The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (, literally "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach as "the Ugly". Its screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, and Leone (with additional screenplay material and dialogue provided by an uncredited Sergio Donati), based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone. Director of photography Tonino Delli Colli was responsible for the film's sweeping widescreen cinematography, and Ennio Morricone composed the film's score, including its main theme. It was an Italian-led production with co-producers in Spain, West Germany, and the United States. Most of the filming took place in Spain.
Plot
In 1862, in the American Southwest during the Civil War, three bounty hunters ambush Mexican bandit Tuco Ramirez, who shoots them all and escapes. Elsewhere, mercenary "Angel Eyes" interrogates former Confederate soldier Stevens for the alias of Jackson, a soldier who stole a cache of Confederate gold. Stevens gives the name "Bill Carson," offers Angel Eyes a bribe and then draws his pistol. Angel Eyes kills him and, intrigued about the gold, also kills his own employer. Tuco is rescued from more bounty hunters by a drifter, whom he calls "Blondie". Blondie delivers Tuco to a sheriff and collects his $2,000 bounty. As Tuco is about to be hanged, Blondie severs his noose by shooting it and setting him free. The two escape and split the bounty. They repeat the process in other towns until Blondie grows weary of Tuco's complaints and strands him in the desert.
Cast
- Al Mulock
- Aldo Giuffrè
- Aldo Sambrell
- Angelo Novi
- Antonio Casale
- Antonio Casas
- Antonio Molino Rojo
- Antonio Ruiz Escaño
- Attilio Dottesio
- Benito Stefanelli
- Chelo Alonso
- Claudio Scarchilli
- Clint Eastwood
- Eli Wallach
- Enzo Petito
- Fortunato Arena
- Frank Braña
- Jesús Guzmán
- John Bartha
- José Terrón
- Lee Van Cleef
- Livio Lorenzon
- Lorenzo Robledo
- Luigi Pistilli
- Mario Brega
- Maurizio Arena
- Rada Rassimov
- Ricardo Palacios
- Román Ariznavarreta
- Romano Puppo
- Sandro Scarchilli
- Saturno Cerra
- Sergio Mendizábal
- Víctor Israel
More details
| author | Age & Scarpelli Agenore Incrocci Furio Scarpelli Luciano Vincenzoni Mickey Knox Sergio Donati Sergio Leone |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | New Mexico |
| director | Sergio Leone |
| editor | Eugenio Alabiso Nino Baragli |
| genre | western |
| keywords | american civil war american southwest blondie bounty hunter bounty hunters bury catholic missions civil war confederate gold confederate soldier force hang hangman\'s noose kill man with no name meet mexican bandit mexican standoff mission prison camp question rescue sad hill cemetery shoot southwestern united states |
| musicBy | Ennio Morricone |
| producer | Alberto Grimaldi |
| productionCompany | Produzioni Europee Associate |
| publisher | Produzioni Europee Associate |
| recordedAt | Almería Madrid Spain |
| theme | epic spaghetti western war |