Tonight on TV: One of Spaghetti Western’s masterpieces

In the 1960s, director Sergio Leone revolutionized Westerns, which were then losing momentum, with his “Dollar Trilogy.” His Spaghetti Western transforms Hollywood Westerns into gritty and realistic tales featuring the worst crooks set in disturbing landscapes. But “The Dollar Trilogy” is also the iconic dialogues, the sequence of the anthology and the original soundtrack, signed by Ennio Morricone, with the story so adequately that it becomes a character in itself.

The second part of this trilogy, and for a few more dollars, which will be broadcast tonight on France 3, features two bounty hunters who decide to join forces to arrest a bandit who has escaped from prison. With an unforgettable duet created by Clint Eastwood and Lee Van Cleef (who still left the cinema after a serious car accident), Gian Maria Volonte is perfect as the antagonist.

Made on a relatively modest budget ($600,000), the film was the biggest commercial success in Italian cinema history, far ahead of Federico Fellini’s La Dolce Vita. In the United States, it grossed over $15 million, and in France it recorded over $4 million. on AlloCine, And for a few more dollars Has an average viewer rating of 4.3 out of 5.

And for a few more dollars By Sergio Leone with Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Gian Maria Volonte…

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Tonight on France 3 at 21:10.