Feature Film Title
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

Director
Sergio Leone

Starring
Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly tells the story of three men seeking a fortune in buried Confederate coins, the catch being that no single one of them knows the full location of the loot. At one stage of the film, one knows the name of the grave the coins are buried in; the other two know only the name of the graveyard. The movie is particularly known for its original music score, created by Ennio Morricone. The main title theme is considered by many to be the most recognized music affiliated with the western genre. The film was mostly filmed in Spain using 1,500 local militia members as extras for a cost of $1,600,000. It was released on December 23, 1966 in Italy and in the USA on December 29, 1967. Critical opinion of the film on initial release was mixed as many reviewers at that time looked down on spaghetti westerns. However, today it is regarded by many critics as a classic: it remains one of the most popular and well known Westerns and is considered to be one of the greatest of its genre.

The Good	The Bad	The Ugly

• The Good, the Bad and the Ugly facts
  • In Italian, Eastwood's character is sometimes called "Biondo", which simply means, "The Blonde Man". Angel Eyes in the original Italian is "Sentenza" ("Verdict" or "Sentence").
  • Because the Italian title translates literally as The Good, the Ugly, the Bad, reversing the last two terms, ads for the original Italian release show Tuco before Angel Eyes, and when they were translated into English Angel Eyes was erroneously labelled "The Ugly" and Tuco "The Bad".
  • The film was not released in America until early 1968.
  • During the scene where Blondie and Tuco are planting explosives on the bridge, a car can be seen in the distance, moving right to left.
  • Blondie and Tuco use dynamite to destroy the bridge, but it wasn't invented until 1866, after the end of the Civil War.
  • Eli Wallach was almost poisoned during filming when he accidentally drank from a bottle of acid that a film technician had set next to his soda bottle. Wallach mentioned this in his autobigraphy and complained that while Sergio Leone was a brilliant director, he was very lax about ensuring the safety of his actors during dangerous scenes.
  • The gun used by Blondie is a Colt Navy cal .36. The rifle is a Winchester, not available at the time where the movie is supposed to take place.
  • In 2004, MGM released a special edition DVD of "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly," which contained 18 minutes of rarely seen footage edited into the film.