A Fistful of Dollars poster
Director Sergio Leone
Screenplay Sergio Leone, Fernando Di Leo, Duccio Tessari, Tonino Valerii, Víctor Andrés Catena, Jaime Comas Gil

A Fistful of Dollars

Original Title: Per un pugno di dollari

Tagline: In his own way he is, perhaps, the most dangerous man who ever lived!

Release Date: 1964-09-12

Duration: 99 minutes

Synopsis

The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

Casting

  • Clint Eastwood
    Joe
  • Benito Stefanelli
    Rubio
  • Mario Brega
    Chico
  • Álvaro de Luna
    Rojo Gang Member (uncredited)
  • Lorenzo Robledo
    Baxter Gunman #1 (uncredited)
  • Joseph Egger
    Piripero
  • Frank Braña
    Baxter Gunman (uncredited)
  • Gian Maria Volonté
    Ramón Rojo
  • Aldo Sambrell
    Rojo Gang Member
  • Antonio Molino Rojo
    Baxter Gunman #2 (uncredited)