Five incredible westerns of the last century to watch this weekend

Five incredible westerns of the last century to watch this weekend

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August 9 2024, 07:27 PM  •  11390 views

UNN offers a selection of classic westerns to watch over the weekend. Among them are The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, For a Few Dollars More, For a Fistful of Dollars, Train to Yuma, and High Plains Wanderer.

Adventure travels in the Wild West, unknown horsemen, sharp shooters, seekers of easy money, cold-blooded thugs, brave and courageous cowboys, all this will appeal to fans of exciting films. UNN offers a selection of old Westerns to watch this weekend.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 - in the film, the protagonist travels alone through the Wild West during the American Civil War, he has no friends or family. On the way, he suddenly meets two gunslingers, Tuco and Blondie, who are as virtuosic as he is. Together they set off in search of gold coins to appropriate them for themselves and become rich. Neither wants to share their success with anyone, and will do anything to win. After a while, the Sagittarius realize that their alliance is temporary, and when it breaks down, everyone will be on their own.

  • Genre: Movie, Western
  • Country: USA, UK, Canada
  • Director: Sergio Leone
  • Cast: Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Joffre, Luigi Pistilli, Radha Rassimov, John Bartha.

For a Few Dollars More 1965 - The best shot in the entire Wild West Having dealt with a clan war in a small town, the man with no name continues his journey. He is hired as a bounty hunter and is tasked with finding and destroying the cruel and bloodthirsty gang of Mexican Indio. The sadistic criminal and his thugs have already set their sights on robbing the impregnable Bank of El Paso. Teaming up with Colonel Mortimer, a fellow bounty hunter, the man with no name is relentlessly on the gang's trail.

  • Genre: Movie, Western
  • Country: Italy, Spain, Germany
  • Director: Sergio Leone
  • Cast: Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte, Mara Krupp, Luigi Pistilli, Klaus Kinski, Benito Stefanelli, Aldo Sambrel, Roberto Camardiel, Thomas Blanco.

For a Fistful of Dollars 1964 - A man with no name, the best shot in the entire Wild West, travels to San Miguel, a sun-bleached border town where everyone is either rich or dead. In his mind, this sleepy town offers a great opportunity to make a quick buck. The mysterious stranger soon finds himself at the center of a devastating, long-standing feud between two powerful clans that control the town. Realizing that he cannot defeat the bandits alone, the gunslinger decides to pit the gangs against each other and start a small street war.

  • Genre: Film, Drama, Action, Western
  • Country: Italy, Spain, Germany
  • Director: Sergio Leone
  • Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonte, Marianne Koch, Wolfgang Lukschi, Sieghardt Rupp, Josef Egger, Antonio Prieto, Jose Calvo, Margarita Lozano.

Train to Yuma - the famous robber Ben Wade and his gang attack a stagecoach carrying gold. Having seized the loot, Wade orders to cross the border alone - the gang leaves, but he is detained in the city, where he is arrested. Wade needs to be transported to a safer place as soon as possible. You need to get him to the train that leaves at 3:10 for Yuma. This job is supposed to be done by a poor rancher named Dan Evans, who earns his living by hard work. But as it turns out, Evans is a very principled man and money is not so important to him. He and Wade begin a dangerous journey to the station..

  • Genre: Film, Drama, Thriller, Western
  • Country: USA
  • Director: Delmer Davies
  • Cast: Glenn Ford, Van Heflin, Felicia Farr, Leora Dana, Henry Jones, Richard Jackel, Robert Emmhardt, Sheridan Camraith, George Mitchell

High Plains Drifter 1973 - A mysterious stranger who is not afraid of bandits or the unknown rides into the mining town of Lago, where the townspeople live in the shadow of a dark secret. The local sheriff approaches the mysterious rider. He asks the stranger to help him fight off three bandits who have recently killed a federal marshal. Although the murderers were arrested and convicted, they soon found themselves on the loose and are now terrorizing the townspeople. After some persuasion, the mysterious rider agrees to help the town.

  • Genre: Film, Drama, Detective, Western
  • Country: USA
  • Director: Clint Eastwood
  • Cast: Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianne Hill, Mitchell Ryan, Jack Ging, Stefan Girasch, Ted Hartley, Billy Curtis, Jeffrey Lewis, Scott Walker.