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A Fistful of Dollars (Italian: Per un pugno di dollari) is a 1964 spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood in his first leading role, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschy, Sieghardt Rupp, José Calvo, Antonio Prieto and Joseph Egger. [8]
The Dollars Trilogy spawned a series of spin-off books focused on the Man with No Name, dubbed the Dollars series due to the common theme in their titles: A Fistful of Dollars (1972), film novelization by Frank Chandler; For a Few Dollars More (1965), film novelization by Joe Millard; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1967), film novelization by ...
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 ...
A Fistful of Dollars is also notable for establishing Clint Eastwood as a star. [17] Until that time, Eastwood had been an American television actor with few credited film roles. The look of A Fistful of Dollars was established by its Spanish locations, which presented a violent and morally complex vision of the American Old West. The film paid ...
It was the seventh most popular film at the French box office in 1966, [24] for a total of $10.5 million grossed in international territories outside North America. [25] In the United States, the film debuted on 10 May 1967, four months after the release of A Fistful of Dollars, earning $5.5 million in rentals. [17]
Adapting "A Fistful of Dollars" – the title in the Navajo language is "Béeso Dah Yiníljaa'" – has been underway since 2018. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call ...
The city is a popular filming location for depicting Tibet, ancient Rome, Somalia, and Egypt, according to Lonely Planet. It’s also home to the UNESCO World Heritage site Ait Benhaddou and local ...
The film was released in Italy primarily in 1964, so this can be taken as it's original title - the 'A' is correct. I've also seen it as "For a Fistful of Dollars", but that may be more incorrect than both. MrMenethil 13:23, 13 February 2015 (UTC) The on-screen title is “Fistful of Dollars” so that is the correct title of this film.