AKA Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo. The Magnificent Rogues."Two hundred thousand dollars is a lot of money. We're gonna have to earn it."
Blondie (Clint Eastwood), is a bountyhunter. Angel Eyes (Lee Van Cleef), is a hit man, and Tuco (Eli Wallach), an outlaw on the run. Tuco and Blondie have an uneasy partnership, scamming towns out of the bounty for Tuco, then making off with the money. But when Blondie disolves the partnership, leaving Tuco for dead, Tuco vows to hunt Blondie down. Having caught up with Blondie the pair stumble upon the only survivor of a robbery and learn from the dying man that he buried a stash of gold in a cemetery. Each has one piece of the puzzle and so come to an uneasy truce in their hunt to uncover the cash. Unfortunately for the pair Angel Eyes is also on the hunt for the loot and discovers that they know where it is. Who is going to get there first and who will walk away with the money?
Leone revisits the western genre and again he ups the anti. Now with some real money he comes up with a longer, deeper (almost philosophical) and more spectacular film. This contains everything, action, comedy, and even pathos, as the three make their way across civil war torn North America in search of the treasure. A masterpiece in any genre.
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