The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly ( Italian title:  Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo) is a 1966 Italian  epic  Spaghetti western film directed by  Sergio Leone, starring  Clint Eastwood,  Lee Van Cleef, and  Eli Wallach in the title roles respectively. The  screenplay was written by  Age & Scarpelli,  Luciano Vincenzoni and Leone, based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone. Director of photography  Tonino Delli Colli was responsible for the film's sweeping  widescreen  cinematography and  Ennio Morricone<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> composed the famous  film score<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;">, including its main theme. It is the third film in the  Dollars Trilogy<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> following  A Fistful of Dollars<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> (1964) and  For a Few Dollars More<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> (1965). The plot revolves around three  gunslingers<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> competing to find a fortune in buried  Confederate gold<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> amid the violent chaos of gunfights, hangings,  American Civil War<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> battles and prison camps. <span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;line-height:19.1875px;"> The film was a co-production between companies in Italy, Spain and West Germany.