Fresh
This is a hard-hitting item, ably directed, splendidly lensed, neatly acted, which has all the ingredients wanted by action fans and then some.
Variety Staff, Variety
A Fistful of Dollars
In his own way he is, perhaps, the most dangerous man who ever lived!
1964 · 1h 39m · R
Western
Directed by
Sergio Leone
Overview
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
Director and cast
- Sergio Leone Director
- Clint Eastwood as Joe
- Marianne Koch as Marisol
- Gian Maria Volonté as Ramón Rojo
- Wolfgang Lukschy as John Baxter
- Sieghardt Rupp as Esteban Rojo
- Joseph Egger as Piripero
- Antonio Prieto as Don Miguel Rojo
- José Calvo as Silvanito
- Margarita Lozano as Consuelo Baxter
- Daniel Martín Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
From Clint Eastwood's iconic performance to Ennio Morricone's unforgettable (and much-parodied) musical score, A Fistful of Dollars (****) took the western down trails it had never explored.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
Though far less operatic and satisfying than Leone's later work, his first spaghetti Western with Eastwood still looks stylish, if a little rough at the edges.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Egregiously synthetic but engrossingly morbid, violent film.
Bosley Crowther, New York Times
Fresh
Really little more than a series of loosely connected shoot-outs -- but, as Sergio Leone proved, there can be a lot of fun in that.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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