A Fistful of Dollars overview

A Fistful of Dollars

Synopsis:

By the time Sergio Leone made this film, Italians had already produced about 20 films ironically labelled "spaghetti westerns." Leone approached the genre with great love and humor. Although the plot was admittedly borrowed from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961), Leone managed to create a work of his own that would serve as a model for many films to come. Clint Eastwood plays a cynical gunfighter who comes to a small border town and offers his services to two rivaling gangs. Neither gang is aware of his double play, and each thinks it is using him, but the stranger will outwit them both.


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Movie Details:

  • Director: Sergio Leone
  • Studio: Constantin Film, Jolly Film
  • Year: 1964
  • Run Time: 101 minutes
  • Country: Spain, West Germany, Italy
  • Language: English
  • MPAA Rating: R
  • Category: Feature
  • Genre/Type: Western
  • Filmed in: Color
  • Release: 1967 01 18 (USA), 1964 09 12 (Italy)

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