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A Fistful of Dollars

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A Fistful of Dollars
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NR,1hr 41min
Genres:
Western,Action
Release:
1964
Director:
Sergio Leone
Distributor:
MGM
Starring:
Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volontè  ...more
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 ... Full Synopsis
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Brendon Hanley, AMG Review
The hugely influential A Fistful of Dollars launched the careers of star Clint Eastwood, director Sergio Leone, and composer Ennio Morricone. Essentially a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo, the film was one of the first low-budget, Italian-made "spaghetti westerns" to reap a significant amount of money and develop a cult following in the U.S. marketplace. Though John Ford's 1956 film The Searchers ... Full Review
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Clint Eastwood
The Man with No Name
Marianne Koch
Marisol
Gian Maria Volontè
Ramon Rojo
Wolfgang Lukschy
John Baxter
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Clint Eastwood in 1964's "A Fistful of Dollars"
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