Savoy Film Club: Zwei glorreiche Halunken (OV)

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Joe and Tuco run a rather lucrative business: Tuco (Eli Wallach) gets hanged for criminal offenses after Joe (Clint Eastwood) turns him in and collects the bounty. And since it’s hard to work with dead men, Joe shoots him down from the gallows. Until one day, something goes wrong...
The third film and, at the same time, the climax of Sergio Leone’s “Dollar Trilogy”: Clint Eastwood rides through a magnificent Western landscape as the epitome of the nameless stranger and cool gunslinger. He only speaks when absolutely necessary. But when he does, every word is laden with meaning. Eli Wallach embodies a completely opposite personality as the endlessly chattering Mexican, Taco. The ultimate culmination of the “Lonely Rider” myth—and at the same time, its parody.
Bounty hunter Joe and outlaw Tuco are in a joint venture: Joe turns Tuco in, collects the bounty, and then shoots Tuco off the gallows. One day, the plan nearly goes awry, and they part ways in a quarrel. However, a hidden treasure forces the sworn enemies back together, and together they must fend off the pursuit of Colonel Sentenza, who has also set his sights on the treasure. After numerous adventures, a three-way showdown takes place in a village cemetery.
The third film and, at the same time, the climax of Sergio Leone’s “Dollar Trilogy.” Clint Eastwood rides through a magnificent Western landscape as the epitome of the nameless stranger and cool gunslinger. He only speaks when absolutely necessary, but when he does, every word is laden with meaning. Eli Wallach embodies a completely opposite personality as the ever-chattering Mexican Tuco. The ultimate culmination of the “Lonely Rider” myth—and at the same time, its parody.