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A Fistful of Dollars
In his own way he is, perhaps, the most dangerous man who ever lived!
The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.
  • Released on 09/12/1964 (Movie)
  • 7.837 out of 10 (4129 votes on TMDB)
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Clint Eastwood

Character's name: "Joe"
Birthday: 05/31/1930
Birthplace: San Francisco, California, USA
Biography:
Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr. (born May 31, 1930) is an American film actor, director, producer, composer and former politician. Following his breakthrough role on the TV series "Rawhide" (1959–65), Eastwood starred as the Man with No Name in Sergio Leone's Dollars Trilogy of spaghetti westerns ("A Fistful of Dollars," "For a Few Dollars More," and "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly") in the 1960s, and as San Francisco Police Department Inspector Harry Callahan in the Dirty Harry films ("Dirty Harry," "Magnum Force," "The Enforcer," "Sudden Impact," and "The Dead Pool") during the 1970s and 1980s. These roles, along with several others in which he plays tough-talking no-nonsense police officers, have made him an enduring cultural icon of masculinity. Eastwood won Academy Awards for Best Director and Producer of the Best Picture, as well as receiving nominations for Best Actor, for his work in the films "Unforgiven" (1992) and "Million Dollar Baby" (2004). These films in particular, as well as others including "Play Misty for Me" (1971), "The Outlaw Josey Wales" (1976), "Pale Rider" (1985), "In the Line of Fire" (1993), "The Bridges of Madison County" (1995), and "Gran Torino" (2008), have all received commercial success and/or critical acclaim. Eastwood's only comedies have been "Every Which Way but Loose" (1978) and its sequel "Any Which Way You Can" (1980); despite being widely panned by critics they are the two highest-grossing films of his career after adjusting for inflation. Eastwood has directed most of his own star vehicles, but he has also directed films in which he did not appear such as "Mystic River" (2003) and "Letters from Iwo Jima" (2006), for which he received Academy Award nominations and "Changeling" (2008), which received Golden Globe Award nominations. He has received considerable critical praise in France in particular, including for several of his films which were panned in the United States, and was awarded two of France's highest honors: in 1994 he received the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres medal and in 2007 was awarded the Légion d'honneur medal. In 2000 he was awarded the Italian Venice Film Festival Golden Lion for lifetime achievement. Since 1967 Eastwood has run his own production company, Malpaso, which has produced the vast majority of his films. He also served as the nonpartisan mayor of Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, from 1986 to 1988. Eastwood has seven children by five women, although he has only married twice. An audiophile, Eastwood is also associated with jazz and has composed and performed pieces in several films along with his eldest son, Kyle Eastwood. Description above adapted from the Wikipedia article Clint Eastwood, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Marianne Koch

Character's name: "Marisol"
Birthday: 08/19/1931
Birthplace: Munich, Baviére, Allemagne
Biography:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Marianne Koch (born August 19, 1931 in Munich) is a retired German actress of the 1950s and 1960s, best known for her appearances in spaghetti westerns and adventure films of the 1960s. She later worked as a television host and as a physician. Between 1950 and 1971, Koch appeared in more than 65 films. In the haunting 1954 espionage thriller Night People she starred alongside Gregory Peck. Sergio Leone's 1964 production A Fistful of Dollars showcased her alongside Clint Eastwood as a civilian tormented by ruthless local gangsters, torn between her husband and child and the villains. In Germany she was probably best-loved for her many years of participation in the highly popular TV game show Was bin ich which ran from the 1950s until 1988 and achieved ratings of up to 75% at its peak. In 1971, she resumed the medical studies she had broken off in the early 1950s to become an actress. She got her MD in 1974 and practiced medicine until 1997 as a specialist in Munich. In 1976, she was one of the initial hosts of Germany's pioneering talk show 3 nach 9 [Three After Nine], for which she was awarded one of the most prestigious awards of the German television industry, the Grimme Preis. She also hosted other television shows and had a medical advice program on radio. In 1953, she married the physician Gerhard Freund, with whom she has two sons. The marriage ended in 1973 after Freund began an affair with Miss World 1956, Petra Schürmann, whom he later wed. Marianne Koch is in a relationship with the publicist Peter Hamm since the mid 1980s. Description above from the Wikipedia article Marianne Koch, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

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Gian Maria Volonté

Character's name: "Ramón Rojo"
Birthday: 04/09/1933
Date of Death: 12/06/1994
Birthplace: Milano, Lombardia, Italy
Biography:
Gian Maria Volonté (9 April 1933 – 6 December 1994) was an Italian actor. He is perhaps most famous outside of Italy for his roles as the main villain in Sergio Leone's A Fistful of Dollars (credited in the USA as "Johnny Wels") and For a Few Dollars More. In Italy and much of Europe, he was notable for his roles in high-profile social dramas depicting the political and social stirrings of Italian and European society in the 1960s and 1970s, including four films directed by Elio Petri - We Still Kill the Old Way (1967), Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion (1971), The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) and Todo modo (1976). He is also recognized for his performances in Jean-Pierre Melville's Le Cercle Rouge (1970) and Giuliano Montaldo's Sacco & Vanzetti (1971). Description above from the Wikipedia article Gian Maria Volonté, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Wolfgang Lukschy

Character's name: "John Baxter"
Birthday: 10/19/1905
Date of Death: 07/10/1983
Birthplace: Berlin, Germany
Biography:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Wolfgang Lukschy (born 19 October 1905 - 10 July 1983 in Berlin) was a German actor and dubber. He performed in theater, film and television. He made over 75 film and TV appearances between 1940 and 1979. Possibly his most noted performances worldwide were his roles as Alfred Jodl in the 1962 American war film The Longest Day and as John Baxter in Sergio Leone's 1964 production A Fistful of Dollars alongside Clint Eastwood and Gian Maria Volonté. Description above from the Wikipedia article Wolfgang Lukschy, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

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Sieghardt Rupp

Character's name: "Esteban Rojo"
Birthday: 06/14/1931
Date of Death: 07/20/2015
Birthplace: Bregenz, Austria
Biography:
Sieghardt Rupp (14 June 1931 – 20 July 2015) was an Austrian actor who performed in film, television and theatre. He made over 55 film and TV appearances beginning in 1959, with his career peaking in the 1960s. He became known for his performances in gangster or Western films in the 1960s where he typically portrayed a bandit or mercenary. His dark features, similar to those of his Italian co-stars meant that he could play Latin characters, such as Mexicans. His most noted Western performance was his role as Esteban Rojo in Sergio Leone's 1964 production A Fistful of Dollars alongside Clint Eastwood and Gian Maria Volonté. He appeared in many other Westerns in the 1960s such as Blood at Sundown (1966) although he appeared in the romantic adventure Angelique and the Sultan in 1968.

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Joseph Egger

Character's name: "Piripero"
Birthday: 02/21/1889
Date of Death: 08/29/1966
Birthplace: Donawitz, Styria, Austria-Hungary [now Austria]
Biography:
Joseph Egger, also known as Josef Egger, (22 February 1889 – 29 August 1966) was an Austrian character actor who appeared in 76 films between 1935 and 1965. The 18-year-old Egger started his stage career at the Leoben theatre. During the following decades, he also appeared at the Raimund Theater in Vienna and at the Deutsches Theater in Munich. Besides acting Egger was a well-known music hall comedian, and he was famous for doing "tricks" with his beard. He received his first film offers during the 1930s and specialized on portraying eccentric old men in supporting roles. During the 1950s, he appeared in comedic roles in numerous Austrian Heimatfilms of that era. Internationally, Egger appeared as a character actor in the first two films of the Sergio Leone western "Dollars Trilogy": As the coffin-builder in A Fistful of Dollars (1964) and as the Prophet in his final film appearance For a Few Dollars More (1965). Source: Article "Joseph Egger" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Antonio Prieto

Character's name: "Don Benito Rojo / Don Miguel Rojo"
Birthday: 02/03/1905
Date of Death: 02/04/1965
Birthplace: Aspe, Alicante, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain
Biography:
AnAntonio Prieto Puerto (2 February 1905 - 4 February 1965) was a Spanish actor. He was born in Aspe, province of Alicante in 1905. He made his film debut in 1953 in El mensaje, then he appeared in Los Tarantos (1963) along Carmen Amaya, Rififi (1955) along Fernando Fernán-Gómez, El tímido and Llanto por un bandido (1964). His most notable role was Don Benito Rojo in Sergio Leone's film A Fistful of Dollars (1964) along with Gian Maria Volonté.

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José Calvo

Character's name: "Silvanito"
Birthday: 03/03/1916
Date of Death: 05/16/1980
Birthplace: Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Biography:
José Calvo (March 3, 1916 – May 16, 1980) was a Spanish film actor best known for his roles in western films or historical dramas. He made around 150 appearances mostly in films between 1952 and his death in 1980. He entered film in 1952 and was prolific as an actor throughout the 1950s and 1960s. He made many appearances in crime dramas, often with a historical theme and appeared in a high number of western films. In 1964 he starred as the innkeeper Silvanito in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western production A Fistful of Dollars as one of Clint Eastwood's few "amigos" in the town of San Miguel. He later appeared in westerns such as I Giorni dell'ira (1967) opposite Lee Van Cleef, Anda muchacho, spara! (1971) and Dust in the Sun (1973) etc. However, after the Spaghetti western era of the late 1960s, in the 1970s he returned to appearing in primarily Spanish films and in contrast to the roles which dominated much of his career did appear in several Spanish comedy films often with slapstick humor as that genre grew popular in Latin cinema during this period. He died in Gran Canaria on May 16, 1980 aged 64. Description above from the Wikipedia article José Calvo, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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Margarita Lozano

Character's name: "Consuelo Baxter"
Birthday: 02/14/1931
Date of Death: 02/07/2022
Birthplace: Tetuan, Spanish protectorate in Morocco
Biography:
Margarita de las Flores Lozano Jiménez (14 February 1931 – 7 February 2022) was a Spanish actress known for her career in Italian films. She worked for Luis Buñuel in Viridiana, Sergio Leone in A Fistful of Dollars, Pier Paolo Pasolini in Pigsty, the Taviani brothers in The Night of the Shooting Stars, Kaos and Good Morning Babylon; Nanni Moretti in La messa è finita; and in Claude Berri's diptych Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources.

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Daniel Martín

Character's name: "Julián"
Birthday: 05/12/1935
Date of Death: 09/28/2009
Birthplace: Cartagena, Murcia, Spain
Biography:
Daniel Martín (12 May 1935 – 28 September 2009) was a Spanish actor. Martín was known for his role as Rafael in the film Los Tarantos (1963), directed by Francisco Rovira Beleta and starring Antonio Gades and Carmen Amaya. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at 36th edition. He played Condor in the Spaghetti western film Blood River (1974), starring Fabio Testi, John Ireland and Rosalba Neri, and Julián in A Fistful of Dollars (1964).

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Benito Stefanelli

Character's name: "Rubio"
Birthday: 09/02/1928
Date of Death: 12/18/1999
Birthplace: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Biography:
Benito Stefanelli (2 September 1928 – 18 December 1999) was an Italian film actor, stuntman and weapons master who made over 60 appearances in film between 1955 and 1991.

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Mario Brega

Character's name: "Chico"
Birthday: 03/25/1923
Date of Death: 07/23/1994
Birthplace: Rome, Lazio, Italy
Biography:
Mario Brega (25 March 1923 – 23 July 1994) was an Italian character actor. His heavy build meant that he regularly portrayed a thug in his films, particularly earlier in his career in westerns. Later in his career, however, he featured in numerous Italian comedy films. Brega stood at 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) and well over 250 pounds (110 kg) at his heaviest but after the 1960s slimmed down significantly. Brega was born in Rome. He was a butcher before he drifted into acting, where his heavy physique ensured him a plethora of character roles. Debuting with director Dino Risi, he then played some minor roles in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western movies: A Fistful of Dollars, as Chico; For a Few Dollars More, as Niño; The Good, the Bad and the Ugly as Corporal Wallace; and also as a gangster in Once Upon a Time in America. He appeared in many other Spaghetti Westerns, including Death Rides a Horse, The Great Silence, and My Name is Nobody. Later in his career he had comical roles with director Carlo Verdone, such as in Un sacco bello and Talcum Powder. He died of heart attack in Rome in 1994. Description above from the Wikipedia article Mario Brega, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Bruno Carotenuto

Character's name: "Antonio Baxter"
Birthday: 05/08/1941
Biography:
Bruno Carotenuto (born 8 May 1941) is an Italian actor. He is known for playing Antonio Baxter in A Fistful of Dollars (1964), and Tom Strike in La sceriffa (1959).

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Aldo Sambrell

Character's name: "Rojo Gang Member"
Birthday: 02/23/1931
Date of Death: 07/10/2010
Birthplace: Vallecas, Madrid, Spain
Biography:
Alfredo Sánchez Brell (23 February 1931 – 10 July 2010), born Alfredo Sánchez Brell, was a Spanish stage and screen actor, director, and producer who appeared in over 150 films between 1961 and 1996. His parents were exiled to Mexico, where Aldo began a football career in Puebla F.C., known as Madrileño Sánchez. When he returned to Spain he played for Alcoyano and Rayo Vallecano, and finally started to work as an actor.

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Lorenzo Robledo

Character's name: "Baxter Gunman #1 (uncredited)"
Birthday: 07/03/1921
Date of Death: 09/01/2006
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Biography:
Lorenzo Robledo (3 July 1918 – September 2006) was a Spanish film actor, who made over 85 appearances in film between 1956 and 1982. He is a familiar face in Italian westerns, having appeared in a total of 32 Spaghetti Western films throughout the 1960s and early 1970s. Robledo is probably best known for his roles in Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western films of the 1960s and 1970s, portraying minor characters in the trilogy of films A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), and Once Upon a Time in the West in 1968. He acted in many other westerns prolifically including the tortured sheriff in Four of the Apocalypse (1975).


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