While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Direction
Leone's extreme close-ups turned staring into high art.
Score
Ennio Morricone's coyote-howl theme is permanently burned into culture.
Cinematography
The final three-way standoff is shot like a religious painting of death.
Director
Sergio Leone
Clint Eastwood
Blondie
Eli Wallach
Tuco Ramirez
Lee Van Cleef
Sentenza / Angel Eyes
Aldo Giuffrè
Alcoholic Union Captain
Luigi Pistilli
Father Pablo Ramirez
Rada Rassimov
Maria
Enzo Petito
Storekeeper
Claudio Scarchilli
Tuco Henchman
Antonio Casale
Bill Carson / Jackson
Livio Lorenzon
Baker
Sandro Scarchilli
Tuco Henchman
Benito Stefanelli
Member of Angel Eyes' Gang
Antonio Casas
Stevens
Aldo Sambrell
Member of Angel Eyes' Gang
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