Among the first of the "Spagetti Westerns" and an instant international phenomenon, this hard-hitting epic stunned audiences with its unremitting violence, gritty realism and tongue-in-cheek humor and launched the film careers of italian director Sergio Leoné and a little-known american actor named Clint Eastwood.
A lean, cold-eyes, cobra-quick gunfighter – the laconic "man with no name" (Eastwood) arrives in a grim and dusty bordertown where two rival bands of smugglers terrorise the impoverished citizens. Though he recieves lucrative offers of employment from each gang, his loyalty cannot be bought. He accepts both jobs...and sets in motion a deadly plan to destroy the criminals. Pitting one against the other in a series of brilliantly orchestrated setups, showdowns and deadly confrontations!