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'''Per un pugno di dollari''' (Italy, Spain, West Germany [[:Category:1964|1964]] / Director: [[Sergio Leone]] (as Bob Robertson))
'''Per un pugno di dollari''' (Italy · Spain · West Germany, [[:Category:1964|1964]]) is a spaghetti western by [[Sergio Leone]] that premiered in 1964. This highly influential film is credited with starting the Italian western genre craze.
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Fistful of Dollars (USA) | A Fistful of Dollars | For a Fistful of Dollars | Por un punado de dolares (Spain) | Für eine Handvoll Dollar (Germany) | Por um punhado de dólares (Portugal) | Pour une poignée de dollars (France) | För en handfull dollar (Sweden) | Za garść dolarów (Poland) | Bir Avuç Dolar (Turkey) | 荒野の用心棒 Koya no Yojinbo (Japan) | Pro hrst dolarů (Czech Republic) |یک مشت دلار (Iran) | Béeso Dah Yiníłjaa’ (Navajo) | За шепа долари (Bulgaria) | En nævefuld dollars (Denmark) | Il magnifico straniero (working title, Italy) | Ray El Magnifico (working title, Spain)</div>
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* [[/Trailers&Clips|Trailers & Clips]]
* <i class="far fa-file-alt"></i> [[A Fistful of Dollars turns 50|A Fistful of Dollars Turns 50]] · [[FISTFUL - The Whole Story]]
* [[A Fistful of Dollars review|Film Review]]
* <i class="fas fa-comments"></i> [http://forum.spaghetti-western.net/t/a-fistful-of-dollars-1964-leone/125 Forum Topic]
* [[Für eine Handvoll Dollar Special Edition DVD Review (deutsch)|DVD Review (German)]]
* <i class="fas fa-users"></i> [[/Credits|Full Credits]]
* [[Für eine Handvoll Dollar BluRay Review deutsch|BluRay Review dt.]]
* <i class="fa fa-list-ol"></i> [[Essential Top 20 Films|Top 20 (#6)]] · [[Quentin Tarantino's Top 20 favorite Spaghetti Westerns|QT Favorite]]
* [http://www.spaghetti-western.net/forum/index.php/topic,115.0.html Discuss and rate this]
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*'''Runtime:''' 100 min
*'''Release Date:''' 12.9.1964
*'''Filming Locations:''' [[:Category: Almería|Almería]]
== Also known as ==
A Fistful of Dollars (U.S.A.) | Für eine Handvoll Dollar (Germany) | Por um punhado de dólares (Portugal) | Pour une poignée de dollars (France) | För en handfull dollar (Sweden) | En nævefuld dollars | Za garść dolarów (Poland) | Bir Avuç Dolar (Turkey) | Por un punado de dolares (Spain) | Koyano Yojinbo (Japan)


== Cast and Crew ==
===<i class="fas fa-paragraph fa-xs"></i> Synopsis ===
*'''Cast:''' [[Clint Eastwood]] (Joe / 'Man With No Name'), Gian Maria Volonte (as John Wells)(Ramon Rojo), José 'Pepe' Calvo (Silvanito), Marianne Koch (Marisol), Mario Brega (as Richard Stuyvesant)(Chico / Paco), Aldo Sambrell (as Aldo Sambreli)(Manolo), Benito Stefanelli (as Benny Reeves)(Rubio), Lorenzo Robledo (Baxter henchman), Antonio Molino Rojo (Baxter henchman), Luis Barboo (Baxter henchman), William Thomkins (as W.R. Thomkins)(Baxter henchman), Julio Perez Tabernero (Baxter henchman), Benito Carotenuto (as Carol Brown/Bruno Caroth)(Antonio Baxter), Margarita Jimenez (as Rita Lozan)(Consuelo Baxter), Josef Egger (as Joe Edger)(Piripero), Wolfgang Lukschy (as W. Lukschy)(Sheriff John Baxter), Daniel Martin (Julian / Julio), Fredy Arco (Jesus), Sieghardt Rupp (as S. Rupp)(Esteban Rojo), Antonio Prieto (as Antonio Prieter)(Don Miguel Benito Rojo), Jose Canalejas (as Joe Kamel)(Alvaro), Fernando Sanchez Polack (Rojo gang member), Nazareno Natale (Rojo gang member), Antonio Vico (Rojo gang member), Jose Riesgo (Mexican Cavalry Captain), Jose Ortas, Juan Cortes (Juan de Dios), Antonio Moreno, Manuel Pena
In a plot largely taken from the Samurai film Yojimbo, Clint Eastwood is a laconic stranger who plays two criminal factions in a border town against each other to his own financial gain.


*'''Story:''' A. Bonzzoni (Adriano Bolzoni), Víctor Andrés Catena
===<i class="fas fa-user-tag fa-xs"></i> Credits ===
*'''Screenplay:''' Sergio Leone, Víctor Andrés Catena , Fernando di Leo, Jamie Comas, [[Duccio Tessari]]
*'''Cast''' (Italian)''':''' Clint Eastwood (Joe / 'Man With No Name'), Marianne Koch (Marisol), Gian Maria Volonté [as John Wells] (Ramon Rojo), Wolfgang Lukschy [as W. Lukschy] (Sheriff John Baxter), Sieghardt Rupp [as S. Rupp] (Esteban Rojo), Josef Egger [as Joe Edger] (Piripero), Antonio Prieto Puerto [as Antonio Prieto] (Don Miguel Benito Rojo), José Calvo (Silvanito), Margarita Lozano [as Margherita Lozano] (Consuelo Baxter), Daniel Martin (Julian / Julio), Benito Stefanelli [as Benny Reeves] (Rubio), Mario Brega [as Richard Stuyvesant] (Chico / Paco), Bruno Carotenuto [as Carol Brown] (Antonio Baxter), Aldo Sambrell [as Aldo Sambreli] (Manolo)
*'''Cinematography:''' Massimo Dallamano (as Jack Dalmas) [Technicolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
*Uncredited actors: Lorenzo Robledo (Baxter henchman), Antonio Molino Rojo (Baxter henchman), Luis Barboo (Baxter henchman), William Thomkins (Baxter henchman), Antonio Padilla (Baxter henchman), Rafael Vaquero (Baxter henchman), Roman Ariznavarreta (Baxter henchman), Mario de Barros (Baxter henchman), Joe Kamel (Baxter henchman), Nino del Arco (Jesus), José Canalejas (Alvaro), Fernando Sanchez Polack (Rojo gang member), José Halufi (Rojo gang member), Luis Rodriguez (Rojo gang member), Joaquín Solís (Rojo gang member), Juan Cortés (Mexican Cavalry Captain), Antonio Moreno (Juan de Dios)
*'''Music:''' [[:Category:Ennio_Morricone|Ennio Morricone]] (as Dan Savio)
*'''Producers:''' Arrigo Colombo (as Harry Colombo), Giorgio Papi (as George Papi)


== Synopsis ==
*'''Director''': [[Sergio Leone]] [as Bob Robertson in original Italian credits]
In a plot largely taken from the Samurai film [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0055630/combined Yojimbo], Clint Eastwood is a laconic stranger who plays two criminal factions in a border town against each other to his own financial gain.
*'''Story:''' Adriano Bolzoni, Víctor Andrés Catena
*'''Screenplay:''' Sergio Leone, Víctor Andrés Catena, Fernando Di Leo, Jamie Comas, [[Duccio Tessari]]
*'''Cinematography:''' Massimo Dallamano [as Jack Dalmas] [Technicolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
*'''Music:''' [[:Category:Ennio_Morricone|Ennio Morricone]] [as Leo Nichols]
*'''Maestro d'armi:''' William Thomkins [as W.R. Thomkins]
*'''Producers:''' Arrigo Colombo [as Harry Colombo], Giorgio Papi [as George Papi]
*'''Production companies:''' Jolly Film


==About==
===<i class="fas fa-gavel fa-xs"></i> Reviews===
By the time Sergio Leone made this film, Italians had already produced about 20 films ironically labelled "spaghetti westerns." Leone approached the genre with great love and humor. Although the plot was admittedly borrowed from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961), Leone managed to create a work of his own that would serve as a model for many films to come. Clint Eastwood plays a cynical gunfighter who comes to a small border town and offers his services to two rivaling gangs. Neither gang is aware of his double play, and each thinks it is using him, but the stranger will outwit them both. The picture was the first installment in a cycle commonly known as the "Dollars" trilogy. Later, United Artists, who distributed it in the U.S., coined another term for it: the "Man With No Name" trilogy. While not as impressive as its follow-ups For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), A Fistful of Dollars contains all of Leone's eventual trademarks: taciturn characters, precise framing, extreme close-ups, and the haunting music of Ennio Morricone. Not released in the U.S. until 1967 due to copyright problems, the film was decisive in both Clint Eastwood's career and the recognition of the Italian western.
* [[A Fistful of Dollars Film Review|Film Review]] (Scherps)
* [[A Fistful of Dollars review|Film Review]] (Phil H)
* [[Für eine Handvoll Dollar Special Edition DVD Review (deutsch)|DVD Review]] (German)
* [[Für eine Handvoll Dollar BluRay Review deutsch|BluRay Review]] (German)


==Trivia==
===<i class="fas fa-lightbulb fa-xs"></i> Trivia ===
American CBS TV network thought the film too violent and immoral to be shown in its original cut. Additional footage was shot and added to give the 'Man With No Name' a reason for his mission. Harry Dean Stanton was hired to portray a prison warden who sent a prisoner, the 'Man With No Name', to Mexico to clean up the town in order to obtain a pardon for past crimes. A stand-in was used for Clint Eastwood, who was a good 6 inches shorter and wore a serape instead of a pancho. He always had his hand on the cigar in his mouth and his hat pulled down low, so his face was covered. Close-ups of Clint's eyes were shown whenever the actors face was shown. This additional footage can now be seen as a bonus feature on the deluxe DVD package.
* Learn more about the [[Man with no Name]].


It's a badly made addition, which was directed by Monte Hellman.
* By the time Sergio Leone made this film, Italians had already produced about 20 films ironically labelled "spaghetti westerns." Leone approached the genre with great love and humor. Although the plot was borrowed from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961), Leone managed to create a work of his own that would serve as a model for many films to come. Clint Eastwood plays a cynical gunfighter who comes to a small border town and offers his services to two rivaling gangs. Neither gang is aware of his double play, and each thinks it is using him, but the stranger will outwit them both. The picture was the first installment in a cycle commonly known as the "Dollars" trilogy. Later, United Artists, who distributed it in the U.S., coined another term for it: the "Man With No Name" trilogy. While not as impressive as its follow-ups For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), A Fistful of Dollars contains all of Leone's eventual trademarks: taciturn characters, precise framing, extreme close-ups, and the haunting music of Ennio Morricone.
* Not released in the U.S. until 1967 due to copyright problems (the film is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo), the film was decisive in both Clint Eastwood's career and the recognition of the Italian western.


== External Links ==
===<i class="fas fa-stopwatch fa-xs"></i> Versions and runtimes===
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058461/combined Internet Movie Database]
* '''Runtime''': 100 minutes
* [http://spaghettiwesterns.1g.fi/fistful/fistful.htm Review by Shobary]
 
* [http://www.filmboob.nl/filmrecensies/749/Per-un-Pugno-di-Dollari-A-Fistful-of-Dollars.html Movie Review (Dutch)]
* In 1977, US TV network CBS thought the film too violent and the main character too immoral for the film to be shown in its original cut. Additional footage was shot and added to give the 'Man With No Name' a reason for his mission. Harry Dean Stanton was hired to portray a prison warden who sent a prisoner, the 'Man With No Name', to Mexico to clean up the town in order to obtain a pardon for past crimes. A stand-in was used for Clint Eastwood, who was a good 6 inches shorter and wore a serape instead of a poncho. He always had his hand on the cigar in his mouth and his hat pulled down low, so his face was covered. Close-ups of Clint's eyes were shown whenever the actors face was shown. This additional footage can now be seen as a bonus feature on the deluxe DVD package. It's a badly made addition, which was directed by Monte Hellman.
* [http://sonofdjango.blogspot.com/2007/07/fistful-of-dollars-dir-sergio-leone.html Review by Son of Django (English)]
* The Italian credits in one version, including blu-rays, list the director, Sergio Leone, as Bob Robertson and music by Leo Nichols. A second version lists Leone and Ennio Morricone correctly. Ironically in this second version, Gian Maria Volonté has his own credit screen but is listed on the following screen with his usual alias for the film as John Wells.
* [http://mondo-esoterica.net/Fistful%20of%20Dollars.html Review at mondo esoterica]
 
* [http://www.eccentric-cinema.com/cult_movies/fistful_dollars.htm Review at eccentric-cinema.com]
External version comparisons:
* [http://por-um-punhado-de-euros.blogspot.com/2010/02/per-un-pugno-di-dollari-1964-realizador.html Review by Por um punhado de euros (Portuguese)]
* [https://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=1610 Schnittbericht zwischen englische Kinofassung - Italienische Fassung] at Schnittberichte.com
* [http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=1610 Schnittbericht zwischen englische Kinofassung - Italienische Fassung] auf Schnittberichte.com
* [https://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=3034 Schnittbericht zwischen ORF 1(X) - FSK 16] at Schnittberichte.com
* [http://www.schnittberichte.com/schnittbericht.php?ID=3034 Schnittbericht zwischen ORF 1(X) - FSK 16] auf Schnittberichte.com
 
* [http://800spaghettiwesterns.blogspot.com/2007/09/por-un-puado-de-dolares.html Review by 800 SW (Spain)]
===<i class="far fa-calendar-alt fa-xs"></i> Release Dates===
* [http://fistfulofpasta.com/index.php?go=reviews/ffodss Review at Fistful of Pasta]
Theatrical launches: September 12, 1964 (Italy), March 5, 1965 (West Germany); December 25, 1965 (Japan); March 16, 1966 (France); January 18, 1967 (USA). 1975 (Germany re-release)
 
===<i class="fa fa-map fa-xs"></i> Filming locations===
* [[:Category: Almería|Almería]]
* Hoyo de Manzanares: Golden City
* Madrid: Casa de Campo - The Riojo House
* Almeria: [[Cortijo el Sotillo]] - Clint drinks water
 
<gallery mode="nolines">
HoyodeManz.png|Golden City
CasadeCampo.png|The Riojo House
ElSotillo.png|Clint drinks water
</gallery>
 
===<i class="fas fa-dollar-sign fa-xs"></i> Production and business===
* A Fistful of Dollars was filmed between April and June 1964
 
* Budget approx $ 200,000
 
===<i class="fas fa-microphone fa-xs"></i> Dubbing===
In the Italian dub, Clint is dubbed by Enrico Maria Salerno, in the German dub by Klaus Kindler.
 
===<i class="fas fa-link fa-xs"></i> External Links ===
*[https://sonofdjango.blogspot.com/2007/07/fistful-of-dollars-dir-sergio-leone.html Review by Son of Django]
*[https://mondo-esoterica.net/Fistful%20of%20Dollars.html Review at mondo esoterica]
*[https://por-um-punhado-de-euros.blogspot.com/2010/02/per-un-pugno-di-dollari-1964-realizador.html Review by Por um punhado de euros] (Portuguese)
*[https://800spaghettiwesterns.blogspot.com/2007/09/por-un-puado-de-dolares.html Review by 800 SW] (Spain)
*[http://www.filmboob.nl/filmrecensies/749/Per-un-Pugno-di-Dollari-A-Fistful-of-Dollars.html Movie Review] (Dutch)
*[https://nerdistan.at/fur-eine-handvoll-dollar/ Bemerkung zum Hellman Prolog auf Nerdistan.at] (German)
*[http://www.comicbookandmoviereviews.com/2010/11/fist-full-of-dollars_24.html Review at Comicbookandmoviereviews.com]
* [https://www.thefilmagazine.com/for-only-a-fistful-of-dollars-how-a-low-budget-western-reinvented-the-hollywood-hero/ For Only A Fistful Of Dollars – How A Low Budget Western Reinvented the Hollywood Hero]
 
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Latest revision as of 17:25, 28 March 2024

Per un pugno di dollari (Italy · Spain · West Germany, 1964) is a spaghetti western by Sergio Leone that premiered in 1964. This highly influential film is credited with starting the Italian western genre craze.

Also known as

Fistful of Dollars (USA) | A Fistful of Dollars | For a Fistful of Dollars | Por un punado de dolares (Spain) | Für eine Handvoll Dollar (Germany) | Por um punhado de dólares (Portugal) | Pour une poignée de dollars (France) | För en handfull dollar (Sweden) | Za garść dolarów (Poland) | Bir Avuç Dolar (Turkey) | 荒野の用心棒 Koya no Yojinbo (Japan) | Pro hrst dolarů (Czech Republic) |یک مشت دلار (Iran) | Béeso Dah Yiníłjaa’ (Navajo) | За шепа долари (Bulgaria) | En nævefuld dollars (Denmark) | Il magnifico straniero (working title, Italy) | Ray El Magnifico (working title, Spain)
A Fistful of Dollars movie poster

Synopsis

In a plot largely taken from the Samurai film Yojimbo, Clint Eastwood is a laconic stranger who plays two criminal factions in a border town against each other to his own financial gain.

Credits

  • Cast (Italian): Clint Eastwood (Joe / 'Man With No Name'), Marianne Koch (Marisol), Gian Maria Volonté [as John Wells] (Ramon Rojo), Wolfgang Lukschy [as W. Lukschy] (Sheriff John Baxter), Sieghardt Rupp [as S. Rupp] (Esteban Rojo), Josef Egger [as Joe Edger] (Piripero), Antonio Prieto Puerto [as Antonio Prieto] (Don Miguel Benito Rojo), José Calvo (Silvanito), Margarita Lozano [as Margherita Lozano] (Consuelo Baxter), Daniel Martin (Julian / Julio), Benito Stefanelli [as Benny Reeves] (Rubio), Mario Brega [as Richard Stuyvesant] (Chico / Paco), Bruno Carotenuto [as Carol Brown] (Antonio Baxter), Aldo Sambrell [as Aldo Sambreli] (Manolo)
  • Uncredited actors: Lorenzo Robledo (Baxter henchman), Antonio Molino Rojo (Baxter henchman), Luis Barboo (Baxter henchman), William Thomkins (Baxter henchman), Antonio Padilla (Baxter henchman), Rafael Vaquero (Baxter henchman), Roman Ariznavarreta (Baxter henchman), Mario de Barros (Baxter henchman), Joe Kamel (Baxter henchman), Nino del Arco (Jesus), José Canalejas (Alvaro), Fernando Sanchez Polack (Rojo gang member), José Halufi (Rojo gang member), Luis Rodriguez (Rojo gang member), Joaquín Solís (Rojo gang member), Juan Cortés (Mexican Cavalry Captain), Antonio Moreno (Juan de Dios)
  • Director: Sergio Leone [as Bob Robertson in original Italian credits]
  • Story: Adriano Bolzoni, Víctor Andrés Catena
  • Screenplay: Sergio Leone, Víctor Andrés Catena, Fernando Di Leo, Jamie Comas, Duccio Tessari
  • Cinematography: Massimo Dallamano [as Jack Dalmas] [Technicolor - Techniscope 2,35:1]
  • Music: Ennio Morricone [as Leo Nichols]
  • Maestro d'armi: William Thomkins [as W.R. Thomkins]
  • Producers: Arrigo Colombo [as Harry Colombo], Giorgio Papi [as George Papi]
  • Production companies: Jolly Film

Reviews

Trivia

  • By the time Sergio Leone made this film, Italians had already produced about 20 films ironically labelled "spaghetti westerns." Leone approached the genre with great love and humor. Although the plot was borrowed from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961), Leone managed to create a work of his own that would serve as a model for many films to come. Clint Eastwood plays a cynical gunfighter who comes to a small border town and offers his services to two rivaling gangs. Neither gang is aware of his double play, and each thinks it is using him, but the stranger will outwit them both. The picture was the first installment in a cycle commonly known as the "Dollars" trilogy. Later, United Artists, who distributed it in the U.S., coined another term for it: the "Man With No Name" trilogy. While not as impressive as its follow-ups For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly (1966), A Fistful of Dollars contains all of Leone's eventual trademarks: taciturn characters, precise framing, extreme close-ups, and the haunting music of Ennio Morricone.
  • Not released in the U.S. until 1967 due to copyright problems (the film is a remake of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo), the film was decisive in both Clint Eastwood's career and the recognition of the Italian western.

Versions and runtimes

  • Runtime: 100 minutes
  • In 1977, US TV network CBS thought the film too violent and the main character too immoral for the film to be shown in its original cut. Additional footage was shot and added to give the 'Man With No Name' a reason for his mission. Harry Dean Stanton was hired to portray a prison warden who sent a prisoner, the 'Man With No Name', to Mexico to clean up the town in order to obtain a pardon for past crimes. A stand-in was used for Clint Eastwood, who was a good 6 inches shorter and wore a serape instead of a poncho. He always had his hand on the cigar in his mouth and his hat pulled down low, so his face was covered. Close-ups of Clint's eyes were shown whenever the actors face was shown. This additional footage can now be seen as a bonus feature on the deluxe DVD package. It's a badly made addition, which was directed by Monte Hellman.
  • The Italian credits in one version, including blu-rays, list the director, Sergio Leone, as Bob Robertson and music by Leo Nichols. A second version lists Leone and Ennio Morricone correctly. Ironically in this second version, Gian Maria Volonté has his own credit screen but is listed on the following screen with his usual alias for the film as John Wells.

External version comparisons:

Release Dates

Theatrical launches: September 12, 1964 (Italy), March 5, 1965 (West Germany); December 25, 1965 (Japan); March 16, 1966 (France); January 18, 1967 (USA). 1975 (Germany re-release)

Filming locations

Production and business

  • A Fistful of Dollars was filmed between April and June 1964
  • Budget approx $ 200,000

Dubbing

In the Italian dub, Clint is dubbed by Enrico Maria Salerno, in the German dub by Klaus Kindler.

External Links

Find this movie elsewhere:

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