The Good, the Bad & the Ugly

The Good, the Bad & the Ugly (Il Buono, Il Brutto, Il Cattivo) is an Italian epic Spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone, starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Eli Wallach in the title roles respectively. It is the third and final installment in the "Dollars Trilogy", following A Fistful of Dollars and For a Few Dollars More.

The screenplay was written by Age & Scarpelli, Luciano Vincenzoni and Leone, based on a story by Vincenzoni and Leone. The film was a co-production between companies in Italy, Spain and West Germany. It was released on December 23, 1966 in Italy, and on December 29, 1967 in the U.S. The film is now seen as one of the greatest and most influential Westerns of all time.

Synopsis

During the American Civil War, three men set off to find $200,000 in buried gold coins. Tuco and Blondie have known each other for some time now having used the reward on Tuco's head as a way of earning money. They come across a dying man, Bill Carson, who tells them of a treasure in gold coins. By chance, he tells Tuco the name of the cemetery and tells Blondie the name of the grave where the gold is buried. Now rivals, the two men have good reason to keep each other alive. The third man, Angel Eyes, hears of the gold stash from someone he's been hired to kill. All he knows is to look for for someone named Bill Carson. The three ultimately meet in a showdown that takes place amid a major battle between Confederate and Union forces.

Dubbing History[]

Like most Sergio Leone films, The Good, the Bad, & the Ugly technically had no original language. Rather, the mixed international cast (Americans, Italians, and Spanish) performed their parts in their own languages and were subsequently dubbed. The film was shot silently, so even English speaking had to be dubbed. It is known that the three main cast members (Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef and Eli Wallach) provided their own dubbing, though the majority of the voice cast are unknown and subject to speculation.

The 2003 extended edition re-incorporated previously untranslated or lost footage, but due to being shot silently the voice tracks had to be recreated. Clint Eastwood and Eli Wallach provided most of their own re-dubbing, with others voice matching certain scenes and other characters. As Lee Van Cleef had passed away in 1989, Simon Prescott dubs his voice in the additional scenes.

Cast[]

Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor^[1]
Blondie / Man with No Name	Clint Eastwood
Tuco	Eli Wallach
Angel Eyes	Lee Van Cleef
Stevens	Antonio Casas	George Gonneau
Baker	Livio Lorenzon	Peter Fernandez
Mexican Bounty Hunter	Nazzareno Natale	Bret Morrison
Sheriff	John Bartha
Storekeeper	Enzo Petito	Robert Dryden
Bounty Hunter	Román Ariznavarreta
Pistolero	Aysanaoa Runchagua
Jackson/Bill Carson	Antonio Casale
Father Pablo Ramirez	Luigi Pistilli	Lloyd Battista
Corporal Wallace	Mario Brega	Ray Owens
Pardue	Jesús Guzman	Ray Owens
Soldier without Legs	Axel Darna
Captain Harper	Molino Rocho	William Kiehl
Captain Clinton	Aldo Giuffrè	Bernard Grant
María	Rada Rassimov	Joyce Gordon
Monk	Angelo Novi	Robert Dryden

Additional Voices[]

Jackson Beck - Judge

Additional ADR (2003 Extended Edition)[]

Character	Original Actor	Dub Actor^[2]
Blondie	Clint Eastwood	Clint Eastwood
Blondie	Clint Eastwood	André Sogliuzzo (various loops)
Tuco	Eli Wallach
Angel Eyes	Lee Van Cleef	Simon Prescott
Captain Clinton	Aldo Giuffrè	Tom Wyner
Confederate Officer	Víctor Israel	Tom Wyner
Confederate Sergeant	Joseph Bradley	Paul Pape

Additional Voices

Jack DeLeon
Matt Keeslar
David Sargent
André Sogliuzzo
Burton Sharp

Video Releases[]

Distributor	Year	Version	Region	Country
Magnetic Video Corporation	1981	Theatrical	1 NTSC	United States
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer	1990
	1998
	2004	Extended
	2009		A DVB-T
	2014
Kino Lorber	2017	Both
	2021	Theatrical	None
	2023	Theatrical	A DVB-T