can appeal to a new generation of kids looking back to older movies, which may look at this and consider it more modernly crafted than a John Ford oldie. A+