Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)

Director:

Sergio Leone

Writers:

Fulvio Morsella (scenario) and
Sergio Leone (scenario) ...
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Release Date:

10 May 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Western | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

The man with no name is back... The man in black is waiting! As if one wasn't enough . . . as if death needed a double!

Plot:

Two bounty hunters with completely different intentions team up to track down a Western outlaw.

Plot Keywords:

Dead Woman On Bed | Insanity | Cult Western | Haunted By Past | Woman Shot

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	Monco
Lee Van Cleef	...	Col. Douglas Mortimer
Gian Maria Volontè	...	El Indio
Mara Krupp	...	Mary (as Mara Krup)
Luigi Pistilli	...	Groggy
Klaus Kinski	...	Wild (the hunchback)
Joseph Egger	...	Old Prophet (as Josef Egger)
Panos Papadopulos	...	Sancho Perez (as Panos Papadopoulos)
Benito Stefanelli	...	Luke
Roberto Camardiel	...	Station clerk (as Robert Camardiel)
Aldo Sambrell	...	Cuccillo
Luis Rodríguez	...	Gangmember (as Luis Rodriguez)
Tomás Blanco	...	Santa Cruz Telegrapher (as Tomas Blanco)
Lorenzo Robledo	...	Tomaso
Sergio Mendizábal	...	Tucumcari bank manager (as Sergio Mendizabal)
Dante Maggio	...	Indio's Cell Mate
Diana Rabito	...	Girl in tub
Giovanni Tarallo	...	Bank Guard
Mario Meniconi	...	Train Conductor
Mario Brega	...	Nino
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Werner Abrolat	...	Slim, member of Indio's gang (uncredited)
Román Ariznavarreta	...	Shaved Bounty Hunter (uncredited)
Frank Braña	...	Blackie (uncredited)
José Canalejas	...	Chico (Indio gang member) (uncredited)
Rosemary Dexter	...	Mortimer's sister (uncredited)
Diana Faenza	...	Tomaso's wife (uncredited)
Eduardo García	...	(uncredited)
Jesús Guzmán	...	Carpetbagger on Train (uncredited)
Peter Lee Lawrence	...	Mortimer's brother-in-law (uncredited)
Francesca Leone	...	Crying baby (uncredited)
Sergio Leone	...	Voice of whistling bounty hunter (uncredited)
Rafael López Somoza	...	El Paso Tavernkeeper (uncredited)
José Marco	...	'Baby' Red Cavanaugh (uncredited)
Guillermo Méndez	...	Sherrif of White Rocks (uncredited)
Antonio Molino Rojo	...	Indio's gang member (uncredited)
José Félix Montoya	...	(uncredited)
Nazzareno Natale	...	Paco, member of Indio's gang (uncredited)
Enrique Navarro	...	Sherrif of Tucumcari (uncredited)
Ricardo Palacios	...	Tucumcari saloon keeper (uncredited)
Aldo Ricci	...	(uncredited)
Antonio Ruiz	...	Fernando (uncredited)
Enrique Santiago	...	(uncredited)
Carlo Simi	...	El Paso bank manager (uncredited)
José Terrón	...	Guy Calloway (uncredited)
Kurt Zips	...	Mary's Husband (uncredited)

Directed by
Sergio Leone

Writing credits
Fulvio Morsella		(scenario) and
Sergio Leone		(scenario)
Sergio Leone		(screenplay) and
Luciano Vincenzoni		(screenplay)
Luciano Vincenzoni		(dialogue: English version)
Fernando Di Leo		uncredited
Sergio Donati		uncredited

Produced by
Arturo González	....	producer (as Arturo Gonzalez)
Alfredo Fraile	....	executive producer: Spain (uncredited)
Alberto Grimaldi	....	producer (uncredited)

Original Music by
Ennio Morricone

Cinematography by
Massimo Dallamano		(director of photography)

Film Editing by
Eugenio Alabiso
Adriana Novelli
Giorgio Serrallonga		(as Giorgio Serralonga)

Costume Design by
Carlo Simi

Makeup Department
Amedeo Alessi	....	makeup artist
Rino Carboni	....	head makeup artist
Juan Farsac	....	makeup artist (uncredited)
Isabel Mellado	....	assistant makeup artist (uncredited)

Production Management
Manuel Castedo	....	production supervisor
Ottavio Oppo	....	production manager
Norberto Soliño	....	production supervisor (as Norbert Solino)
Fernando Rossi	....	production supervisor (uncredited)
José Sánchez	....	assistant production manager (uncredited)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Tonino Valerii	....	assistant director
Fernando Di Leo	....	assistant director (uncredited)
Julio Ortas	....	second unit director (uncredited)
Julio Sempere	....	assistant director (uncredited)

Art Department
Rafael Ferri	....	assistant art decorator (as Raphael Ferri Jorda)
Carlo Leva	....	assistant art director
Carlo Simi	....	sets
Ángel Cabero	....	setting (uncredited)
Montoro	....	setting (uncredited)

Sound Department
Oscar De Arcangelis	....	sound
Guido Ortenzi	....	sound

Special Effects by
Giovanni Corridori	....	special effects (as Corridori Giovanni)
Eros Bacciucchi	....	special effects (uncredited)
Manuel Baquero	....	special effects (uncredited)

Visual Effects by
Ludovico Bettarello	....	digital online film restoration: Technicolor Rome (uncredited)

Stunts
Luis Beltran	....	stunts (uncredited)
Nosher Powell	....	stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
Mario Lommi	....	assistant camera
Eduardo Noé	....	camera operator (as Eduardo Noe)
Aldo Ricci	....	camera operator
Isidro Muro	....	first assistant camera (uncredited)
Julio Ortas	....	director of photography: second unit (uncredited)

Casting Department
Luis Beltran	....	local casting (uncredited)

Editorial Department
Adriana Novelli	....	supervising editor

Music Department
Bruno Nicolai	....	conductor
Nino Culasso	....	musician: trumpet (uncredited)
Ennio Morricone	....	conductor (uncredited)

Other crew
Borja	....	shoemaker
Mariano Canales	....	direction secretary
Mariano Canales	....	script supervisor
Fernando Di Leo	....	assistant: Mr. Leone
Arturo González	....	presenter
Alberto Grimaldi	....	presenter
Sergio Leone	....	copyright holder
Antonio Palombi	....	production secretary
Maria Luisa Rosen	....	continuity

Production Companies

• Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas S.A.
• Constantin Film Produktion
• Produzioni Europee Associati (PEA)

Distributors

• Constantin Film (1966) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• United Artists Films (1966) (Finland) (theatrical) (cut version)
• United Artists Corporation (1967) (UK) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• United Artists (1967) (USA) (theatrical) (dubbed)
• United Artists (1969) (USA) (VHS) (re-release)
• American Broadcasting Company (ABC) (1974) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• United Artists Films (1984) (Finland) (theatrical)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (1991) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Astro Distribution (1994) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc)
• MGM Home Entertainment (1998) (USA) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2000) (Netherlands) (VHS)
• MGM Home Entertainment (Europe) (2001) (UK) (DVD)
• Divisa Home Video (2002) (Spain) (DVD)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment (2002) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• FS Film Oy (2005) (Finland) (DVD)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• MGM Home Entertainment (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Divisa Home Video (2008) (Spain) (DVD)
• 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment (Brazil) (DVD)
• MGM/UA Home Entertainment (USA) (VHS)
• Regia-Arturo González Rodríguez (Spain)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Other Companies

• Andrea Leone Films  thanks (DVD version)
• Cornejo  costumes
• Eureka Edizioni Musicali  music publisher
• Luna  props
• Mateos  props
• Mengíbar  props
• Vázquez Hermanos  props

Also Known As:

For a Few Dollars More (UK) (USA)
A Few Dollars More (Philippines: English title)
Due stranieri magnifici (Italy) (working title)
Für ein paar Dollar mehr (West Germany)
For Some Dollars More (International: English title)
Muerte tenía un precio, La (Spain)
Por unos cuantos dólares más (Spain)
Por unos pocos dólares más (Spain)

Runtime:

132 min | USA:132 min (DVD version)

Country:

Italy | Spain | West Germany | Monaco

Language:

Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

West Germany:16 (nf) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Brazil:12 | Finland:K-16 (1984) (uncut) | Finland:K-16 (1966) (cut) | Germany:16 (DVD rating) | UK:X (original rating) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Canada:G (Quebec) (re-rating) (2003) | Ireland:15 | Norway:15 (DVD rating) (2005) | Norway:16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG | South Korea:12 | Spain:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | USA:M (original rating) | USA:R (re-rating) (1989) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) (original rating) | Canada:PG (Manitoba/Ontario) | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Almería Railway Station, Almería, Andalucía, Spain

Company:

Arturo González Producciones Cinematográficas S.A.

Trivia:

Aldo Sambrell's character name "Cochelio" is the English spelling of the Spanish word "cuchillo", which means knife.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Mortimer is trying to kill the man at the beginning of the film, he should be tracking his gun from right to left, not the other way around.

Quotes:

[first lines]
Train Conductor: Tickets. Tickets, please. Tickets. Tickets. Thank you. Tickets.

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "The Gummi Bears: For a Few Sovereigns More (#2.3)" (1986)

Awe-inspiring, classic western by one of my favorite directors. QT fans, this is the trilogy he got his inspiration from.

"For a Few Dollars More," the middle installment of the iconic Sergio Leone/Clint Eastwood "Dollars" trilogy, is the most brutal of all three films. Throughout the movie, ruthless bounty hunters, all of who seem to have no respect for human life, often perform cold-blooded murders. The bounty hunters use the "wild west" as a free range: they track, they kill, and they collect.

One of these bounty hunters happens to be The Man with No Name (Eastwood), who returns to us now after his introduction in "A Fistful of Dollars," which was the first movie of the trilogy. (An interesting observation is that the "man with no name" actually does have a name in each installment -- here, his name is Manco, but this is a fact that is often forgotten.)

The Man with No Name/Manco is on a mission to find the criminal Indio (Gian Maria Volonté), whose capture is worth a large sum of money. It is quickly set up that local law enforcement is weak. Sheriffs are cowards. Only the vicious bounty hunters know how to drag in the criminals: dead or alive. Along for the journey is a fellow bounty hunter named Mortimer (Lee Van Cleef), whose own reasons for seeking the man differ from Manco's. At first, the two killers go their own separate ways, and then decide to team up together and improve their chances of finding Indio -- despite the fact that their intentions for his capture are different.

Not only are the two men's intentions different, but also their methods. Mortimer is a ruthless, cold-blooded murderer whose self-confidence is revealed through his barbaric actions. Manco, the hero, is less of a murderer and more of a law enforcer. Leone quickly sets this up through a sequence of shots: Mortimer's introduction, for example, begins with his search for a criminal, which finally comes to a finish as Mortimer confronts the man (who is hiding in a brothel). His foe manages to escape through a window, leaping onto a horse and galloping away through town. The images that follow reveal an insight into Mortimer's own self-confidence and startlingly calm nature.

Manco's appearance is even more dramatic. He tracks down his own victim, and corners him in a saloon, only to see three cowboys appear out of nowhere and block off all exits. In one quick motion he swings around and fires three successive shots, each bullet finding its target.

Here it is established that Manco is an underdog; therefore, our story's hero. He isn't as ruthless as Mortimer (who mercilessly picks his prey off from a distance) and his actions are somewhat admirable. The cowboys who tried to kill him were the bad guys. Manco was the good guy.

Its lesser admirers often describe the film as being "too long". It's true that the film contains some unnecessary scenes, and these are often dragged out for dramatic effect -- but that is the point. The movie, directed by one of cinema's most ambitious and visionary directors (Sergio Leone, 1929 - 1989), is all about long passages of close-ups and wide-lense shots. Along with its predecessor and particularly its sequel, the "Dollars" trilogy revolutionized the derogatory "spaghetti western" description. In the years to come, Hollywood would actually aim to create films similar to the "Dollars" movies -- all of which were inferior. The entire "Dollars" trilogy has such scope, and ambition, that its Hollywood counterparts pale in comparison.

Leone's direction is magnificent and would later inspire -- of all people -- Quentin Tarantino (whose "Kill Bill" movies owe something to the "Dollars" trilogy). Long, wide lenses and extreme close-ups only accentuate the fear of the men. There is a particular sequence of shots that clips back and forth between Mortimer and a wanted notice pinned to the exterior of a building. Leone slowly builds up the back-and-forth shots until they burst into a pattern of super-speed images, distinctly closed with the sound of gunshots. It's this sort of blazing, distinct style that makes the film so infectious and enjoyable.

The acting cannot be criticized, although the English dubbing is sometimes rather laughable. Eastwood is one of the only actors whose voice is not dubbed -- but he rarely speaks. His face does all the talking. Lee Van Cleef (who was re-cast by Leone as a separate character in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly") manages to turn Mortimer into one of the quintessential bad guys of cinema. Although the dubbing can occasionally detract from the flow of scenes and dialogue, the two lead performances by Eastwood and Van Cleef more than compensate for this slight flaw.

Hollywood was cautious about releasing "Dollars." Eastwood, known for his role in the television series "Rawhide," was the only marketable star. The director was an unknown Italian with no commercial successes. As its predecessor before it, "For a Few Dollars More" was delayed release in the States, where it was deemed "unworthy."

However, the movie was a huge success in Italy, in particular; Clint Eastwood quickly gained a cult fan base overseas, but it was not until May 1967 -- after the US release of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" -- that "For a Few Dollars More" and its predecessor would open to critical accolade and deserved celebration in the United States. Now, almost forty years later, it's still a fascinating piece of classic cinema.