---
title: 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Sergio Leone'
released: '1966-12-23'
runtime_minutes: 161
certification: 'R'
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Western'
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
  - 'Adventure'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'Italy'
  - 'Spain'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-1966'
review_count: 1
fandom_rating: '8.50/10'
fandom_stars: '4.25/5'
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060196/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

1966 · R · 161 min · Drama, Western, Action, War, Adventure · Germany, Italy, Spain

Original title: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
Part of: Dollars Trilogy

## Synopsis

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a 1966 Italian epic spaghetti Western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood as "the Good", Lee Van Cleef as "the Bad", and Eli Wallach as "the Ugly". Its screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, and Leone, based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone. Director of photography Tonino Delli Colli was responsible for the film's sweeping Techniscope cinematography, and Ennio Morricone composed the film's score.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Sergio Leone](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-leone)
- **Screenplay:** [Sergio Leone](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-leone), [Furio Scarpelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/furio-scarpelli), [Agenore Incrocci](https://cinepixo.com/people/agenore-incrocci), [Luciano Vincenzoni](https://cinepixo.com/people/luciano-vincenzoni), [Sergio Donati](https://cinepixo.com/people/sergio-donati), [Age & Scarpelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/age-scarpelli), [Mickey Knox](https://cinepixo.com/people/mickey-knox)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Ennio Morricone](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-morricone)
- **Editor:** [Nino Baragli](https://cinepixo.com/people/nino-baragli)
- **Producer:** [Alberto Grimaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-grimaldi)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tonino Delli Colli](https://cinepixo.com/people/tonino-delli-colli)

## Cast

- [Livio Lorenzon](https://cinepixo.com/people/livio-lorenzon) as Baker
- [Antonio Casale](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-casale) as Jackson/Bill Carson
- [Frank Braña](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-brana)
- [Lorenzo Robledo](https://cinepixo.com/people/lorenzo-robledo) as Clem
- [Maurizio Arena](https://cinepixo.com/people/maurizio-arena)
- [John Bartha](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bartha) as Sheriff
- [Lee Van Cleef](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-van-cleef) as Angel Eyes
- [Antonio Ruiz Escaño](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-ruiz-escano) as Stevens's youngest son
- [Romano Puppo](https://cinepixo.com/people/romano-puppo)
- [Román Ariznavarreta](https://cinepixo.com/people/roman-ariznavarreta) as Bounty Hunter
- [Fortunato Arena](https://cinepixo.com/people/fortunato-arena)
- [Eli Wallach](https://cinepixo.com/people/eli-wallach) as Tuco Benedicto Pacífico Juan María Ramírez: The Ugly
- [Antonio Casas](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonio-casas) as Stevens
- [Aldo Giuffrè](https://cinepixo.com/people/aldo-giuffre) as alcoholic Union Captain Clinton
- [Jesús Guzmán](https://cinepixo.com/people/jesus-guzman) as Pardue the Hotel Owner

## Criticism on CinePixo

Fandom rating: **8.50/10** (4.25 of 5) from 1 review — the plain average of every published rating.

- **8.5/10** — [Two Hours of Squinting and I Loved Every Minute](https://cinepixo.com/reviews/two-hours-of-squinting-and-i-loved-every-minute) by Dorothy Kwan, 2026-08-03
  > Leone made a picture with the emotional depth of a comic book and the formal nerve of an opera, and anybody who calls that a contradiction has not been paying attention.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly-1966
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