A Fistful of Dollars 1964

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 100 min

genre: western

theme: spaghetti western

director: Monte Hellman

Score: 8 / 10

A Fistful of Dollars ( titled on-screen as Fistful of Dollars) is a 1964 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto, and Joseph Egger. The film, an international co-production between Italy, West Germany, and Spain, was filmed on a low budget (reported to be $200,000), and Eastwood was paid $15,000 for his role.

Plot

An unnamed stranger arrives at the little town of San Miguel, on the Mexico–United States border. Silvanito, the town's innkeeper, tells the Stranger about a feud between two smuggler families vying to gain control of the town: the Rojo brothers (Don Miguel, Esteban & Ramón), and the family comprising the town sheriff John Baxter, his matriarchal wife Consuelo, and their son Antonio. The Stranger (in order to make money) decides to play these families against each other. He demonstrates his speed and accuracy with his gun, to both sides, by shooting with ease four men, including the three who insulted him as he entered the town.

Cast

More details

author	Duccio Tessari Fernando Di Leo Sergio Leone
contentLocation	Mexico Mexico–United States border
director	Monte Hellman Sergio Leone
editor	Roberto Cinquini
events	amorality enmity rivalry rootlessness
genre	western
keywords	build burning building capture card game dead bodies false evidence fight follow frame hang hide kill little town man with no name poncho search shoot smuggle smuggler winchester model 1892 winchester rifle
musicBy	Ennio Morricone
producer	Arrigo Colombo Giorgio Papi
productionCompany	Constantin Film
recordedAt	Madrid Spain
theme	spaghetti western