Per un pugno di dollari (1964)

Director:

Sergio Leone

Writers:

A. Bonzzoni (story) &
Víctor Andrés Catena (story) ...

Release Date:

18 enero 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Western

Frase comercial:

This short cigar belongs to a man with no name. This long gun belongs to a man with no name. This poncho belongs to a man with no name. He's going to trigger a whole new style in adventure.

Plot:

A wandering gunfighter plays two rival families against each other in a town torn apart by greed, pride, and revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Animal Cruelty | Good Versus Evil | Trilogy | Cult Western | Woman Shot

Awards:

1 win

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A fistful of style

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	Joe
Marianne Koch	...	Marisol
Gian Maria Volontè	...	Ramón Rojo (as John Wells)
Wolfgang Lukschy	...	John Baxter (as W. Lukschy)
Sieghardt Rupp	...	Esteban Rojo (as S. Rupp)
Joseph Egger	...	Piripero (as Joe Edger)
Antonio Prieto	...	Don Benito Rojo
José Calvo	...	Silvanito (as Jose Calvo)
Margarita Lozano	...	Consuelo Baxter (as Margherita Lozano)
Daniel Martín	...	Julián
Benito Stefanelli	...	Rubio (as Benny Reeves)
Mario Brega	...	Chico (as Richard Stuyvesant)
Bruno Carotenuto	...	Antonio Baxter (as Carol Brown)
Aldo Sambrell	...	Rojo gang member (as Aldo Sambreli)

También conocida como:

A Fistful of Dollars (USA)
Für eine Handvoll Dollar (West Germany)
Fistful of Dollars (UK)
For a Fistfull of Dollars (UK)
Magnifico straniero, Il (Italy) (working title)
Nur einer bleibt zurück (West Germany) (working title)
Por un puñado de dólares (Spain)

Duración:

99 min

País:

Italy | Spain | West Germany

Idioma:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sonido:

Mono (Western Electric Sound System)

Clasificación:

Singapore:PG | Iceland:16 | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-16 (cut) (1967) | Finland:K-16 (re-rating) (cut) (1977) | UK:X (original rating) | Australia:MA (re-rating) (2004) | Australia:R (original rating) | Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Ireland:15 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:16 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | UK:AA (re-rating) (1981) | USA:M (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating) (1993) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Constantin Film Produktion

Trivialidades:

The Man With No Name is actually called Joe in the film's dialog (by the undertaker) and in the closing credits.

Goofs:

Anachronisms: When Ramon and his men ambush the soldiers by the river, a concrete angular tunnel opening can be seen in the side of the ridge in the middle background.

Quotes:

Joe: When a man with .45 meets a man with a rifle, you said, the man with a pistol's a dead man. Let's see if that's true. Go ahead, load up and shoot.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Hot Fuzz (2007)

A fistful of style

The first of Sergio Leone's "spaghetti westerns" is now overshadowed by its superior successors, but remains an exciting introduction to this peculiar genre. Clint Eastwood redefined the notion of a hero in this film, a man who seems to operate by a code but doesn't feel the need to explain it. Although the U.S. advertising campaign billed Eastwood's character as "The Man With No Name," a name is one thing he does have - Joe - but almost everything else about him is a mystery except for his deadly proficiency with a gun. Leone's style would be more pronounced in later films, but this one provided the template. Eastwood is superb, of course, as is Gian Maria Volante (billed as Johnny Wells) as his deadly opponent, Ramon Rojo. If it's slow moving at times, the music of Ennio Morricone always takes up the slack.