Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
Eli Wallach | ... | Tuco | |
Clint Eastwood | ... | Blondie | |
Lee Van Cleef | ... | Sentenza / Angel Eyes | |
Aldo Giuffrè | ... | Alcoholic Union Captain (as Aldo Giuffre') | |
Luigi Pistilli | ... | Father Pablo Ramirez | |
Rada Rassimov | ... | Maria | |
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Enzo Petito | ... | Storekeeper |
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Claudio Scarchilli | ... | Mexican Peon |
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John Bartha | ... | Sheriff (as John Bartho) |
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Livio Lorenzon | ... | Baker |
Antonio Casale | ... | Jackson / Bill Carson | |
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Sandro Scarchilli | ... | Mexican Peon |
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Benito Stefanelli | ... | Member of Angel Eyes' Gang |
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Angelo Novi | ... | Monk |
Antonio Casas | ... | Stevens |
Blondie (The Good) (Clint Eastwood) is a professional gunslinger who is out trying to earn a few dollars. Angel Eyes (The Bad) (Lee Van Cleef) is a hitman who always commits to a task and sees it through, as long as he is paid to do so. And Tuco (The Ugly) (Eli Wallach) is a wanted outlaw trying to take care of his own hide. Tuco and Blondie share a partnership together making money off of 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 (Antonio Casale), 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 ... Written by Jeremy Thomson
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.