Number 141 on IMDb's Top 250
Clint Eastwood (as an unnamed bounty hunter with the nickname of "Monco"), and Lee Van Cleef (Colonel Mortimer) portray two paid killers in pursuit of "El Indio" (Gian Volonte), one of the most wanted fugitives in the western territories and his gang (one of whom is played by Kinski). El Indio is a ruthless, intelligent man addicted to what is apparently marijuana; his drug-induced craziness is emphasized in some neapsychedelical scenes. Van Cleef's character has a personal motive for his actions: his sister killed herself whilst being raped by El Indio. Eastwood is, as in the other "Man with No Name" films, entirely motivated by money. Hilarity ensues.
Trivia: Lee Van Cleef claimed to be faster on the draw than Clint Eastwood. He took three frames of film (one eighth of a second) to draw, cock and fire. Although Eastwood's poncho was never washed during the production of the dollar trilogy, it was mended. In the final scene of 'Fistful of dollars', the poncho is pierced by seven bullets from Ramon's Winchester. In the sequel, Eastwood wears the same poncho back-to-front and the mending of the bullet holes is clearly visible in several scenes. The mended area, originally on the left breast, is now worn over the right shoulder-blade.
Ah, The Man With No Name, two of the MWNN films made it to the top 250, the other is The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly. Sergio Leone was the master of spaghetti westerns, and this is no exception. Eastwood is good as the calm, cool, unruffled, quiet bounty killer. Lee Van Cleef is great as Col. Mortimer, he was allowed more leeway with this character then he was with Angel Eyes (The Bad from The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly). Great Movie.
2 comments:
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are these new additions to your film vocabulary series? what do they mean?
Huh? owhat do yomean? I don't seany misspelleded words.
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