
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Sergio Leone, 1966
The Good, the Bad And the Ugly
Joe Millard, 1967
The Good, the Bad And the Ugly is a movie novelization written by Joe Millard in 1967 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Sergio Leone in 1966. The movie features Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef, Aldo Giuffrè, Luigi Pistilli, Rada Rassimov, and others.
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Storyline
In 1862, during the American Civil War, a trio of bounty hunters attempt to kill fugitive Mexican bandit Tuco Ramírez. Angel Eyes allows Stevens to tell Jackson the new name Bill Carson. Meanwhile, Tuco is rescued from three bounty hunters by a nameless drifter to whom Tuco refers as #Blondie#, who delivers him to the local sheriff to collect his $2,000 bounty.
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Year
1966
Minutes
148
Movie Rate
8.80
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Movie
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Original title: Il buono, il brutto, il cattivo
Director: Sergio Leone
Country: Italy
Year: 1966
Length: 2h28m
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Year
1967
Pages
160
Book Rate
7.62
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Book
The Good, the Bad And the Ugly
Author: Joe Millard
Country: USA
First published in: 1967
Length: 160 pages
Genre: Fiction
Book series: The man with no name
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“Working on an adaptation is not as satisfying, because it's not your original work: you're interpreting.”
BRIAN HELGELAND (Screenwriter)
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