Once Upon a Time in the West
Once Upon a Time in the West is a 1968 epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone from a screenplay he co-wrote with Sergio Donati. It stars Claudia Cardinale, Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson, Gabriele Ferzetti, Woody Strode, Jack Elam, Lionel Stander, Paolo Stoppa, Frank Wolff, and Keenan Wynn. The widescreen cinematography was by Tonino Delli Colli and the film score was composed and conducted by Ennio Morricone.
Plot
A train arrives at the Old West town of Flagstone where a man with a harmonica (later dubbed "Harmonica") kills three men attempting to ambush him. Although Harmonica was expecting an outlaw named Frank, he concludes the men belonged to the outlaw Cheyenne's gang. Meanwhile, Frank and his gang murder Brett McBain and his three children as they prepare for a celebration at his ranch Sweetwater. Shortly after, a former prostitute arrives at Sweetwater and reveals she is Jill McBain, who married McBain a month earlier in New Orleans. Frank leaves evidence at the murder scene implicating Cheyenne. Jill searches for a motive behind the murders.
Cast
- Al Mulock
- Aldo Berti
- Aldo Sambrell
- Antonio Molino Rojo
- Benito Stefanelli
- Bruno Corazzari
- Charles Bronson
- Claudia Cardinale
- Claudio Scarchilli
- Conrado San Martín
- Don Galloway
- Enzo Santaniello
- Fabio Testi
- Frank Braña
- Frank Wolff
- Gabriele Ferzetti
- Henry Fonda
- Jack Elam
- Jason Robards
- John Frederick
- Keenan Wynn
- Lionel Stander
- Lorenzo Robledo
- Marco Zuanelli
- Paolo Stoppa
- Ricardo Palacios
- Robert Hossein
- Saturno Cerra
- Sergio Leone
- Spartaco Conversi
- Woody Strode
More details
| author | Bernardo Bertolucci Dario Argento Sergio Donati Sergio Leone |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Wild West |
| director | Sergio Leone |
| editor | Nino Baragli |
| events | American frontier American pioneer amorality anonymity capitalism community building frontier justice identity masculinity revenge |
| genre | western |
| keywords | bounty build buy capture confine expect force former prostitute gunshot wound harmonica kill married old west prostitute railroad worker railway car sexual encounter spinal tuberculosis survive the old west tycoon unfinished wait want water stop watering station |
| musicBy | Ennio Morricone |
| producer | Fulvio Morsella |
| publisher | Euro International Films Paramount Pictures |
| recordedAt | Almería Arizona Cinecittà La Calahorra Utah |
| theme | epic spaghetti western transport |