Billy Curtis, Clint Eastwood, Jack Ging
Amid shoot-outs and existentialism, a mysterious stranger (Clint Eastwood, who also directs) is hired to protect a small town from outlaws. But his recipe for defense could be a deal with the devil, a...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 24, 1998
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August 11, 2009one of the not so good clint eastwood directorial and starring in ones. still a bloody good effort though! if you like your women slutty, your townfolk cowardly and your baddies killing for barely a reason... or just wanna paint the town red...! the only issue was the endling... ...( read more)
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April 25, 2009A small frontier town is worried and scared for it's future. Three men who murdered the sheriff in front of the whole town have been released from jail and are heading back to take revenge on the town. When a stranger comes into town, he is offered anything he wants if he will he...( read more)
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April 10, 2008Clint Eastwood stars in and directs this obvious homage to Sergio Leone as he resurrects the man with no name character, as an enigmatic gunslinger rides into the town of Lago and promptly kills the gunmen hired by the townsfolk to protect them against a trio of vengeful outlaws....( read more)
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January 27, 2008I love this one, one of my fav's. How one stranger rides into a little town and starts all kinds of trouble by how he helps them out. Love it. Paint the town red and invite the bad guys to a party...that's so Eastwood...
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November 18, 2007many consider this to be eastwoods fourth film as the infamous "man with no name". this is the first film that he did with this sort of character that was not directed by sergio leone, and there are enough differences between the man with no name from leones trilogy and eastwood...( read more)
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November 20, 2009Eastwood trying to recapture the spaghetti western success. Still a good movie though.
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November 16, 2009Not a bad western. If you've seen one early Eastwood tho then you've seen em all
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November 1, 2009A bad ass western directed by Clint Eastwood and starring Clint Eastwood . It's very similar in tone with his previous westerns.
This is the kind of western people who don't like westerns should watch. It's not too long. It moves at a good pace. It's funny at times. Clint Eas...( read more) -
October 29, 2009Very much in the vein of the spaghetti westerns with a high level of violence.
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July 26, 2008I agree! This movie is an all time classic. One of the best western movies and I've loved it since I was a little girl. I also love the quotes that were mentioned above. This movie actually requires some thought and insight. I absolutely love Clint Eastwood's acting and directing of this movie.
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June 10, 2007a great movie with 2 of my favorite all time lines"I'm faster than you'll ever live to be"and"You're gonna look real silly with that knife up your ass" sheer poetry
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