Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

Release date: 1968-12-21
Country: Italy|USA
Language: Italian|Spanish
Director: Sergio Leone
Production Co: Rafran Cinematografica, San Marco, Paramount Pictures
Genre: Western
Rating: 8.5/10
Length: 2h 45min

Storyline

Jill McBain travels to the wild frontier; Utah - where she and her new husband planned to settle down. Upon arrival, she finds him and his children dead. There's a lot of land, and potential, but there's those who want to take it - at any cost. Even if it means killing a man and his kids.

Plot Keywords

harmonica, woman in bathtub, railway station, widow, husband wife relationship, child killer, seduction, old west, wild west, massacre, cleavage, beating, opening action scene, cult film, construction site, rope, hanging, female nudity, female rear nudity, murder

Short Review

Leone's newest effort, Once Upon a Time in the West, with a major cast and a lot of big studio money behind it, proves that he is simply a serious bore.