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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
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Directed by Sergio Leone
Produced by Alberto Grimaldi
Screenplay by Age & Scarpelli
Luciano Vincenzoni
Sergio Leone
Uncredited:
Sergio Donati
English Version:
Mickey Knox
Story by Luciano Vincenzoni
Sergio Leone
Starring Clint Eastwood
Lee Van Cleef
Eli Wallach
Music by Ennio Morricone
Cinematography Tonino Delli Colli
Edited by Eugenio Alabiso
Nino Baragli
Production
company
Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)
Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas
Constantin Film
United Artists
Distributed by PEA (Italy)
United Artists (US & UK)
Release date
  • 23 December 1966 (1966-12-23) (Italy)
Running time
177 minutes
Country Italy
West Germany
Spain
United States
Language Italian
English
Budget $1.2 million
Box office $25.1 million

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (Italian: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo, lit. "The good, the ugly, the bad") is a 1966 Italian epic Spaghetti Western Technicolor film in Techniscope directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles respectively. The screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, and Leone (with additional screenplay material and dialogue provided by an uncredited Sergio Donati), based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone. Director of photography Tonino Delli Colli was responsible for the film's sweeping widescreen cinematography and Ennio Morricone composed the film's score, including its main theme. It was a co-production between companies in Italy, Spain, West Germany, and the United States.

The film is known for Leone's use of long shots and close-up cinematography, as well as his distinctive use of violence, tension, and stylistic gunfights. The plot revolves around three gunslingers competing to find fortune in a buried cache of Confederate gold amid the violent chaos of the American Civil War (specifically the New Mexico Campaign in 1862), while participating in many battles and duels along the way. The film was the third collaboration between Leone and Clint Eastwood, and the second with Lee Van Cleef.


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