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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo (original title)
R | | Western | 29 December 1967 (USA)
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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.

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
... Tuco
... Blondie
... Sentenza / Angel Eyes
... Alcoholic Union Captain (as Aldo Giuffre')
... Father Pablo Ramirez
... Maria
Enzo Petito ... Storekeeper
Claudio Scarchilli ... Mexican Peon
John Bartha ... Sheriff (as John Bartho)
Livio Lorenzon ... Baker
Antonio Casale ... Jackson / Bill Carson
Sandro Scarchilli ... Mexican Peon
Benito Stefanelli ... Member of Angel Eyes' Gang
Angelo Novi ... Monk
... Stevens
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Storyline

Blondie (The Good) is a professional gunslinger who is out trying to earn a few dollars. Angel Eyes (The Bad) is a hit man who always commits to a task and sees it through, as long as he is paid to do so. And Tuco (The Ugly) is a wanted outlaw trying to take care of his own hide. Tuco and Blondie share a partnership together making money off Tuco's bounty, but when Blondie unties the partnership, Tuco tries to hunt down Blondie. When Blondie and Tuco come across a horse carriage loaded with dead bodies, they soon learn from the only survivor (Bill Carson) that he and a few other men have buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. Unfortunately Carson dies and Tuco only finds out the name of the cemetery, while Blondie finds out the name on the grave. Now the two must keep each other alive in order to find the gold. Angel Eyes (who had been looking for Bill Carson) discovers that Tuco and Blondie met with Carson and knows they know the location of the gold. All he needs is for the two to ... Written by Jeremy Thomson

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spaghetti western | new mexico territory | sonora mexico | mexico | arizona desert | See All (82) »

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For Three Men The Civil War Wasn't Hell. It Was Practice! See more »

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Budget:

$1,200,000 (estimated)

Gross USA:

$6,100,000
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Trivia

Sergio Leone first had Gian Maria Volontè in mind as Tuco, but the actor turned the role down in favor of El Chuncho in Damiano Damiani's A Bullet for the General (1967), as the latter was a role that would allow him to make a political statement in line with his own leftist views. See more »

Goofs

After Blondie tells Angel Eyes of six being a perfect number because it is the number of bullets his revolver can carry, the latter gives off a laugh that audibly belongs to neither Lee Van Cleef nor Simon Prescott (Van Cleef's voice-over actor in the extended version of the film). The laugh belongs to Angel Eye's voice actor in the Italian version, Emilio Cigoli, so the presence of his laugh in the English version is a dubbing error in the extended English-language version. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
Stevens: You're... from Baker?
[Angel Eyes is silent, eating a bowl of stew and staring at him]
Stevens: Tell Baker that I told him all that I know already and 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.
[Angel Eyes stops eating and looks interested]
Stevens: 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....
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Soundtracks

The Ecstasy of Gold
Written by Ennio Morricone
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One of the Best of all Time
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This film probably had the largest impact on my life. It set the tone for everything I then got interested in. American Civil War. Film Music. Clint Eastwood. Real Westerns. This is the best of the Dollars Trilogy and by far one of the best Westerns of all time. It has drama, comedy, cracking dialogue, some of the most brutal battle scenes - especially around the bridge - that I'd seen up to then, music to die for and set pieces that just ooze atmosphere and tension. I have never forgotten the end shoot-out. This was unique; 3 people?! You can't do that. But Leone did, and he did it brilliantly - all cameras and music. I have now seen this film too many times to count but I'll be back for another blast of buono, brutto, cattivo, someday. My son owes his name to this film. Yep, that there is Clinton.
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