The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966

type: Movie

language: Italian

duration: 161 min

genre: western

theme: epic

director: Sergio Leone

Score: 9 / 10

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (, ) 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. 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, notably, though not exclusively, in the Tabernas Desert in Almería; in the Arlanza River valley near Hortigüela; and at the purpose-built Sad Hill Cemetery near Santo Domingo de Silos.

Plot

In the American Southwest during the Civil War, a mercenary known as "Angel Eyes" interrogates a former Confederate soldier to learn the alias of a man who stole a stash of Confederate gold. The soldier, Stevens, reveals the man's alias, Bill Carson, and attempts to bribe Angel Eyes to kill his employer before drawing on him. Angel Eyes kills him and, returning to his employer, kills him as well.

Cast

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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 civil war prison camps american southwest an unnamed drifter bounty hunter bury capture catholic missions civil war confederate gold confederate soldier confederate states army draw flee gang member ghost town hangman\'s knot hangman\'s noose hotel room kill man with no name mexican standoff mission prison camp rid sad hill cemetery union army union cavalry
musicBy	Ennio Morricone
producer	Alberto Grimaldi
productionCompany	AFI Catalog of Feature Films British Film Institute Produzioni Europee Associati United Artists Variety Insight
recordedAt	Almería Province Cementerio de Sad Hill Madrid Spain
theme	epic spaghetti western war