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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

  • 8.8 /10

  • 8256

  • 97%

Plot

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.

Cast

Clint Eastwood as Blondie
Clint Eastwood

as Blondie

Eli Wallach as Tuco Ramirez
Eli Wallach

as Tuco Ramirez

Lee Van Cleef as Sentenza / Angel Eyes
Lee Van Cleef

as Sentenza / Angel Eyes

Aldo Giuffrè as Alcoholic Union Captain
Aldo Giuffrè

as Alcoholic Union Captain

Luigi Pistilli as Father Pablo Ramirez
Luigi Pistilli

as Father Pablo Ramirez

Rada Rassimov as Maria
Rada Rassimov

as Maria

Enzo Petito as Storekeeper
Enzo Petito

as Storekeeper

Claudio Scarchilli as Tuco Henchman
Claudio Scarchilli

as Tuco Henchman

Antonio Casale as Bill Carson / Jackson
Antonio Casale

as Bill Carson / Jackson

Livio Lorenzon as Baker
Livio Lorenzon

as Baker

Movie Facts

Rated

  • R

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • December 22, 1966

Production Companies

  • United Artists

  • PEA

  • Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas

  • Constantin Film

Production Countries

  • United States of America

  • Italy

  • Spain

  • Germany

Spoken Language

  • Italiano

Budget

  • $1,200,000.00

Revenue

  • $38,900,000.00

Runtime

  • 2.68 hrs

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Reviews

I'm looking for the owner of that horse. He's tall, blonde, he smokes a cigar, and he's a pig! It's debatable of course, since there are legions of fans of the first two films in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trology, but with each film there not only came a longer running time, but also a rise in quality - debatable of course! Here for the third and final part of the trilogy, Leone adds Eli Walla…

Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly is a classic Western film. Clint Eastwood is the Good, aka the Man with No Name, a taciturn wanderer who follows his own sense of justice. His opposite is Angel Eyes (Lee van Cleef), the Bad, a brutal mercenary who kills anyone who stands in the way of making ready cash. The film's comic relief is Tuco (Eli Wallach), the Ugly, a Mexican bandit…

I am not a fan of Sergio Leone. In fact, this movie and Once Upon a Time in the West are the only movies of his that I have seen. But I think they are both classic westerns. He seems to bring out the best in his cinematographer, both for scenery and for his characters. In one review I read, he was criticized for staying with facial close-ups too long, and I would probably agree if he populated…