A Fistful of Dollars

Italian director Sergio Leone relocated Akira Kurosawa’s samurai action comedy Yojimbo to the American Wild West – shot in Spain – and cast American TV actor Clint Eastwood (‘Rowdy Yates’ from Rawhide) as the ‘Man with No Name’, a mysterious, poncho-clad gunfighter playing off two rival gangs of bandits against one another in a desolate Mexican border town. The film’s laconic antihero, sarcastic humour, stylish look and spectacular gunfights made it an international box-office hit – thanks in no small part to Ennio Morricone’s iconic score.