Film

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966

Directed by Sergio Leone

  • Western
  • 161 min
  • R

For three men the Civil War wasn't hell. It was practice.

While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

Westerngoldarmybounty hunterhitmanrefugeeanti heromoral ambiguitygallowsoutlawgun battleshootoutspaghetti western

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Epic, meticulous, contemplative and grave.

  • intimateepic
  • rawmeticulous
  • contemplativerelentless
  • gravecomic
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