For A Few Dollars More
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For a Few Dollars More (Per qualche dollaro in più) is a 1965 film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Gian Maria Volonté. German actor Klaus Kinski also plays a supporting role as a secondary villain. The film was released in the United States in 1967 and is the second part of what is commonly known as the Leone/Eastwood "Dollars" trilogy.
Production
After the box-office success of A Fistful of Dollars in Italy, director Sergio Leone and producer Alberto Grimaldi wanted to begin production on a sequel. In order to do this, they would have to get Clint Eastwood to agree to star in it. However, Eastwood had not even seen the first movie at this time, and was not ready to do another until he had. So Leone gave him an Italian print (an English version had not yet been made) and Eastwood brought some friends to screen the film with him at the CBS Production Center. The reaction was positive, and Eastwood agreed to do a sequel.The film was shot in Spain, with interiors done at Rome's Cinecittà Studios.
Plot
Eastwood (as an unnamed bounty hunter with the nickname of "Monco"[link]), and Van Cleef (Colonel Mortimer) portray two paid killers in pursuit of "El Indio" (Volontè), 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 near-psychedelical scenes. Van Cleef's character has a personal motive for his actions: his sister killed herself while being raped by El Indio. Eastwood is, as in the other "Man with No Name" films, entirely motivated by money.Trivia
- In the U.S., the United Artists publicity campaign referred to Eastwood's character in all three films as The Man With No Name.
- Lee Van Cleef's character was mentioned in the tagline as "The Man in Black."
See also
External links
- [www.spaghetti-western.net] The Spaghetti Western Database
- [www.rottentomatoes.com] A Few Dollars More at Rottentomatoes.com
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