A Fistful of Dollars
1964 · Movie · R · 99 min · ★ 7.8 · 82% critics
A mysterious drifter arrives in San Miguel as rival families and a sheriff fight over power. When a valuable gold shipment is seized, he cuts deals with both sides by trading false information to profit from the chaos unfolding around him.
Based on Yojimbo, Red Harvest
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Details
- Original title
- Per un pugno di dollari
- Years
- 1964
- Release date
- 1964-09-12
- Language
- Italian
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 99 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 82/100
- TMDB rating
- 7.8/10 (4,726 votes)
- Box office
- $3,500,000
- Budget
- $200,000
About
You’ll like this if you enjoy gritty, morally gray Westerns with sharp tension between rival groups and a famously cool drifter vibe; Not for you if you want clear-cut heroes, consistent dialogue/subtitles, or fast narrative clarity like For a Few Dollars More or The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
Pros: tense rival-factions plot; memorable lead presence; standout musical mood | Cons: distracting dubbing; uneven supporting performances; some viewers report slow spots
Themes
- gunslinger
- based on novel or book
- hostility
- greed
- gang war
- remake
- murder
- gun battle
- spaghetti western
- middleman
- rivals
- gun death
- +2 more
Cast & crew
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 Benito Rojo / Don Miguel Rojo
José Calvo
as Silvanito
Margarita Lozano
as Consuelo Baxter
Daniel Martín
as Julián
Directed by Sergio Leone