The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)
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Critic Consensus: Arguably the greatest of the spaghetti westerns, this epic features a compelling story, memorable performances, breathtaking landscapes, and a haunting score.
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Cast
as Man With No Name
as Tuco
as Angel Eyes
as Father Pablo
as Maria
as Alcoholic Union Captain
as Cpl. Wallace
as Mexican Peon

as Storekeeper
as Baker
as Jackson / Bill Carson

as Mexican Peon
as Member of Angel Eyes' Gang

as Monk
as Stevens
as Sheriff

as Stevens' Wife (uncredited)

as Member of Angel Eyes' Gang
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All three arrive at the cache at the same time. Who gets it? Director Leone doesn't seem to care very much, and after 161 minutes of mayhem, audiences aren't likely to either.

The third in the Clint Eastwood series of Italo westerns, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is exactly that -- a curious amalgam of the visually striking, the dramatically feeble and the offensively sadistic.
Though ordained from the beginning, the three-way showdown that climaxes the film is tense and thoroughly astonishing.
Sergio Leone's grandiose 1966 western epic is nothing less than a masterclass in movie storytelling, a dynamic testament to the sheer, invigorating uniqueness of cinema.

Sergio Leone's epic looks good, almost great, restored to its original running time.

Of all the great films of the 1960s, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is one of a fistful that can be truly appreciated only on the big screen.

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One of the best films I ever saw!. Fresh.
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Leone reaches the level of absolute perfection in this third film of his Dollar Trilogy, a magnificent Spaghetti Western - arguably the best of them all - that features fantastic performances, an unforgettable score and a sublime, breathtaking cinematography.
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Three outlaws pursue a cache of gold hidden in a grave. While canonical, this film is oddly structured with its inciting incident pushed to an hour and fifteen minutes into its three-hour run time. What the film is saying about goodness (or ugliness or badness) is unclear as the "good" is just as bad as the "ugly," but I can imagine that it's attempting to show that morality is more contextual than absolute, creating, as it does, an environment in which everybody is immoral even the Union and Confederate troops, who seem to be passing through this film on their way to another. Beautifully shot and operatic in scope, the filmmaking is remarkable even if the story-telling is perplexing. Overall, this classic western isn't bad or good or ugly, just moderately interesting.

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Quotes
Tuco the Ugly: | If you work for a living, why do you kill yourself working? |
Tuco the Ugly: | How much? |
Tuco the Ugly: | There are two kinds of spurs, my friend. Those that come in by the door; those that come in by the window. |
Tuco the Ugly: | If you save your breath I feel a man like you can manage it. And if you don't manage it, you'll die. Only slowly, very slowly old friend. |
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