FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (Per un Pugno di Dollari) (1964) - ♦♦♦♦♦

Directed by - Sergio Leone

Written by - A. Bonzzoni, Victor Andrés Catena, Sergio Leone, Jaime Comas Gil, Fernando Di Leo, Duccio Tussari, Tonino Valerii (based on the Yojimbo screenplay by Ryuzo Kikushima and Arira Kurosawa)

Starring - Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch

"The one that started it all. A wandering gunfighter plays with two rival families whose hatred has torn apart a whole town. While the story may have been lifted off Kurosawa’s film ‘Yojimbo’, a Fistful of Dollars is the unique stylised vision of a legendary filmmaker in his own right Sergio Leone, who revolutionised the western genre and kickstarted the influential celebrated cinematic movement now known as the spaghetti western. Brimming with visual creativity that is instantly iconic, starring an iconic Clint Eastwood and a crazed Volonté, with a pacing dictated by the wonderful score by Ennio Morricone, this film is simply wonderful and nothing short of age defining."

Western, Italy/Spain/West Germany