The A Fistful of Dollars Store

Mark's Movie Info.:

There are a few interesting things about this film.

1.)  The so-called "Man With No Name" Series:
-in A Fistful of Dollars, his name was Joe
-in For A Few Dollars More, his name was Monco
-in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly, his name is Blondie
Why do they call it "The Man with No Name" Series, when Clint's playing three different men with three different names?  Interesting.

2.)  Gian Maria Volonte (a.k.a. John Wels) plays the main bad guy in both Fistful and Few More.  He plays Ramone, the sharp-shooting head of the Rojos family in Fistful, and Indio, the gang leader and mad gunman in Few More.  He's great in each role, but it's kind of strange seeing two different movies with the same good guy (Eastwood) and bad guy (Volonte).

3.)  Not only is Clint Eastwood the star of this film, he also worked as an unaccredited writer for this film, and the "Western Advisor."  Already he was showing that he could be much more for a movie than just an actor.  He would later go on to direct films of his own.

4.)  A Fistful of Dollars is based on Yojimbo, a Japanese samurai film written by Ryuzo Kikushima and co written and directed by Akira Kurosawa.  It is suspected that Yojimbo is based on Dashiell Hammett's novel Red Harvest, although Kurosawa denies it.  Whatever the case, I strongly suggest that if you like this film (or just dig old samurai films) you should check out Yojimbo which is available in our store.