A Fistful of Dollars

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A Fistful of Dollars

1964 · Movie · 99 min

Scores

  • IMDb7.9/10as of 2026-02-20
  • Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer96%as of 2022-11-29
  • Rotten Tomatoes average8.2/10as of 2021-10-05
  • Metacritic65/100as of 2025-06-16

What it is

A Fistful of Dollars 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. The film, an international co-production between Italy, West Germany and Spain, was filmed on a low budget, and Eastwood was paid $15,000 for his role.

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Genres
Western / Action
Original language
Italian

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