Title: A Fistful of Dollars
Runtime: 99 Min
Year: 1964
Genres: Action - Western
Cast: Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, Gian Maria Volonté, Wolfgang Lukschy, Joseph Egger, Antonio Prieto, José Calvo, Margarita Lozano, Daniel Martín, Benito Stefanelli, Mario Brega, Bruno Carotenuto, Aldo Sambrell,
Directed By: Sergio Leone
PLOT
A drifter gunman arrives in the Mexican village of San Miguel at the border of United States of America, and befriends the owner of the local bar Silvanito. The stranger discovers that the town is dominated by two gangster lords: John Baxter and the cruel Ramón Rojo. When the stranger kills four men of the Baxter's gang, he is hired by Ramón's brother Esteban Rojo to join their gang. However, the stranger decides to work for both sides, playing one side off against the other.
Country: Italy - Spain - West Germany
Language: Italian
Writers: Ryûzô Kikushima (screenplay "Yojimbo") uncredited & Akira Kurosawa (screenplay "Yojimbo") uncredited, A. Bonzzoni (story) & Víctor Andrés Catena (story) & Sergio Leone (story), Víctor Andrés Catena (screenplay) & Jaime Comas Gil (screenplay) (as Jaime Comas) & Sergio Leone (screenplay), Mark Lowell (dialogue), Fernando Di Leo (uncredited) Clint Eastwood (uncredited) Duccio Tessari (uncredited) Tonino Valerii (uncredited)
Parental Advisory Certification: Iceland:16 / Canada:A (Nova Scotia) / Finland:K-16 (cut) (1967) / Finland:K-16 (re-rating) (cut) (1977) / Singapore:PG / Brazil:14 / South Korea:15 / New Zealand:M / UK:15 (video rating: special edition DVD) (2005) / UK:15 (video rating: DVD audio commentary by Sir Christopher Frayling) (2004) / Canada:18+ (TV rating) (on some TV networks) / Argentina:13 / UK:15 (tv rating) / UK:X (original rating) (passed with cuts) / Australia:MA (re-rating) (2004) / Australia:R (original rating) / Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) / Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) / Ireland:15 / Netherlands:12 / Norway:16 / Spain:18 / Sweden:15 / UK:15 (video rating) (1986) (1999) (2002) / UK:AA (re-rating) (1981) / USA:M (Approved No. 21386) (original rating) / USA:R (re-rating) (1993) / Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) / West Germany:16
Awards:
1965- Silver Ribbon Italian National Syndicate of Film Journalists
-Best Score (Migliore Musica) Ennio Morricone (WON)
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