In the Southwest during the Civil War, a mysterious stranger, Joe (Clint Eastwood), and a Mexican outlaw, Tuco (Eli Wallach), form an uneasy partnership -- Joe turns in the bandit for the reward money, then rescues him just as he is being hanged. When Joe's shot at the noose goes awry during one escapade, a furious Tuco tries to have him murdered.
The men re-team abruptly, however, to beat out a sadistic criminal and the Union army and find $20,000 that a soldier has buried in the desert.
| Director: | Sergio Leone |
| Producer(s): | Alberto Grimaldi |
| Cast: | Eli Wallach, Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffré, Chelo Alonso, Mario Brega, Luigi Pistilli, Rada Rassimov |
| Writer(s): | Age , Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni, Sergio Leone |