After the last remaining Rojo brother, Esteban, is killed by Silvanito while trying to shoot from a window, the Man with No Name – knowing that the US and Mexican governments will investigate – departs from the now-peaceful town.įor a Few Dollars More ( Per qualche dollaro in più, 1965) He cold-bloodedly kills Don Miguel Rojo, uses his last bullet to free Silvanito, and engages and kills Ramòn in a gunslinging duel. The Man with No Name returns as the Rojos are preparing to hang the local innkeeper Silvanito, who had befriended him.

The Rojos massacre the unarmed Baxters while searching for him, but helped by Piripero he is hiding away from the town. He is discovered by the Rojos and tortured, but escapes. The Man with No Name (referred to by the old undertaker Piripero as 'Joe') decides to play them against each other by collecting prizes for giving information, capturing prisoners and killing men, while also helping a woman, her husband and their son, held captive by the ruthless Ramòn Rojo, to escape. The first film has the Man with No Name arriving, for unexplained reasons, in the Mexico–United States border town of San Miguel, base of two rival smuggling families, the Rojos and the Baxters. Eastwood's character does indeed have a name (albeit a nickname) and a different one in each film: 'Joe', 'Manco' and 'Blondie', respectively. The 'Man with No Name' concept was invented by the American distributor United Artists, looking for a strong angle to sell the films as a trilogy. Īlthough not Leone's intention, the three films came to be considered a trilogy following the exploits of the same so-called ' Man with No Name' (portrayed by Clint Eastwood, wearing the same clothes and acting with the same mannerisms). The three films are consistently listed among the best rated Western films in history. The series has become known for establishing the Spaghetti Western genre, and inspiring the creation of many more Spaghetti Western films.

Their English versions were distributed by United Artists, while the Italian ones were distributed by Unidis and PEA.

The films are titled A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Dollars Trilogy (Italian: Trilogia del dollaro), also known as the Man with No Name Trilogy (Italian: Trilogia dell'Uomo senza nome) or the Blood Money Trilogy, is an Italian film series consisting of three Spaghetti Western films directed by Sergio Leone.

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