Per un pugno di dollari

Per un pugno di dollari is a 1964 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Joseph Egger, Gian Maria Volonté, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto, and Clint Eastwood in his first main role. With a reported modest budget of $200,000, the film was an international co-production involving Italy, West Germany, and Spain. Eastwood received $15,000 for his part in the picture.

It was the first Spaghetti Western film to be released in Italy in 1964 and subsequently in the United States in 1967. Per qualche dollaro in più and Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo —both starring Clint Eastwood—came next. Since Eastwood's character in all three films was referred to as the "Man with No Name" in a United Artists promotional campaign, the films are collectively known as the Dollars Trilogy or the Man with No Name Trilogy. Later, in 1967, all three movies were released in order in the US, propelling Eastwood to celebrity. The movie has been recognized as an unofficial re-make of Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film, which led to Toho, the film's production company, filing a successful lawsuit.

Many of the European cast members and crew adopted American-sounding stage names because there were still few Spaghetti Westerns that had been released in the United States. Among them were Ennio Morricone ("Dan Savio"), Gian Maria Volonté ("Johnny Wels"), and Leone himself ("Bob Robertson"). A Fistful of Dollars was filmed in Spain, primarily in the Hoyo de Manzanares region near Madrid, but it was also shot in the province of Almería's Tabernas Desert and Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, just like its two sequels.

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