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Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. (1966) -- Clint Eastwood portrays the invincible 'Man With No Name' in a lethal pursuit of $200,000 in Confederate money.  Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach also star in this renowned western.
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Director:
Writers:
Luciano Vincenzoni (story) &
Sergio Leone (story) ...
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Release Date:
29 December 1967 (USA) more
Tagline:
They formed an alliance of hate to steal a fortune in dead man's gold more
Plot:
A bounty hunting scam joins two men in an uneasy alliance against a third in a race to find a fortune in gold buried in a remote cemetery. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
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(7 articles)
DVD Playhouse--June 2009
 (From The Hollywood Interview. 3 June 2009, 12:41 PM, PDT)

Eastwood Retires From Acting
 (From WENN. 23 November 2008, 6:16 AM, PST)

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The good, the better, the best. more (511 total)

Cast

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (UK) (USA)
El bo, el lleig i el dolent (Spain: Catalan title)
El bueno, el feo y el malo (Spain)
I due magnifici straccioni (Italy) (working title)
The Good, the Ugly, the Bad (USA) (literal English title)
The Magnificent Rogues (UK)
Zwei glorreiche Halunken (West Germany)
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Runtime:
161 min | France:186 min (dubbed version) | Spain:182 min | 179 min (2005 DVD Special Edition) | Finland:142 min (1984) (cut version)
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Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
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Certification:
USA:Approved (PCA #21520) | Canada:18 (Nova Scotia) (extended version) (2003) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) (original rating) | Italy:VM14 | Spain:13 | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1968) | Norway:16 (1982) | Australia:MA (re-rating) (2003) | South Korea:12 | Brazil:14 | Germany:16 (DVD release) | West Germany:16 (nf) (re-rating) | West Germany:18 (nf) (original rating) | Portugal:M/12 (DVD rating) | UK:15 (2008) | USA:TV-14 (cable rating) | France:-12 (DVD rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:R (original rating) | Canada:14+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Chile:18 | France:U (orginal rating) | France:U (re-rating) | Iceland:16 | Ireland:15 (re-rating) | Ireland:18 (original rating) | New Zealand:M (video rating) | New Zealand:R13 (Special Edition DVD) | Norway:15 | Singapore:PG | Sweden:15 | UK:18 (video rating) (1986) | UK:X (original rating) (cut) | USA:M (re-rating) (1969) | USA:R (re-rating) (1989) | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating)

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Trivia:
Clint Eastwood wore the same poncho through all three "Man with No Name" movies without replacement or cleaning. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: During the preparation of the charges on the bridge supports, they are connected in series, and Blondie lights only one (too short) fuse. When the bridge blows, all four charges detonate simultaneously, since they were detonated electrically. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
Stevens: You're... from Baker... Tell Baker that I told him all that I know already. Tell him I want to live in peace, understand? That it's no use to go on tormenting me! I know nothing at all about that case of coins. Now that gold has disappeared, but if he'd listened, we could have avoided this altogether. I went to the Army court; there were no witnesses. They couldn't uncover any more. I can't tell Baker what happened to the money; go back and tell him that!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in In the Strangest Places (2005) more

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Is the cemetery of Sad Hill a real location?
Do I have to watch the other two films first before GBU?
What are the differences between the "International Version" and the uncut Italian version of this movie?
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288 out of 347 people found the following comment useful.
The good, the better, the best., 6 January 1999
10/10
Author: Dolf from Newark, DE

This is without a doubt my all-time favorite western.

The beginning of the film is so memorable, with the young, rough good-looks of Eastwood being labeled "The Good", the absolutely evil look of Lee Van Cleef being labeled "The Bad", and a dirty, unkempt, desperado Eli Wallach with booze and food flying being labeled "The Ugly". The ending fight scene with its 3-way showdown is one of the most memorable pieces of film I have ever watched.

Leone did a great job with the camera direction in this movie and the acting is impressive. Eastwood, Van Cleef, and Wallach are absolutely fantastic.

The only thing that might scare some viewers off is the length of the film. It is long, but you just don't seem to notice it when you are watching the film - you are just too damn busy watching the best classic western of all time.

Do yourself a favor and rent this movie if you haven't seen it. If there was ever a perfect western, this is it.

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