Originally released as a motion picture in 1964. Special features: Disc 1. Restored and remastered film ; feature commentary by film historian Sir Christopher Frayling. Disc 1. A new kind of hero featurette ; A few weeks in Spain : Clint Eastwood on the experience of making the film ; Tre voci : three friends remember Sergio Leone ; Not ready for primetime : filmmaker Monte Hellman discusses the television broadcast of A fistful of dollars ; The network prologue with Harry Dean Stanton ; Location comparisons then to now : film clips intercut with current footage of the locations used ; 10 radio spots ; double-bill trailer. Clint Eastwood, Marianne Koch, John Wels, W. Lukschy, S. Rupp, Joe Edger.
Summary:
A mysterious gunman has just arrived in San Miguel, a grim and dusty border town where two rival bands of smugglers are terrorizing the impoverished citizens. A master of the "quick-draw", the stranger soon receives lucrative offers of employment from each gang. He accepts both offers, setting in motion a plan to destroy the criminals.
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