For a Few Dollars More (1965)
"Per qualche dollaro in più" (original title)

Two bounty hunters with the same intentions, team up to track down a Western outlaw.

Director:

Sergio Leone

Writers:

Sergio Leone (scenario), Fulvio Morsella (scenario),

Stars:

Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonté

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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Clint Eastwood	...	Monco
Lee Van Cleef	...	Col. Douglas Mortimer
Gian Maria Volonté	...	El Indio (The Indian) (as Gian Maria Volontè)
Mario Brega	...	Nino, Member of Indio's Gang
Luigi Pistilli	...	Groggy, Member of Indio's Gang
Aldo Sambrell	...	Cuchillio
Klaus Kinski	...	Juan Wild - The Hunchback
Benito Stefanelli	...	Luke 'Hughie'
Luis Rodríguez	...	Manuel, Member of Indio's Gang (as Luis Rodriguez)
Panos Papadopulos	...	Sancho Perez, Member of Indio's Gang (as Panos Papadopoulos)
Mara Krupp	...	Mary - Hotel Manager's Beautiful Wife (as Mara Krup)
Roberto Camardiel	...	Tucumcari station clerk (as Robert Camardiel)
Joseph Egger	...	Old Prophet (as Josef Egger)
Tomás Blanco	...	Tucumcari sheriff (as Tomas Blanco)
Lorenzo Robledo	...	Tomaso, Indio's Traitor

Storyline

Two bounty hunters are after the same man, Indio. At first, they go their own ways, but eventually get together to try and find him. But are they after him for the same reason ?

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Plot Keywords:

bounty hunter | jail break | alliance | disarming someone | opening action scene | 

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Taglines:

The man with no name is back... The man in black is waiting... a walking arsenal - he uncoils, strikes and kills!

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Genres:

Western

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Certificate:

Approved

Details

Country:

Italy Spain West Germany

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

10 May 1967 (USA)

Also Known As:

For a Few Dollars More

Filming Locations:

Almería Railway Station, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Box Office

Budget:

$600,000 (estimated)

Gross:

ESP 274,756,312 (Spain)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Constantin Film Produktion, Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA), Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Despite having a successful acting career for many years, this was Lee Van Cleef's first major role in a movie. He'd starred in a few famous Hollywood westerns prior to this but always played small roles.

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Goofs

When Monco enters the saloon at White Rocks, his hat and poncho are dripping wet. In the next shot, they are totally dry.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Train Conductor: Tickets. Tickets, please. Tickets. Tickets. Thank you. Tickets.

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Crazy Credits

The title credits disappear as if being shot by a gun.

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Connections

Referenced in Beyond the Grave (2010)

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My teacher once said that when you're starting your career it's great to imitate someone just as practice or to gain experience because if you can be as good as them you could be better! And that's exactly what happened to Sergio Leone.

After the success of A Fistful of Dollars a sequel was underway and that gave Leone and Eastwood the opportunity to make this character into there own. Here Eastwood is a bounty hunter not a simple gunfighter like in the original. He teams up with another bounty hunter played by Lee Van Cleef who both are after Indio for two different reasons.

In this film Leone emerges as an artist. When this film was released times were changing. The new and old generation were in a battle. The vietnam war had just begun and hippies were taking over the country. By pairing the characters of Eastwood and Van Cleef there was bound to be conflicts.

"They usually end up shooting themselves in the back."

From their partnership they understood and learned from each other. Meaning there is something new to be learned from each generation.

RATING: 4 STARS