A landmark Western that established the Clint Eastwood persona and revitalized the genre. The plot is deceptively simple--and it's lifted from Japanese director Akira Kurosawa's 1961 classic YOJIMBO. Eastwood, the mysterious Man with No Name, rides into a small town embroiled in a struggle
for power between two families. Eastwood hires himself out as a mercenary, first to one faction and then to the other, with no regard for honor or morality. He eventually destroys both, leaving the town to the bartender, coffin-maker, and bell ringer as he rides off into the desert from whence he
came.
The plot is simple and the Italian performances verge on the operatic, but...
Released:
1964
Rated:
NR
Length:
100 mins