Film

A Fistful of Dollars 1964

Directed by Sergio Leone

  • Western
  • 99 min
  • R

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

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.

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