Out of all of Sergio Leone's Western films, this one easily gets the least attention. Nevertheless, it's a banger worth watching.

Throughout the 1960s, Sergio Leone's The Good, the Bad and the Ugly pushed audiences to imagine the Western through the gritty yet mythical lens of the gunslinger. Leaving behind the moral clarity of ...

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Once disparaged as "spaghetti Westerns," Leone's films helped revive the genre, and ushered in a unique visual style. In 2005, cultural historian Christopher Frayling reflected on Leone's influence.