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A Fistful of Dollars Overview:

A Fistful of Dollars (1964) was a Western - Action Film directed by Sergio Leone and Monte Hellman (uncredited) and produced by Arrigo Colombo, Giorgio Papi and Piero Santini.

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A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 27, 2013 From 4 Star Films

Starring Clint Eastwood with director Sergio Leone, this western adaption of Yojimbo has a poncho-wearing gunslinger (Eastwood) playing two rival gangs off of each other. Upon entering the town, the man with no name is soon disturbed by the Baxters and he makes light work of four men. Then, he deci... Read full article

A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

By 4 Star Film Fan on Jan 27, 2013 From 4 Star Films

Starring Clint Eastwood with director Sergio Leone, this western adaption of Yojimbo has a poncho-wearing gunslinger (Eastwood) playing two rival gangs off of each other. Upon entering the town, the man with no name is soon disturbed by the Baxters and he makes light work of four men. Then, he deci... Read full article

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A Fistful of Dollars Quotes:

Joe: When a man with .45 meets a man with a rifle, you said, the man with a pistol's a dead man. Let's see if that's true. Go ahead, load up and shoot.
Chico: Our orders are to make sure he does not die... but also to make sure he regrets the day he was born.
Joe: Crazy bellringer was right, there's money to be made in a place like this.
Joe: To kill a man you shoot him in the heart. Isn't that what you said, Ramon?
Joe: Get three coffins ready.
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A Fistful of Dollars Facts
Because this was an Italian/West German/Spanish co-production, there was a significant language barrier on the set. Clint Eastwood communicated with Sergio Leone and the Italian crew mostly through stuntman Benito Stefanelli, who also acted as an unofficial interpreter for the production.
This has been described as the first "spaghetti western", but when this film was made, there had already been about 25 such westerns produced in Italy. This was, however, the first to receive a major international release.
Besides Clint Eastwood of course, actors Mario Brega, Benito Stefanelli, Aldo Sambrell, and Antonio Molino Rojo are the only actors to appear in all 3 of the "Dollars Trilogy" movies.
Mario Brega appears in all 3 of the Dollars Trilogy movies, and in all 3 movies, his character meets an unfortunate demise. In this movie, his character of Chico is crushed by a runaway large barrel pushed by Joe (Clint Eastwood). This is the only movie in the Dollars Trilogy where Eastwood's character was directly involved with Brega's character's demise.
The Man With No Name is actually called Joe in the film's dialog (by the undertaker) and in the closing credits.
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