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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

1966 · Movie · 177 min

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Scores

  • IMDb8.8/10as of 2026-02-19
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer97%as of 2026-01-16
  • Rotten Tomatoes average8.8/10as of 2021-10-10
  • Metacritic90/100as of 2026-01-16

What it is

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach as "the Ugly". Its screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, and Leone, based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone.

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At a glance

Genres
War / Drama / Western / Action / Adventure
Original language
English

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