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Portrait of movie director Sergio Leone with large glasses, a full gray beard, and slicked-back hair, looking slightly to the side. Director Sergio Leone, wearing glasses, gives instructions to Clint Eastwood and Margarita Lozano during a dramatic scene on the set of A Fistful of Dollars. A Fistful of Dollars Scene from Once Upon a Time in the West with Charles Bronson as Harmonica, rear left, aiming a gun at Henry Fonda as Frank, who stands in the foreground in a desert landscape. Eli Wallach as Tuco, holding a revolver and smiling, sits beside Clint Eastwood, both wearing wide-brimmed hats in a desert scene from The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly. Claudia Cardinale as Jill McBain in Once Upon a Time in the West, wearing a dark dress and lying on wooden planks in a dusty, Western landscape. Clint Eastwood, wearing a hat and poncho, stands in the center of a dimly lit room surrounded by seated men in a scene from For a Few Dollars More.

Sergio Leone: References & Edit History

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Article History

Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: NPR - 'Once Upon A Time in Italy': The Films of Sergio Leone. Aug 28, 2026
Anniversary information added. Apr 26, 2026
Anniversary information added. Jan 01, 2026
Add new Web site: BBC - 'To me Clint closely resembled a cat': Sergio Leone on the role that made Eastwood a movie star. Jul 18, 2025
Added cross-reference to spaghetti western. Apr 29, 2025
Add new Web site: DigitalCommons at COD - Film Auteur Sergio Leone (PDF). Mar 19, 2025
Add new Web site: NPR - 'Once Upon A Time in Italy': The Films of Sergio Leone. Oct 25, 2024
First paragraph modernization. Mar 21, 2024
Add new Web site: Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts - A master of tension: Sergio Leone. Apr 07, 2023
Add new Web site: Senses of Cinema - Biography of Sergio Leone. Aug 31, 2022
Article revised and updated. Jan 24, 2020
Added a description of Once upon a Time in America. Jan 12, 2016
Added photographs. May 09, 2014
Photograph added. Dec 17, 2013
Add new Web site: Turner Classic Movies - Sergio Leone Profile. Apr 22, 2013
Add new Web site: AllMovie - Sergio Leone. Apr 22, 2013
Add new Web site: Matinee Classics - Biography of Sergio Leone. Apr 22, 2013
Changed "il bruto" to "il brutto." Jun 29, 2012
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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