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The three films came to be considered a trilogy following the exploits of the same so-called "Man with No Name", portrayed by Clint Eastwood. The " Man with No Name " concept was invented by the American distributor United Artists , looking for a strong angle to sell the films as a trilogy. [ 2 ]
The Outlaw Josey Wales is a 1976 American revisionist Western film set during and after the American Civil War. [3] It was directed by and starred Clint Eastwood (as Josey Wales), with Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke, Bill McKinney and John Vernon.
A Fistful of Dollars was directly adapted from Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961). It was the subject of a lawsuit by Yojimbo ' s producers. [6] Yojimbo ' s protagonist, an unconventional rōnin (a samurai with no master) played by Toshiro Mifune, bears a striking resemblance to Eastwood's character: both are quiet, gruff, eccentric strangers with a strong but unorthodox sense of justice and ...
Directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach, this is one of the best-known Westerns of all time. Everyone has seen Blondie the professional gunslinger, in ...
30 Greatest Western Movies Ever Made, According to Critics. Chuck Nelson. March 7, 2024 at 10:00 PM ... but this film — his first of three to feature Clint Eastwood’s iconic gunman — made ...
The western is one of the most beloved genres of all. ... Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992) A ruthless killer turned pig farmer reluctantly takes one last job, and carnage ensues. Eastwood ...
For a Few Dollars More (Italian: Per qualche dollaro in più) is a 1965 Spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone. It stars Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef as bounty hunters and Gian Maria Volonté as the primary villain. [3] German actor Klaus Kinski plays a supporting role as a secondary villain.
Coogan’s Bluff (1968) A fish-out-of-water cop thriller with Eastwood as the Stetson-wearing fish. Directed by his mentor and longtime collaborator, Don Siegel, this was the actor’s first non ...