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'''C'era una volta il West''' (Italy [[:Category:1968|1968]] / Director: Sergio Leone)
'''C'era una volta il West''' (Italy, [[:Category:1968|1968]]) was director Sergio Leone's ultimate ode to the genre and is considered by many to be the best or one of the best westerns or even movies of all time.
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Once Upon a Time in the West (USA) | Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod (Germany) | Il était une fois dans l'ouest (France) | Aconteceu no Oeste (Portugal) | Hasta que llegó su hora (Spain) | Harmonica - en hämnare (Sweden) | Pewnego razu na Dzikim Zachodzie (Poland) | Huuliharppukostaja (Finland) | Harmonika - en hämnare (Sweden) | Vestens hårde halse (Denmark) | Ondt blod i Vesten (Norway) | Bir Zamanlar Batida (Turkey) | Era uma vez no Oeste (Brazil) | ウエスタン  Western (Japan) | Tenkrát na Západě (Czechoslovakia) | روزی روزگاری در غرب (Iran) | Volt egyszer egy Vadnyugat (Hungary) | Имало едно време на запад (Bulgaria) | Едно време на запад (Bulgaria Betamax) | 원스 어폰 어 타임 인 더 웨스트 (Korean) |  Er was eens in het verre Westen (Belgium, Flemish)</div>
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* [[/DVD|Available DVDs]]
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* [[/Trailers&Clips|Trailers & Clips]]
* <i class="fas fa-compact-disc"></i> [[/LD|Laserdisc]] · [[/VHS releases|VHS]]
* [[/Opinions|Opinions]]
* <i class="fab fa-youtube"></i> [[/Trailers&Clips|Trailers & Clips]]
* [[Once Upon a Time in the West - Special/Review (Scherpschutter)|Special/Review]]
* <i class="far fa-file-alt"></i> Books: [[Once Upon A Time In The West: Shooting a Masterpiece|Shooting a Masterpiece]], [[The Art Of Sergio Leone's Once Upon A Time In The West: A Critical Appreciation]]
* [[Once Upon a Time in the West review by Phil H|Film Review]]
* <i class="fas fa-comments"></i> [https://forum.spaghetti-western.net/t/once-upon-a-time-in-the-west-c-era-una-volta-il-west-sergio-leone-1968/322 Forum Topic]
* [[Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod Collector's Edition DVD Review|DVD Review (Deutsch)]]
* <i class="far fa-comment"></i> [[/Opinions|Opinions and comments]]
* [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/forum/index.php/topic,352.0.html Forum topic]
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*'''Runtime:''' 164 min / 165 min (Paramount DVD) / 177 min (special long version, Italian DVD)
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*'''Release Date:''' 21.12.68
*'''Filming Locations:''' [[:Category: Almería|Almería]], Guadix / [[:Category:USA|US, Monument Valley]]


== Also known as ==
===<i class="fas fa-paragraph fa-xs"></i> Synopsis ===
Once Upon a Time in the West | Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod (Germany) | Il était une fois dans l'ouest (France) | Aconteceu no Oeste (Portugal) | Hasta que llegó su hora (Spain) | Harmonica - en hämnare (Sweden) | Pewnego razu na Dzikim Zachodzie (Poland) | Huuliharppukostaja (Finland) | Bir Zamanlar Batida (Turkey) | Era uma vez no Oeste (Brazil) | Western (Japan) | Tenkrát na Západě (Czechoslovakia) | روزی روزگاری در غرب (Iran)
Once upon a time three men are waiting at a railway station. Once upon a time a mysterious nameless harmonica player arrives who is relying on the past. Once upon a time an Irish man dreams of turning the desert into a paradise. Once upon a time a killer named Frank kills people to leave his past behind and to turn from a man into a business man. Once upon a time a whore from New Orleans named Jill has to realise that her dream of a family had been destroyed just before it could begin. Once upon a time a romantic bandit named Cheyenne helps to build a future which can't be his own. Once upon a time a railway tycoon dreams of building a railway from one ocean to another before multiple sclerosis will inevitably kill him. Once upon a time men kill and die for a future they don't understand and a woman inherits their broken dreams by turning a mother role into something bigger than she ever had imagined. Once upon a time, with the arrival of the railroad, the times are no longer what they were before.


== Cast and crew ==
===<i class="fas fa-user-tag fa-xs"></i> Credits ===
*'''Cast:''' Claudia Cardinale (Jill McBain), Charles Bronson (Harmonica), Henry Fonda (Frank), Jason Robards (Manuel 'Cheyenne' Gutierrez), Gabriele Ferzetti (Mr. Morton), Frank Wolff (McBain), Woody Strode (Stony, train station gunman), Jack Elam (Snaky, train station gunman), Lionel Stander (waystation barman), Paolo Stoppa (Sam), Marco Zuanelli (Wobbles), Al Mulock (Knuckles, train station gunman), Keenan Wynn (sheriff of Flagstone), Simonetta Santaniello (Maureen McBain), Enzo Santaniello (Timmy McBain), Luigi Ciavarro (deputy sheriff, Flagstone), John Frederick (Jim, Frank's henchman), Spartaco Conversi (Frank's henchman), Aldo Berti (Frank's henchman), Michael Harvey (Frank's henchman), Antonio Molino Rojo (Frank's henchman), Benito Stefanelli (Frank's henchman), Frank Braña (Frank's henchman), Fabio Testi (Frank's henchman), Claudio Scarchilli (Frank's henchman), Aldo Sambrell (Cheyenne henchman), Salvo Basile (Cheyenne henchman), Bruno Corazzari (Cheyenne henchman), Claudio Mancini (Harmonica's brother), Luana Strode (Indian woman, train station), Tullio Palmieri (carpenter), Renato Pinviroli (1st auction bidder), Ricardo Palacios (engineer), Robert Spafford (railroad worker), Bill Crawley (railroad worker), Francesca Leone (girl at Flagstone station), Raffaella Leone (girl at Flagstone station), Don Galloway (Frank's henchman in flashback scene), Paolo Figlia (Frank's henchman), Saturno Cerra (Frank's henchman), Livio Andronico, Stefano Imparato, Frank Leslie, Luigi Magnani, Umberto Morsella, Enrico Morsella, Corrado San Martin, Giovanni Ivan Scratuglia, Dino Zamboni, Lorenzo Robledo (uncredited)(Cheyenne henchman)
*'''Cast''' (Italian)''':''' Claudia Cardinale (Jill McBain), Henry Fonda (Frank), Jason Robards (Manuel 'Cheyenne' Gutierrez), Charles Bronson (Harmonica), Gabriele Ferzetti (Mr. Morton), Paolo Stoppa (Sam, Jill's taxi), Woody Strode (Stony, train station gunman), Jack Elam (Snaky, train station gunman), Marco Zuanelli (Wobbles), Benito Stefanelli (Frank's henchman, train), Keenan Wynn (sheriff of Flagstone), Frank Wolff (McBain), Lionel Stander (waystation barman), Livio Andronico, Salvatore Basile [as Salvo Basile] (Cheyenne henchman), Aldo Berti (Frank's henchman, train), Marilù Carteny (old lady at funeral ?), Luigi Ciavarro (deputy sheriff, Flagstone), Spartaco Conversi (Frank's henchman, train), Bruno Corazzari (Cheyenne henchman), Paolo Figlia (Frank's henchman, auction), Stefano Imparato, Frank Leslie, Luigi Magnani, Claudio Mancini (Harmonica's brother), Umberto Marsella, Enrico Morsella, Tullio Palmieri (carpenter), Renato Pinciroli (1st auction bidder), Conrado San Martin [as Corrado Sammartin] (McBain neighbor at funeral), Enzo Santaniello (Timmy McBain), Simonetta Santaniello (Maureen McBain), Sandra Salvatori, Claudio Scarchilli (deputy ?, scenes cut), Ivan Giovanni Scratuglia [as Ivan Scratuglia], Fabio Testi (Frank's henchman, auction), Dino Zamboni (man with gun in waystation)
*Uncredited actors: Al Mulock (Knuckles, train station gunman), Luana Strode (Indian woman, train station), Ricardo Palacios (engineer), John Frederick (Jim, Frank's henchman, ranch), Michael Harvey (Frank's henchman, train), Antonio Molino Rojo (Frank's henchman, auction), Francisco Braña (Frank's henchman, auction), Don Galloway (Frank's henchman in flashback scene), Saturno Cerra (Frank's henchman, train), Lorenzo Robledo (Cheyenne henchman), Aldo Sambrell (Cheyenne henchman), Robert Spafford (railroad worker), Bill Crawley (railroad worker), Francesca Leone (girl at Flagstone station), Raffaella Leone (girl at Flagstone station), Regina Bissio (sleeping lady, waystation)


*'''Story:''' Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone
*'''Story:''' Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone
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*'''Music:''' [[:Category:Ennio_Morricone|Ennio Morricone]]
*'''Music:''' [[:Category:Ennio_Morricone|Ennio Morricone]]
*'''Producer:''' Fulvio Morsella
*'''Producer:''' Fulvio Morsella
*'''Executive producer:''' Bino Cicogna
===<i class="fas fa-gavel fa-xs"></i> Reviews===
* [[Once Upon a Time in the West - Special/Review (Scherpschutter)|Special/Review]]
* [[Once Upon a Time in the West review by Phil H|Film Review]]
* [[Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod Collector's Edition DVD Review|DVD Review (Deutsch)]]
===<i class="fas fa-lightbulb fa-xs"></i> Trivia ===
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'''Awards''':
* David di Donatello Awards 1969 (winner): Best production, Bino Cicogna (tie with The Girl with a Pistol)
===<i class="fas fa-stopwatch fa-xs"></i> Versions and runtimes===
*'''Runtime:''' 164 min / 165 min (Paramount DVD) / 177 min (special long version, Italian DVD)
* ''Note'': there are a myriad of different cuts of this movie, as distributors in many countries, as well as TV stations, laid hands on the material and shortened or lengthened it.
* [https://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=991957 International version vs. the slightly longer "extended cut" (both Paramount)]
* [https://forum.spaghetti-western.net/t/cera-una-volta-il-west-different-versions-question/1815 Extensive discussion in the SWDb forums about the various cuts that exist]
* [https://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=4208 Cuts comparison German Paramount DVD vs. Special Long Version at SB.com]
===<i class="far fa-calendar-alt fa-xs"></i> Release Dates===
* Premiere: December 20, 1968 (Rome, Italy)
*'''Theatrical''' December 21, 1968 (Italy), August 14, 1969 (West Germany), 2 July 1969 (USA, North Dakota), May 28, 1969 (USA, New York), July 4, 1969 (USA), August 4, 1969 (Sweden), August 10, 1969 (Brazil), August 14, 1969 (UK, London), August 27, 1969 (France), August 29, 1969 (Austria), August 31, 1969 (UK), September 24, 1969 (India), September 25, 2969 (Hong Kong), October 4, 1969 (Japan), October 16, 1969 (Netherlands), November 12, 1969 (Iran), November 24, 1969 (Spain, Barcelona), December 4, 1969 (Mexico), January 5, 1970 (Denmark), January 29, 1970 (Spain, Madrid), February 5, 19170 (South Korea), February 6, 1970 (Ireland), February 12, 1970 (Australia), March 31, 1970 (Portugal), April 17, 1970 (Finland), April 21, 1970 (Norway), October 16, 1970 (Uruguay), June 4, 1971 (Belgium, Gent), November 27, 1972 (Turkey), January 17, 1974 (Hungary), July 24, 1981 (East Germany)
* Re-releases: May 20, 1972 (Italy), May 17, 1975 (Japan), July 29, 1977 (Finland), August 7, 1980 (Netherlands), October 21, 1983 (Norway), April 14, 2000 (UK), July 24, 2009 (UK), July 21, 2010 (France), September 24, 2015 (Hungary), September 28, 2016 (France, restored version), November 3, 2016 (Netherlands), October 10, 2018 (France), Septembr 27 2019 (Japan)
* Festival screenings: October 1980 (USA, New York Film Festival), February 1, 1985 (Sweden, Goeteborg Film Festival), June 1995 (Italy, Festival dei Due Mondi), July 10, 2002 (Italy, Taormina Film Festival), March 2, 2003 (Australia, Adelaide International Film Festival), October 24, 2007 (Italy, Rome Film Festival), April 30, 2008 (USA, Tribeca), June 21, 2008 (Italy, Pesaro), October 18, 2008 (USA, Chicago International FF), April 2009 (San Francisco), August 2, 2012 (Germany, Cinestrange), June 26, 2018 (Italy, Il Cinema Ritrovato, restored version)
* TV premiere: January 11, 1986 (Spain), October 2, 1991 (Germany), Apri 12, 1998 (German, director's cut)
===<i class="fa fa-map fa-xs"></i> Filming locations===
* Guadix: La Calahorra - cattle corner
* Tabernas: Sweet Water - the McBain house
* Guadix: La Calahorra - Flagstone
* [[:Category:USA|Monument Valley: Utah - the Posada]]
* Guadix: Hernan Valle - the death of Morton


== Plot ==
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Once upon a time three men are waiting at a railway station. Once upon a time a mysterious nameless harmonica player arrives who is relying on the past. Once upon a time an Irish man dreams of turning the desert into a paradise. Once upon a time a killer named Frank kills people to leave his past behind and to turn from a man into a business man. Once upon a time a whore from New Orleans named Jill has to realise that her dream of a family had been destroyed just before it could begin. Once upon a time a romantic bandit named Cheyenne helps to build a future which can't be his own. Once upon a time a railway tycoon dreams of building a railway from one ocean to another before multiple sclerosis will inevitably kill him. Once upon a time men kill and die for a future they don't understand and a woman inherits their broken dreams by turning a mother role into something bigger than she ever had imagined. Once upon a time, with the arrival of the railroad, the times are no longer what they were before.
CattleCorner.png|Cattle Corner
SweetWater.png|The McBain House
Flagstone.png|Flagstone
Posada.png|The Posada
DeathofMorton.png|The Death of Morton
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==Comment==
===<i class="fas fa-dollar-sign fa-xs"></i> Production and business===
Once upon a time Sergio Leone dreamt of a new form of western, and after having perfected this dream with The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, he even succeeded to bring with Once upon a Time in the West this dream further than anyone would have imagined. Into the dream of a dream.
Budget: 5 million USD.<br />
With over 13 million tickets sold, it is still the third most successful film in Germany by admission numbers. It sold even more tickets in France, and about 8 million in Italy alone. Due to the film's success, it played many years in some cities. Box office revenue in the US alone was higher than the film's budget.


For OUATITW Leone slowed down his style even more than he already had done before, to embrace with a widely sweeping gesture the founding mythos of John Ford westerns with the twilight ideas of a changing west of Sam Peckinpah, into a SW which transcended the genre into something completely different, and could at the same time be viewed as the sum of it. The elaborated narrative left many viewers behind and puzzled, even if the basic revenge story was eventually easy to understand when viewed from the end. Leone's imaginative use of majestic totals, extreme close ups, slow movements of camera and actors, amplified noises, endless seemingly pointless scenes, narrative ellipses and delays, iconographic faces, lovingly created ornate sets and costumes (the long dusters!), ritualistic duels (with the biggest action scenes not seen or only heard), and of course Ennio Morricones brilliant and beautiful score, all this and more is in OuTW blended together to a western so strange and daring and visually exceptional, that it was probably unthinkable 10 years earlier.  
===<i class="fas fa-microphone fa-xs"></i> Dubbing===
In the English version, it is Claudia Cardinale's, Henry Fonda's, Jason Robards' and Charles Bronson's own voices.


No wonder Once upon a Time in the West is meanwhile for many one of the best films ever.  
===<i class="fas fa-link fa-xs"></i> External Links ===
* [https://www.spielmirdasliedvomtod.com Official filmpage] (German)
* [https://sonofdjango.blogspot.com/2007/12/once-upon-time-in-west.html Review by Son of Django]
* [https://por-um-punhado-de-euros.blogspot.com/2011/02/cera-una-volta-il-west-1968-realizador.html Review by Por um punhado de euros] (Portuguese)
* [http://800spaghettiwesterns.blogspot.com.es/2007/10/hasta-que-lleg-su-hora.html Review 800 SW] (Spain)


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== External Links ==
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0064116/combined Internet Movie Database]
* [http://www.spielmirdasliedvomtod.com Official filmpage] (German)
* [http://http://sonofdjango.blogspot.com/2007/12/once-upon-time-in-west.html Review by Son of Django]
* [http://fistfulofpasta.com/index.php?go=reviews/onceuponss Review at Fistful of Pasta]
* [http://spaghettiwesterns.1g.fi/ouatitw/ouatitw.htm Review by Shobary]
* [http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_movies/once_upon_a_time_west.htm Review at eccentric-cinema.com]
* [http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=4208 Cuts comparison German Paramount DVD vs. Special Long Version at SB.com]
* [http://por-um-punhado-de-euros.blogspot.com/2011/02/cera-una-volta-il-west-1968-realizador.html Review by Por um punhado de euros (Portuguese)]
* [http://800spaghettiwesterns.blogspot.com.es/2007/10/hasta-que-lleg-su-hora.html Review 800 SW (Spain)]


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Latest revision as of 09:01, 16 March 2024

C'era una volta il West (Italy, 1968) was director Sergio Leone's ultimate ode to the genre and is considered by many to be the best or one of the best westerns or even movies of all time.

Also known as

Once Upon a Time in the West (USA) | Spiel mir das Lied vom Tod (Germany) | Il était une fois dans l'ouest (France) | Aconteceu no Oeste (Portugal) | Hasta que llegó su hora (Spain) | Harmonica - en hämnare (Sweden) | Pewnego razu na Dzikim Zachodzie (Poland) | Huuliharppukostaja (Finland) | Harmonika - en hämnare (Sweden) | Vestens hårde halse (Denmark) | Ondt blod i Vesten (Norway) | Bir Zamanlar Batida (Turkey) | Era uma vez no Oeste (Brazil) | ウエスタン Western (Japan) | Tenkrát na Západě (Czechoslovakia) | روزی روزگاری در غرب (Iran) | Volt egyszer egy Vadnyugat (Hungary) | Имало едно време на запад (Bulgaria) | Едно време на запад (Bulgaria Betamax) | 원스 어폰 어 타임 인 더 웨스트 (Korean) | Er was eens in het verre Westen (Belgium, Flemish)
Once Upon a Time in the West movie poster

Synopsis

Once upon a time three men are waiting at a railway station. Once upon a time a mysterious nameless harmonica player arrives who is relying on the past. Once upon a time an Irish man dreams of turning the desert into a paradise. Once upon a time a killer named Frank kills people to leave his past behind and to turn from a man into a business man. Once upon a time a whore from New Orleans named Jill has to realise that her dream of a family had been destroyed just before it could begin. Once upon a time a romantic bandit named Cheyenne helps to build a future which can't be his own. Once upon a time a railway tycoon dreams of building a railway from one ocean to another before multiple sclerosis will inevitably kill him. Once upon a time men kill and die for a future they don't understand and a woman inherits their broken dreams by turning a mother role into something bigger than she ever had imagined. Once upon a time, with the arrival of the railroad, the times are no longer what they were before.

Credits

  • Cast (Italian): Claudia Cardinale (Jill McBain), Henry Fonda (Frank), Jason Robards (Manuel 'Cheyenne' Gutierrez), Charles Bronson (Harmonica), Gabriele Ferzetti (Mr. Morton), Paolo Stoppa (Sam, Jill's taxi), Woody Strode (Stony, train station gunman), Jack Elam (Snaky, train station gunman), Marco Zuanelli (Wobbles), Benito Stefanelli (Frank's henchman, train), Keenan Wynn (sheriff of Flagstone), Frank Wolff (McBain), Lionel Stander (waystation barman), Livio Andronico, Salvatore Basile [as Salvo Basile] (Cheyenne henchman), Aldo Berti (Frank's henchman, train), Marilù Carteny (old lady at funeral ?), Luigi Ciavarro (deputy sheriff, Flagstone), Spartaco Conversi (Frank's henchman, train), Bruno Corazzari (Cheyenne henchman), Paolo Figlia (Frank's henchman, auction), Stefano Imparato, Frank Leslie, Luigi Magnani, Claudio Mancini (Harmonica's brother), Umberto Marsella, Enrico Morsella, Tullio Palmieri (carpenter), Renato Pinciroli (1st auction bidder), Conrado San Martin [as Corrado Sammartin] (McBain neighbor at funeral), Enzo Santaniello (Timmy McBain), Simonetta Santaniello (Maureen McBain), Sandra Salvatori, Claudio Scarchilli (deputy ?, scenes cut), Ivan Giovanni Scratuglia [as Ivan Scratuglia], Fabio Testi (Frank's henchman, auction), Dino Zamboni (man with gun in waystation)
  • Uncredited actors: Al Mulock (Knuckles, train station gunman), Luana Strode (Indian woman, train station), Ricardo Palacios (engineer), John Frederick (Jim, Frank's henchman, ranch), Michael Harvey (Frank's henchman, train), Antonio Molino Rojo (Frank's henchman, auction), Francisco Braña (Frank's henchman, auction), Don Galloway (Frank's henchman in flashback scene), Saturno Cerra (Frank's henchman, train), Lorenzo Robledo (Cheyenne henchman), Aldo Sambrell (Cheyenne henchman), Robert Spafford (railroad worker), Bill Crawley (railroad worker), Francesca Leone (girl at Flagstone station), Raffaella Leone (girl at Flagstone station), Regina Bissio (sleeping lady, waystation)
  • Story: Dario Argento, Bernardo Bertolucci, Sergio Leone
  • Screenplay: Sergio Leone, Sergio Donati
  • Cinematography: Tonino Delli Colli (Technicolor, Techniscope 2,35:1)
  • Music: Ennio Morricone
  • Producer: Fulvio Morsella
  • Executive producer: Bino Cicogna

Reviews

Trivia

Awards:

  • David di Donatello Awards 1969 (winner): Best production, Bino Cicogna (tie with The Girl with a Pistol)

Versions and runtimes

Release Dates

  • Premiere: December 20, 1968 (Rome, Italy)
  • Theatrical December 21, 1968 (Italy), August 14, 1969 (West Germany), 2 July 1969 (USA, North Dakota), May 28, 1969 (USA, New York), July 4, 1969 (USA), August 4, 1969 (Sweden), August 10, 1969 (Brazil), August 14, 1969 (UK, London), August 27, 1969 (France), August 29, 1969 (Austria), August 31, 1969 (UK), September 24, 1969 (India), September 25, 2969 (Hong Kong), October 4, 1969 (Japan), October 16, 1969 (Netherlands), November 12, 1969 (Iran), November 24, 1969 (Spain, Barcelona), December 4, 1969 (Mexico), January 5, 1970 (Denmark), January 29, 1970 (Spain, Madrid), February 5, 19170 (South Korea), February 6, 1970 (Ireland), February 12, 1970 (Australia), March 31, 1970 (Portugal), April 17, 1970 (Finland), April 21, 1970 (Norway), October 16, 1970 (Uruguay), June 4, 1971 (Belgium, Gent), November 27, 1972 (Turkey), January 17, 1974 (Hungary), July 24, 1981 (East Germany)
  • Re-releases: May 20, 1972 (Italy), May 17, 1975 (Japan), July 29, 1977 (Finland), August 7, 1980 (Netherlands), October 21, 1983 (Norway), April 14, 2000 (UK), July 24, 2009 (UK), July 21, 2010 (France), September 24, 2015 (Hungary), September 28, 2016 (France, restored version), November 3, 2016 (Netherlands), October 10, 2018 (France), Septembr 27 2019 (Japan)
  • Festival screenings: October 1980 (USA, New York Film Festival), February 1, 1985 (Sweden, Goeteborg Film Festival), June 1995 (Italy, Festival dei Due Mondi), July 10, 2002 (Italy, Taormina Film Festival), March 2, 2003 (Australia, Adelaide International Film Festival), October 24, 2007 (Italy, Rome Film Festival), April 30, 2008 (USA, Tribeca), June 21, 2008 (Italy, Pesaro), October 18, 2008 (USA, Chicago International FF), April 2009 (San Francisco), August 2, 2012 (Germany, Cinestrange), June 26, 2018 (Italy, Il Cinema Ritrovato, restored version)
  • TV premiere: January 11, 1986 (Spain), October 2, 1991 (Germany), Apri 12, 1998 (German, director's cut)

Filming locations

  • Guadix: La Calahorra - cattle corner
  • Tabernas: Sweet Water - the McBain house
  • Guadix: La Calahorra - Flagstone
  • Monument Valley: Utah - the Posada
  • Guadix: Hernan Valle - the death of Morton

  • Cattle Corner

  • The McBain House

  • Flagstone

  • The Posada

  • The Death of Morton

Production and business

Budget: 5 million USD.
With over 13 million tickets sold, it is still the third most successful film in Germany by admission numbers. It sold even more tickets in France, and about 8 million in Italy alone. Due to the film's success, it played many years in some cities. Box office revenue in the US alone was higher than the film's budget.

Dubbing

In the English version, it is Claudia Cardinale's, Henry Fonda's, Jason Robards' and Charles Bronson's own voices.

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