A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
Plot.
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Cast & Crew.
Clint Eastwood
Joe
Marianne Koch
Marisol
Gian Maria Volonté
Ramón Rojo
Wolfgang Lukschy
John Baxter
Sieghardt Rupp
Esteban Rojo
Joseph Egger
Piripero
Antonio Prieto
Don Benito Rojo / Don Miguel Rojo
José Calvo
Silvanito
Margarita Lozano
Consuelo Baxter
Daniel Martín
Julián
Benito Stefanelli
Rubio / Stunt Coordinator / Stunts
Mario Brega
Chico
Bruno Carotenuto
Antonio Baxter
Aldo Sambrell
Rojo Gang Member
Lorenzo Robledo
Baxter Gunman #1 (uncredited)
Antonio Molino Rojo
Baxter Gunman #2 (uncredited)
Luis Barboo
Baxter Gunman #3 (uncredited)
Juan Cortés
Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
William R. Thompkins
Baxter Gunman (uncredited) / Stunts / Master at Arms / Technical Advisor
Fernando Sánchez Polack
Rojo Gang Member Crushed by Wine Cask (uncredited)
José Canalejas
Rojo Gang Member (uncredited)
Jose Halufi
Rojo Gang Member (uncredited)
Nino Del Arco
Jesus (uncredited)
Antonio Moreno
Juan De Dios (uncredited)
Frank Braña
Baxter Gunman (uncredited)
Álvaro de Luna
Rojo Gang Member (uncredited)
Lee Miller
Man at Bar (uncredited)
José Orjas
(uncredited)
Manuel Peña
(uncredited)
Antonio Pica
Rojo Gang Member (uncredited)
Julio Pérez Tabernero
Baxter Gunman (uncredited)
José Riesgo
Mexican Cavalry Captain (uncredited)
Umberto Spadaro
Miguel - Rojo Gunman (uncredited)
Peter Tevis
The Balladeer (voice) (uncredited) / Theme Song Performance
Edmondo Tieghi
Mexican Soldier (uncredited)
Antonio Vico
(uncredited)
Luis Rodríguez
Rojo Gang Member (uncredited)
Antonio Montoya
Rojo Gang Member (uncredited)
Sergio Leone
Director / Screenstory / Screenplay
Arrigo Colombo
Producer
Giorgio Papi
Producer
Ennio Morricone
Original Music Composer / Conductor
Federico G. Larraya
Director of Photography
Roberto Cinquini
Editor
Alfonso Santacana
Editor
Massimo Dallamano
Director of Photography
Carlo Simi
Art Direction / Set Decoration / Costumer
Sigfrido Burman
Set Decoration
Francisco Rodríguez Asensio
Set Decoration
Dolores Clavel
Hairstylist
Alberto Gutiérrez
Makeup Artist
Sam Watkins
Makeup Artist
Elio Pacella
Sound
Jaime Comas Gil
Production Manager / Screenplay
Ramón Crespo
Production Manager
Franco Palaggi
Production Manager
Günter Raguse
Production Manager
Franco Giraldi
Assistant Director / Second Unit Director
Julio Sempere
Assistant Director
Mario Caiano
Assistant Director
Tonino Valerii
Assistant Director / Screenplay
Adriano Bolzoni
Screenstory
Mark Lowell
Dialogue
Víctor Andrés Catena
Screenstory / Screenplay
Pietro Santini
Production Assistant / Production Secretary
José Luis Pérez
Assistant Makeup Artist
José María Sánchez
Makeup Department Head
Fernando Rossi
Unit Manager
Anselmo Zabala
Unit Production Manager
Adolfo Cofiño
Assistant Set Decoration
Luis Ocaña
Property Master
Rafael Pérez Murcia
Assistant Set Decoration
Manuel Baquero
Special Effects
Giovanni Corridori
Special Effects
Nosher Powell
Stunts
Stelvio Massi
Camera Operator
Eduardo Noé
Second Assistant Camera
Domenico Parrello
Second Assistant Camera
Ramón Sempere
First Assistant Camera
José María Sánchez
Camera Operator
Julio Wizuete
Still Photographer
Igino Lardani
Animation / Title Designer
María Casado
Wardrobe Designer
Alicia Castillo
Assistant Editor
Alessandro Alessandroni
Music Arranger / Musician
Cantori Moderni Di Alessandroni
Theme Song Performance
Michele Lacerenza
Musician
María Antonia Puerta
Script Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 12, 1964
Original NamePer un pugno di dollari
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 39m
Content RatingR
Budget$200,000
Box Office$14,500,000
Filming LocationsMadrid, Spain
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
A Fistful of Dollars (Italian: Per un pugno di dollari) is a 1964 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto and Joseph Egger. The film, an international co-production between Italy, West Germany and Spain, was filmed on a low budget (reported to be $200,000), and Eastwood was paid $15,000 for his role.
Released in Italy in 1964 and in the United States in 1967, the film initiated the popularity of the spaghetti Western genre. It is considered a landmark in cinema and one of the greatest and most influential films of all time. It was followed by For a Few Dollars More and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, both also starring Eastwood. Collectively, the films are known as the Dollars Trilogy, or the Man with No Name Trilogy, after the United Artists publicity campaign referred to Eastwood's character in all three films as the "Man with No Name". All three films were released in sequence in the United States in 1967, catapulting Eastwood into stardom.
The film has been identified as an unofficial remake of the Akira Kurosawa film, Yojimbo (1961), which resulted in a successful lawsuit by Toho, Yojimbo's production company. Kurosawa wrote to Leone directly, saying, "Signor Leone, I have just had the chance to see your film. It is a very fine film, but it is my film. Since Japan is a signatory of the Berne Convention on the international copyright, you must pay me." He and Toho received 15% of the film's revenue, and it is believed that Kurosawa earned more money from the financial settlement than he had made on his own film, Yojimbo.
Few spaghetti Westerns had been released in the United States at the time, so many of the European cast and crew adopted American-sounding stage names. These included Leone ("Bob Robertson"), Gian Maria Volonté ("Johnny Wels") and composer Ennio Morricone ("Dan Savio"). A Fistful of Dollars was shot in Spain, mostly near Hoyo de Manzanares close to Madrid, but also (like its two sequels) in the Tabernas Desert and in the Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, both in the province of Almería.