A Fistful of Dollars
A 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 US$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
Cast
- Aldo Sambrell
- Álvaro de Luna Blanco
- Antonio Molino Rojo
- Antonio Prieto
- Antonio Vico Camarer
- Benito Stefanelli
- Bruno Carotenuto
- Clint Eastwood
- Daniel Martin
- Fernando Sánchez Polack
- Frank Braña
- Gian Maria Volonté
- José Calvo
- José Canalejas
- José Orjas
- José Riesgo
- Joseph Egger
- Lorenzo Robledo
- Margarita Lozano
- Marianne Koch
- Mario Brega
- Nosher Powell
- Sieghardt Rupp
- Umberto Spadaro
- Wolfgang Lukschy
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 | abandoned mine build burning building capture card game cheat claim dead bodies fight hang hide kill little town man with no name poncho 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 |