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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo

1966 · 161 min · Western

Amid the chaos of the American Civil War, three gunslingers — a laconic bounty hunter, a sadistic killer, and a wily bandit — form and betray shifting alliances in a race to find a fortune in buried gold. Sergio Leone's operatic, definitive Spaghetti Western.

Runtime
161 min
Genre
Western
Mood
dark
Entry
some context
Best for
first visit · film history

Content notes: war or political violence Non-exhaustive

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