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A Fistful of Dollars

Per un pugno di dollari

1964

Sergio Leone

Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonté, Wolfgang Lukschy ...

7.6

29,951

Western A cigarillo smoking stranger (Eastwood) rides into the Mexican border town of San Miguel, a town in which rival factions are battling for control: there are those employed by Sheriff John Baxter, who sell whiskey and guns to the Indians, and those led by Ramon Rojo. As he rides into town, the Man With No Name (occasionally referred to as Joe) is taunted by the Baxters, who shoot at his mule's feet. Upon discovering the status quo in the ... [+]

	Author	Review
United Kingdom	David Parkinson Radio Times	"Italian director Sergio Leone's daringly brilliant use of extreme close-up, and his unflinching depiction of violence, gave the western a new lease of life (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"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."	NEU
United States	Bosley Crowther The New York Times	"The magnet of this picture (...) is this cool-cat bandit who is played by Clint Eastwood"	POS
United States	Sam Adams AV Club	"The bigger problem with 'Fistful' (...) is that Leone is still attempting to work with a conventional plot, which never plays to his strengths."	NEG
United Kingdom	Empire	"Sergio Leone's first spaghetti Western is now a deserved classic of the genre it invented. And it's got Clint. What more could you want? (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS

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