Overview

The ideal popular guide to the key Spaghetti Westerns - mainly the good but also the bad and the ugly - this is an authoritative, entertaining and comprehensive companion to the films that created the mythical Spaghetti West in the most improbable circumstances. Sergio Leone's ""Dollars"" trilogy is covered, with many more major and minor Spaghetti Westerns, including Sergio Corbucci's ""Navajo Joe"", Carlo Lizzani's ""The Hills Run Red"" and Duccio Tessari's ""A Pistol for Ringo"". This popular guide explores the films through the biographies and filmographies of key personnel, stories of the films' making, their locations and sets, sources, musical scores, detailed cast information, box office fortunes internationally, with many illustrations, including original posters and stills.

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9781850438960

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Reviews

'Expertly dissected...a fascinating read.' - The Times; 'Howard Hughes has written a well-researched, detailed, no-nonsense and above all enthusiastic guide to twenty of the best Italian Westerns from 'A Fistful of Dollars' to 'My name is Nobody'. He has aimed for the heart, and unlike the bad guy in 'Fistful' he has hit it.' - Christopher Frayling

Expertly dissected...a fascinating read. - The Times 'Howard Hughes has written a well-researched, detailed, no-nonsense and above all enthusiastic guide to twenty of the best Italian Westerns from 'A Fistful of Dollars' to 'My name is Nobody'. He has aimed for the heart, and unlike the bad guy in 'Fistful' he has hit it.' - Christopher Frayling

Author Information

Howard Hughes is the author of 'The Pocket Essentials Guide to Spaghetti Westerns' and the forthcoming Crime Wave (I.B.Tauris).

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