Per qualche dollaro in più (1965)

User Rating:

8.3/10   

Director:

Sergio Leone

Writers:

Fulvio Morsella (scenario) and
Sergio Leone (scenario) ...

Release Date:

10 May 1967 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Western

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:

Bounty Hunter | Hunchback | Poker | Warrior | Anti Hero

Cast

Clint Eastwood	...	Monco
Lee Van Cleef	...	Col. Douglas Mortimer
Gian Maria Volontè	...	El Indio
Mara Krupp	...	Mary - the innkeeper (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	...	Tucumcari station clerk (as Robert Camardiel)
Aldo Sambrell	...	Cuccillo
Luis Rodríguez	...	El Indio's gang member (as Luis Rodriguez)
Tomás Blanco	...	Tucumcari sheriff (as Tomas Blanco)
Lorenzo Robledo	...	Blacky
Sergio Mendizábal	...	Tucumcari bank manager (as Sergio Mendizabal)

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)
La muerte tenía un precio (Spain)
Por unos cuantos dólares más (Spain)
Por unos pocos dólares más (Spain)
För några få dollar mer (Finland: Swedish title) (Sweden) [sv]
Pour quelques dollars de plus (Canada: French title) (France) (dubbed version) [fr]
Et pour quelques dollars de plus (France) [fr]
Für ein paar Dollar mehr (Austria) [de]
For noen få dollar mer (Norway) [no]
Hævn for dollars (Denmark) [da]
Még pár dollárral többért (Hungary) [hu]
Monomahia sto El Paso (Greece) [el]
Por Mais Alguns Dólares (Portugal) [pt]
Por unos pocos dólares más (Argentina) [es]
Por uns Dólares a Mais (Brazil) [pt]
Vain muutaman dollarin tähden (Finland) [fi]
Za dolar vise (Yugoslavia: Serbian title) [sr]

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:

Finland:K-16 (1984) (uncut) | Finland:K-16 (1966) (cut) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Brazil:12 | West Germany:16 (nf) | 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

Trivia:

Sergio Leone also considered Robert Ryan for the role of Col. Mortimer, being a fan of his performance in The Naked Spur (1953).

Goofs:

Continuity: In both dream scenes, Mortimer's brother-in-law was shot three times at close range. There are no bullet holes front and back or in the wall behind him.

Quotes:

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

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Anti-Hero's Journey (2004) (V)

The Best of "The Dollars Trilogy" and quite possibly Leone's finest film.

"For a Few Dollars More" has become the template for which most Spaghetti Westerns derive.

As Leone went along, his films got more daring and complex, exploring new ideas and raising not only the bar for Spaghetti Westerns (which, contrary to popular belief, were around before "A Fistful of Dollars") but for Westerns in general. However, this exploration at times affected the quality of his films. Leone was a popcorn director - a visual stylist who always entertained first and maybe provoked a thought or two second. However, his films were never think pieces so when he tried to integrate depth into his films the results became uneven.

"For a Few Dollars More" is his best film because it catches Leone in his most transitional period. At once the film is more complex and stylized than "A Fistful..." and more tight and efficient than "The Good, the Bad and The Ugly" (which is almost on par with "For a Few..."). The revenge sub-plot involving Colonel Mortimer is more compelling than the similar one in Leone's "Once Upon a Time in the West" because Mortimer is more developed as a character than the Harmonica Player (which is not to insult the great Charles Bronson).

And hell, it has Lee Van Cleef as one of the biggest bad-asses of all time. The mere presence of Colonel Douglas Mortimer elevates the film to a new level. He steals the film from "Manco" completely. And Van Cleef's theft of the film is what makes it a cut above "A Fistful...". As a character, "The Man With No Name" (who in actuality has three: Joe, Manco and Blondie) isn't very interesting and there always needs to be a counterpoint to play off of him. That's why "A Fistful..." isn't nearly as good as this film or "The Good..." (which had the great Eli Wallach in one of the best scenery munching performances ever).

So in closing, "For a Few..." is a tight masterpiece of fluff Western entertainment. It's mean, violent and immoral, just the way any good Spaghetti Western should be.