The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
For three men the Civil War wasn't hell. It was practice.
While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
- Director
- Sergio Leone
- Signature
- Craft · Tension · Drama
- Worldwide
- $39M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How The Good, the Bad and the Ugly actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
Story overview
What It's About
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While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly appears in 1 Nutevio collection. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Top 250 Movies of All Time Ranked #30
Placed at #30 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly returned 32.4× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $1M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
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- International gross
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- Worldwide gross
- $39M
- Release date
- Dec 23, 1966
- Runtime
- 2h 41m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Germany, Spain
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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