The Spaghetti Western, also known as Italian Western, is a broad sub-genre of Western films that emerged in the mid-1960s in the wake of Sergio Leone's film-making style and international box-office success. The term was used by critics in USA and other countries because most of these Westerns were produced and directed by Italians.
Over six hundred European Westerns were made between 1960 and 1980. The best-known Spaghetti Westerns were directed by Sergio Leone and scored by Ennio Morricone: the "Dollars Trilogy":
A Fistful of Dollars (1964), For a Few Dollars More (1965), The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)) and
Once Upon a Time in the West (1968). These are consistently listed among the best rated Westerns in general.
In 1968 the wave of Spaghetti Westerns reached its crest, with one third of the Italian film production, only to collapse to one tenth in 1969. However, the considerable box office success of Enzo Barboni's
They Call Me Trinity and the pyramidal one of its follow-up
Trinity Is Still My Name gave the Italian filmmakers a new model to emulate. The main characters were played by Terence Hill and Bud Spencer, who had already cooperated as hero pair in the "old style" Spaghetti Westerns
God Forgives... I Don't!, Ace High and
Boot Hill directed by Giuseppe Colizzi. [Wikipedia]
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| A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Italian poster |
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| A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Italian poster |
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| A Fistful of Dollars (1964) Japanese poster |
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| A Fistful of Dollars (1964) |
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| Minnesota Clay (1964) |
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| A Pistol for Ringo (1965) Italian poster |
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| Fall of the Mohicans (1965) Spanish poster |
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| For a Few Dollars More (1965) Italian poster |
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| For a Few Dollars More (1965) German poster |
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| For a Few Dollars More (1965) French poster |
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| For a Few Dollars More (1965) |
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| A Bullet for the General (1966) |
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| Django (1966) German poster |
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| Django (1966) Italian poster |
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| The Hills Run Red (1966) |
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| Mutiny at Fort Sharp (1966) Italian poster |
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| Navajo Joe (1966) French poster |
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| Navajo Joe (1966) Soundtrack Album |
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| The Big Gundown (1966) Italian poster |
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| The Big Gundown (1966) |
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| The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) |
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| The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Italian poster |
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| The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) |
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| The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Italian poster |
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| The Good the Bad and the Ugly (1966) Belgian poster |
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| Day of Anger (1967) Spanish poster |
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| Day of Anger (1967) |
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| Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967) |
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| Death Rides a Horse (1967) |
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| Death Rides a Horse (1967) Belgian poster |
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| God Forgives... I Don't! (1967) Thai poster |
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| The Ugly Ones (1967) |
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| A Professional Gun (1968) |
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| Ace High (1968) Italian poster |
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| Django Prepare a Coffin (1968) Italian poster |
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| Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Italian poster |
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| Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) Italian poster |
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| Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) |
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| The Great Silence (1968) |
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| The 5-Man Army (1969) |
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| The 5-Man Army (1969) Soundtrack album |
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| Sabata (1969) |
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| Adios, Sabata (1970) |
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| Adios, Sabata (1970) Italian poster |
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| Companeros (1970) |
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| El Condor (1970) Italian poster |
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| Reverend's Colt (1970) Italian poster |
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| They Call Me Trinity (1970) Italian poster |
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| They Call Me Trinity (1970) Spanish poster |
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| Blindman (1971) Italian poster |
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| Don't Turn the Other Cheek (1971) Italian poster |
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| Duck You Sucker (1971 aka A Fistful of Dynamite) |
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| Duck You Sucker (1971 aka A Fistful of Dynamite) Italian poster |
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| Return of Sabata (1971) |
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| Trinity is Still My Name (1971) Italian poster |
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| Trinity is Still My Name (1971) |
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| Deaf Smith & Johnny Ears (1973) |
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| My Name is Nobody (1973) French poster |
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| My Name is Nobody (1973) |
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| Django Strikes Again (1987) Italian poster |
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