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A Fistful of Dollars (1964) was a Western - Action Film directed by Monte Hellman and Sergio Leone 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 decid... 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 decid... Read full article


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Chico: Our orders are to make sure he does not die... but also to make sure he regrets the day he was born.


Joe: To kill a man you shoot him in the heart. Isn't that what you said, Ramon?


Esteban Rojo: My name is Esteban Rojo, my bother aked me to... what are you doing?
Joe: Moving.
Esteban Rojo: Don't you know all our men sleep here with us?
Joe: Well that's all very cozy, but I don't find you men all that appealing.


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Facts about

Clint Eastwood wore the same boots that he did in Rawhide.
According to "Once Upon a Time in the Italian West" by Howard Hughes, Leone spotted a tree, while on location, that he thought would be perfect for the hanging tree at the beginning of the film, so the tree was dug up and relocated.
A remake of Yôjinbô, which itself was based on the as yet unadapted 1929 novel "Red Harvest" by Dashiell Hammett. In fact, the film's US release was delayed when "Yojimbo" screenwriters Akira Kurosawa and Ryûzô Kikushima sued the filmmakers for breach of copyright. Kurosawa and Kikushima won, and as a result received 15% of the film's worldwide gross and exclusive distribution rights for Japan, Taiwan and South Korea. Kurosawa said later he made more money off of this project than he did on Yôjinbô.
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