Per un pugno di dollari

Titolo originale: Per un pugno di dollari
Regia: Sergio Leone |
Anno: 1964
Origine: Germany | Italy | Spain |
Generi: Western
Tag: gunslinger | based on novel or book | hostility | greed | gang war | remake | murder | gun battle | spaghetti western | middleman | rivals | gun death | pitting ones enemy's against each other |
Cast: Clint Eastwood | Marianne Koch | Gian Maria Volonté | Wolfgang Lukschy | Sieghardt Rupp | Joseph Egger | Antonio Prieto | José Calvo | Margarita Lozano | Daniel Martín | Benito Stefanelli | Mario Brega | Bruno Carotenuto | Aldo Sambrell | Lorenzo Robledo | Antonio Molino Rojo | Luis Barboo | Juan Cortés | William R. Thompkins | Fernando Sánchez Polack | José Canalejas | Jose Halufi | Nino del Arco | Antonio Moreno | Frank Braña | Álvaro de Luna | Lee Miller | José Orjas | Manuel Peña | Antonio Pica | Julio Pérez Tabernero | José Riesgo | Umberto Spadaro | Peter Tevis | Edmondo Tieghi | Antonio Vico | Luis Rodríguez | Antonio Montoya | Raf Baldassarre | Nazzareno Natale | Nosher Powell | Enrique Santiago | Joyce Gordon | Bernard Grant |

Un pistolero senza nome giunge in una cittadina al confine tra Stati Uniti e Messico. Questo luogo è dominato da due famiglie rivali che si fronteggiano seminando il terrore tra la popolazione. Il pistolero, giocando d'astuzia, le farà sterminare a vicenda.

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The firearm used by Ramón Rojo (Gian Maria Volontè) was a Winchester Model 94. It has the seri [...] D
The Italian name, "Per un pugno di dollari", translates to "For a Bunch of Dollars" in English, and [...] D
When Joe (Clint Eastwood) is "drunk" and being carried up to his room, he is singing "Sweet Betsy fr [...] D
Producer Alberto Grimaldi realized that shooting a Western in Spain was an absolute no-brainer as it [...] D
The trailers and promotional material in the United States listed the title of this movie as "A Fist [...] D
This was the first time that Sergio Leone and composer Ennio Morricone worked together. The producer [...] D
German born Marianne Koch played the role of Marisol; she had interrupted her medical studies to ent [...] D
In a rather unusual move, a lot of Ennio Morricone's score was composed before this movie was shot. D
director Sergio Leone's English was limited, and his direction of Clint Eastwood usually amounted to [...] D
There weren't many trees in that part of Spain (which was standing in for Mexico) so per Clint Eastw [...] D
After considering Henry Fonda, writer and director Sergio Leone offered the role of the Man With No [...] D
The theme song was originally composed by Ennio Morricone as a lullaby. Sergio Leone insisted that h [...] D
Now Playing Podcast reviewed A Fistful of Dollars. This film received three "recommends". D
Clint Eastwood's contract for Gli uomini della prateria (1959) prohibited him from making movies in [...] D
According to "Once Upon a Time in the Italian West" by Howard Hughes, Sergio Leone spotted a tree on [...] D
Gian Maria Volontè didn't speak English at all, so was dubbed in this movie. However, he was cont [...] D
Sergio Leone warmed to Clint Eastwood very quickly and joked that he had only two expressions: with [...] D
As there were no replacement props, Clint Eastwood made a point of taking his costume home with him [...] D
This movie was shot in eight weeks. D
Ennio Morricone's score was so popular that it became Morricone's first soundtrack album to be relea [...] D
Ennio Morricones score stands out from the genres usual music as evident right from the start. The t [...] D
The gunbelt and the pistol grips were borrowed by Clint Eastwood from the Rawhide (1959-1965) set, a [...] D
According to Mickey Knox, Sergio Leone ran La sfida del samurai (1961) in a Moviola while constructi [...] D
The English title of this movie shown in the opening credits is "Fistful of Dollars" without the "A" [...] D
Clint Eastwood is a non-smoker, but found that the foul taste of the cigars put him in the right, su [...] D
Filmed between seasons 6 and 7 of Rawhide. D
During its 1969 American re-release, it was double-billed with Per qualche dollaro in più (1965). D
Prior to this movie, in American movies, whenever a person was shot, one camera was focused on the s [...] D
While cursing the Rojos for murdering her family, Consuelo yells at Ramón "May you and your broth [...] D
Nino del Arco (Jesús, Marisol's son) said in an interview that Mario Brega (Chico) actually scare [...] D
Rory Calhoun was considered for the lead in "A Fistfull of Dollars" before Clint Eastwood was cast. [...] D
A whopping 34% of Hollywood productions in 1950 were westerns, but by 1963 that percentage had dropp [...] D
The only movie in the Dollars trilogy where the Man with No Name is the protagonist. In Per qualche [...] D
Clint Eastwood helped in creating his character's distinctive visual style. He bought the black jean [...] D
There were times when the production was almost shut down due to cash shortages, but Sergio Leone pr [...] D
When this movie made its U.S. network television debut on "The ABC Sunday Night Movie" in February 1 [...] D
One of the tidbits of trivia that has been well established is that Eastwood hated smoking, especial [...] D
William Thomkins was Eastwood's double and plays a small role in the film as one of the Baxter gang [...] D
Writer and director Sergio Leone was influenced immensely by The Rifleman (1958), which was very pop [...] D
At 7 mins.) The man rides into town and it's a shift from the early location filming to an existing [...] D
It becomes obvious that gun smuggler Baxter does not spend much time being sheriff in San Miguel. Wh [...] D
The only one who calls Clint Eastwood's character "Joe" is Piripero the undertaker. D
The United Artists English-language version has Clint Eastwood dubbing his own screen performance. A [...] D
Rene Magritte was one of director Sergio Leones favorite artists. D
This is one of the few movies that has been dubbed in the Navajo language. D
This movie had its North American premiere at the Carlton Theatre in Toronto, Ontario, beginning its [...] D
Sergio Leone wanted James Coburn for the film, but he was too busy. D
At first, Clint Eastwood had some major disagreements with writer and director Sergio Leone, particu [...] D
One of Quentin Tarantino's favorite movies. D
Clint Eastwood was paid $15,000 for the film with a 6-week Spanish "holiday" included. Other actors [...] D
Sergio Leone had wanted to use the traditional deguello theme from Rio Bravo (1959) and The Alamo (1 [...] D
The shooting script opens with a map showing the divide between Mexico and the Southern United State [...] D
When Clint Eastwood arrived on the set, he was struck by how little the Italian crew and writers kne [...] D
Clint Eastwood recalled, "I've never been to Italy. I've never been to Spain. I've never been to Ger [...] D
For one scene, Sergio Leone needed a tree for a hanging sequence and confiscated one from a local fa [...] D
The film is very directly based on Akira Kurosawas Yojimbo (1961) Kurosawa had already acknowledged [...] D
"Cause I knew someone like you once, there was no one there to help," is the only piece of moral mot [...] D
The year of the setting is never specifically stated, but a date on a gravestone in the cemetery ind [...] D
Since all of the footage was filmed silently, Clint Eastwood did not add his voice to the soundtrack [...] D
Because this was an Italian/West German/Spanish co-production, there was a significant language barr [...] D
Sergio Leone was so enraptured with Ennio Morricone's score that he would frequently let scenes run [...] D
Having played a do-good hero in Gli uomini della prateria (1959) for several years, Clint Eastwood j [...] D
Marianne Koch was a huge star in her native Germany so it was somewhat of a surprise when she agreed [...] D
When this movie was released in U.K. cinemas in June 1967, a lot of the violence was censored despit [...] D
Besides Clint Eastwood, Mario Brega, Benito Stefanelli, Aldo Sambrell, and Antonio Molino Rojo are t [...] D
Most of the first European posters didn't show Clint Eastwood at all. D
Clint Eastwood's asking price to appear in this movie was just $15,000. D
The scene where Joe (Clint Eastwood) faces off with Ramón (Gian Maria Volontè) using the boile [...] D
While it's now hailed as a classic, the film initially received negative reviews from critics when r [...] D
Leone had mentioned in an interview that the idea for Eastwood's poncho came from his vision of the [...] D
Clint Eastwood is mouthing an Italian cigar called a Toscano "which is virtually unsmokable" despite [...] D
The film was a co-production between Italy Spain and Germany. While thought by some to be the first [...] D
Clint Eastwood described the set, "We had no electricity. We didn't have a trailer with a toilet. We [...] D
The cross-cutting between the cemetery shootout and Eastwood's search for the gold finds an extra la [...] D
Filmed in 1964, but not released in the U.S. until 1967 due to a copyright issue with Akira Kurosawa [...] D
The film features numerous nods towards Christianity and Easter with the dinner gathering at 57 mins [...] D
Clint Eastwood's character is called many things in the films of the Dollars Trilogy, but it is clea [...] D
Clint Eastwood wore the same boots that he did in Gli uomini della prateria (1959). D
Gian Maria Volontè reportedly did not get along with Sergio Leone, who found Volonté's theatri [...] D
Ennio Morricone was not the first choice to compose the film as they wanted Angelo Lavagnino but Leo [...] D
(At around 32 mins) The bartender's laugh can be heard in the beginning of Ministry's song "You Know [...] D
Entertainment Weekly ranked this Number Four on their "Guilty Pleasures: Testosterone Edition" list [...] D
At 1hr 8mins.) The shot of a thug putting out his cigarette on Eastwood's hand was trimmed from many [...] D
Most of the extras and bit players were recruited from the local Gypsy population. D
When it was released in its home country of Italy, it was universally shunned by film critics and re [...] D
Originally called "The Magnificent Stranger", the title wasn't changed to "A Fistful of Dollars" unt [...] D
The original title was "The Magnificent Stranger" the shooting script also specified the two competi [...] D
Passed by the British Board of Film Censors on March 3, 1967 with an "X" certificate, this movie pre [...] D
Sergio Leone's first choice to play Ramón Rojo was his friend Mimmo Palmara. Palmara passed on th [...] D
Clint Eastwood's first leading role. D
After this role, co-star Gian Maria Volontè went on to an impressive film career, becoming one of [...] D
This has been described as the first "spaghetti western" (Italian-made western), but when this movie [...] D
Clint Eastwood's involvement in this movie was purely a stroke of luck. He was bored with his role a [...] D
The title seen on the print shown on TCM only says "Fistful of Dollars", not "A Fistful of Dollars". D
The Man with No Name is actually called Joe in this movie's dialogue (by Piripero) and in the closin [...] D
This movie is a remake of La sfida del samurai (1961), which itself was based on the as yet unadapte [...] D
Mario Brega appeared in all three of the Dollars trilogy, and in all the movies, his character meets [...] D
Joe is accompanied by a swift descending scale on a recorder whenever he does something impressive/w [...] D
Clint Eastwood's trademark squint was caused by the combination of the sun and high-wattage arc lamp [...] D
The idea of putting Clint Eastwood on a scrawny horse came from I senza legge (1953), in which Audie [...] D
Lee Marvin, Frank Wolff, Tony Kendall, Cliff Robertson, Steve Reeves, Horst Buchholz Henry Silva, Ro [...] D
Joe's (Clint Eastwood's) gun is an 1873 Colt Single Action Army revolver with a five and a half inch [...] D
The opening title credits were designed by Luigi Lardani and based in part on the popular James Bond [...] D
Japnese director Akira Kurosawa was so irritated by Sergio Leone's refusal to admit that the film wa [...] D

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When Joe and Silvanito see the soldiers leaving town in the morning, Silvanito is getting dressed an [...] D
When Ramon and his men are killing the Baxter men running from the house fire, Ramon has 9-10 men. Y [...] D
Although there was smuggling at the border between Mexico and the U.S., Silvanito is wrong when he s [...] D
When Joe escapes the wine cellar after his brutal beating, after he sets off the rolling barrel down [...] D
The makeup for Clint Eastwood's facial wounds has a noticeable gray tint to what is supposed to be f [...] D
In the first gunfight, the man on the fence to the extreme left slumps over. The position of the bod [...] D
The Man With No Name never says his name, only the Undertaker calls him by the slang term Joe. D
After getting shot in the climax, the position of Ramon's body and his rifle changes between shots. D
The machine-gunner is shown to be "vibrating" with the staccato-discharging of his weapon, yet his b [...] D
After Joe sets off the dynamite, he's standing in the street where a strong wind is blowing to the r [...] D
The gun Ramon uses in the riverbank massacre bears no resemblance to any weapon available at the tim [...] D
The action before, during, and after the graveyard fight alternates between taking place during the [...] D
When Joe is target practicing at the party and Ramon starts shooting a Winchester rifle at a suit of [...] D
The last time Silvanito is shown hanging by his hands, his feet cannot be seen; it's obvious that he [...] D
When the large barrel rolls down the ramp, it is on two large rails. Right afterwards, Joe crawls do [...] D
When 'Joe' is riding towards the small house along the valley floor there are tyre tracks visible in [...] D
When Joe first arrives in town, Silvanito tells him that the coffin-maker can get anyone's measureme [...] D
Obvious horse riding double for Clint Eastwood during the entire sequence where he rides back to tow [...] D
In all the desert scenes, there are no cacti visible. Cacti are found only in North and South Americ [...] D
After entering the town, Joe goes into a place for something to eat and drink. The position of his b [...] D
When the Baxters and Rojos are in the street for the prisoner exchange, there's a close-up of Ramon [...] D
While Chico carries Joe back to his room after the party, the camera shows Joe has no facial hair. A [...] D
During the final shootout in the cemetery, when Ramon is joking with his peers, there is noticeable [...] D
Joe kills four of Baxter's men at the beginning of the film, but five shots are heard from his gun. [...] D
When the Mexican cavalry are ambushed at the river, the machine gun used by the 'U.S. Cavalry' is un [...] D
In the final shootout with Ramon, Joe loads only one bullet in his revolver, then quickly spins the [...] D
Joe cuts his bulletproof breastplate out of the middle of what appears to be a boiler. It would have [...] D
In the final fight at the end of the movie, Joe shoots 6 shots at the Rojo gang and then fires again [...] D
During the shootout in the cemetery, Ramón shoots the (dead) soldiers on the tombstone. As the (d [...] D
When they are beating up Joe in the bar, the first scene shows his hair wet as they pull him off the [...] D
The Mitrailleuse volley gun shown at the riverside ambush scene has several dozen individual barrels [...] D
At the end, when Silvanito shoots Esteban Rojo, the sound of the rifle being fired is heard, but Sil [...] D
After the shootout at the graveyard (between the Baxters and Rojos), Joe is carrying an unconscious [...] D
During the ambush of the 60-some soldiers, there are no bullets hitting either bodies, the sand, or [...] D
Practically none of the guns fired in this film show any recoil or kickback. Some shooters are holdi [...] D
Obvious day for night shots during the graveyard shootout. D
When Joe meets Don Miguel, the suit of armor has holes in it. In the plaza, when the Rojos are party [...] D
When Chico is left alone to guard the Rojos' compound while the Rojos are fighting the Baxters, Chic [...] D
When Marisol's family is freed, they walk away in the same direction as the Rojos that come riding i [...] D
During the ambush at the river, the shooter uses a Gatling gun. He shoots many soldiers, but not a s [...] D
Mules have long ears, no hair at the base of the tail, and low withers. Joe's mount has short ears, [...] D
When the Rojo gang ambush the Mexican army unit the gun Ramon uses to kill all the troops is a Mitra [...] D
In the hostages exchange scene, when Marisol is still at the other end of the main street, Ramón [...] D
In one scene showing the hills beyond the town, the ruins of Tabernas Castle can be seen on the hill [...] D
When the Baxters and Rojos exchange prisoners and Marisol begins to move forward on her horse, there [...] D
When the Baxters and the Rojos are shooting at each other at the cemetery, Ramón Rojos runs over [...] D
During the ambush of the soldiers, the same soldier is shot twice, but seen from a different angle. D
When Ramon shoots the escaping soldiers, by the river, in their backs, he does so with a Gatling Gun [...] D
The wagon with the gold has 3 windows, all with red cloth covering them. During the ambush, the midd [...] D
When Joe releases Marisol from the Casa Pequeña and kills 5 men with 4 bullets, 7 horses come to [...] D
Joe tests his bulletproof vest using a revolver. In the gunfight, however, Ramon is using a Winchest [...] D
While the hero is preparing his custom bulletproof vest, the sound of the rasp doesn't match his mov [...] D
Joe walks into a room with five bad guys and starts shooting. Only four gunshots are heard, but when [...] D

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